A Washington-based entertainment company will open a comedy club and arcade bar downtown by the end of the year. BARK Entertainment, which opened its first comedy club almost a decade ago, expands its portfolio with Bricktown Comedy Club. Located at 409 E. California Ave., the club will have its first show Dec. 27 and continue […]
stand-up comedy
Posted inArts & Culture
Funny people
Ladies Night of Comedy 8 p.m. Jan. 26 The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. facebook.com/theparamountroom 405-887-3327 $7-$10 18+ Fans of stand-up comedy will have the opportunity to start the new year off strong on Jan. 26 with Ladies Night of Comedy, a show featuring a lineup of several up-and-coming female comics. They perform at […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Laugh hard
Hannibal Buress 10 p.m. Sept. 12 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com $35 To preview his Sept. 12 appearance at Tower Theatre, we conducted a phone interview with Hannibal Buress — we think. In addition to his work on 30 Rock, Broad City and The Eric Andre Show, the stand-up comic, actor and podcast […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Open opportunity
Public Access open mic 7 p.m. Sundays The Paseo Plunge 3010 Paseo St. paseoplunge.com 405-315-6224 Free Every healthy, vibrant creative community needs its ground level — a gateway into live performance with little to no entry threshold where musicians, comedians and artists of all levels of experience can practice their craft and express themselves. In […]
Posted inArts & Culture
OKG Q&A: Comedian Eddie Izzard talks global politics, standing up to LGBT harassment ahead of Dec. 29 show
Comedy is like a cousin of journalism. Journalists point out intellectual truths and psychological truths about things that are going on in the world. Comics, we can point out things that make people laugh by pointing out the fallibility, the strangeness and the twisted nature of things.
Posted inArts & Culture
Comedian Brian Regan performs Dec. 3 at The Criterion
A number of A-list comedians have called Regan one of their favorite comics.
Posted inArts & Culture
Comic Darren Knight enjoys the meteoric rise of Southern Momma
Knight brings his act Nov. 18 to Rose State College Hudiburg Chevrolet Center.
Posted inArts & Culture
Cameron Buchholtz invites comedy fans to Opolis for a free taping of his live album
Buchholtz is also known as a Sunday radio personality on 100.5 KATT FM and as a co-founder of OKC Comedy.
Posted inArts & Culture
Longtime comic’s family seeks support in treating rare spinal cancer
Stan Silliman has been performing stand-up comedy in Oklahoma City since the 1980s.
Posted inArts & Culture
Megan Mullally returns to home state for new comedy show at Riverwind Casino
Mullaly tells Oklahoma Gazette she loves returning home despite the state’s embarrassing politics.