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Comedy Fan Corner [+]Kevin Meaney Opens New Series Of Shows In Connecticut The Mohegan Sun Casino at 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard, Uncasville, CT 06382, in conjunction with Monroe-based Treehouse Comedy Productions, is producing a regular Saturday night comedy series in its smaller 350-seat Cabaret Theatre. It's a six-month commitment that excites Mitchell Etess, Mohegan Sun's CEO. Etess was exposed to live stand-up working in his family business in the Catskills. His goal with the new series is to appeal to comedy fans who have been to high-profile clubs such as Caroline's and Catch a Rising Star in New York City or have seen acts they enjoy on Comedy Central but have been put off by the comedy club experience. "The Cabaret Theatre is a great room for us. It's opulent, traditional and intimate," Etess said. "But we've also found people are looking at overall value. So, we're negotiating more with our artists so we can charge as little as we can." Imagine that in a recession. Comedian Kevin Meaney will open the series meant to feature uniquely clean and original comedians. Meaney's résumé covers 30 years in stand-up, television appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Late Show with David Letterman. Tickets are $22. Tickets: MoheganSun.com or Ticketmaster at 888- 226-7711.Posted February 1, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Comedy Shows for All | No Comments | Bookmark SF Deco Lounge Organizes Stand-Up Comedy To Benefit Haiti A weekly stand-up comedy show in San Francisco's Tenderloin District will benefit an aid organization in Haiti for the next two weeks. That show, entitled Funny Mondays at the Deco Lounge, will raise money through the Rainbow World Fund in cooperation with its disaster relief partner CARE. Those attending the show will be asked to donate up to $20 at the door, with all proceeds going to CARE, an organization which has already begun distributing food, water and shelter in Haiti. Monday, January 18th 2010, the all-star cast will include: Lisa Geduldig, Marga Gomez, Yayne Abeba, Natasha Muse, Casey Ley and Cameron Edmondson with host Tony Koester. Funny Mondays begins at 8pm. The Deco Lounge is located at 510 Larkin St. in San Francisco, CA. Posted January 17, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Comedy Shows for All | No Comments | Bookmark Roseanne Barr Will Headline The Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival Acts
Posted January 16, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Comedy Festivals for All | No Comments | Bookmark The 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comic Trends
Comedian Corner [+]Reviewing Steve Roye's Killer Stand-Up Series: Part One
Stay tuned for the clip and the results. Posted February 1, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Writing Tools for All | No Comments | Bookmark What Constitutes Comedy At The Jordan Comedy Festival When I traveled to London as a graduation gift the only thing I wanted to do was perform at an open mic. Little did I know you could be deported for that, even if you’re not getting paid. Other countries tend to go ballistic when foreigners do anything in their country that resembles work. They want you to spend your money there, not earn it. If you do perform in another country, there’s a good chance your material won’t work anyway. Comedy needs to be relatable. I learned this first in Canada. In Montana we told sheep jokes. In Canada, we explained them. Often times there are often cultural barriers in comedy when exotic locations are involved. You’ll notice it on the road too. Small towns don’t laugh when you joke about traffic lights because some of these small towns don’t have traffic lights. So when I learned how much comedy had taken off in the Middle East, I wondered what they were talking about. After scouring the internet, I found some clues. Arab culture is known for religious conservatives. My guess is that there aren’t a lot of Arab comedians joking about the Koran. I suspect those who do also risk getting heckled with a hail storm of rocks. "He died on stage," might not be far from the truth. So what does get tackled in Arab comedy? Well, at the Jordan Comedy Festival some topics last year included marriage and family. Arab Comedy is hardly dangerous yet, ala Lenny Bruce. Comedians are just starting to discuss their personal lives, often to the dismay of their spouses. Much of the comedy is regional; I guess making fun of the town down the street takes place in all cultures. There are occasional light-hearted jabs at politics. One comic joked Iranian opposition protesters were forced to shorten Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s name for rally chants. Arab Comedy is not dangerous yet. But if comedy evolves the way it usually does, we may see government intervention in the Arab world we could never imagine in the United States. Posted January 17, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Foreign Comedy for All | No Comments | Bookmark Bollywood Comedian Enters The Guinness Book of World Have you ever wondered what was the most stand-up comedians in a film? Me neither. But here’s the answer anyway. A Bollywood comic named Sunil Pal has earned a Guinness Book of World Record for a film he directed and produced entitled Bhavnao Ko Samjho, which roughly translates into the phrase, “Slow news day.” That film features 51 stand-up comedians. So what constitutes the most comedians in a comedy flick? 51. Before the record was awarded the Guinness Book of World Records checked to make sure that each comedian had a speaking role. They couldn’t be background actors. That means the film with 150 extras who are working comics doesn’t count; that’s good, because that would be most every film ever made. Additionally, all comedians who were featured in the film needed to be career stand-up comics. There goes my idea for beating that record by bringing a home video camera to next Friday’s open mic at the Eye Candy Cafe. Suni describes the film as clean comedy at its best. “The entire film will have the people in splits,” he said in an interview with the Thaindian New, “but nowhere have we resorted to using cheap punches or vulgarity to make the people laugh. You can watch the film with your entire family,” he added. Pal also acts in the film. By the way, I have no idea what it means to have your audience in the splits. Posted January 16, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Indian Comedy for All | No Comments | Bookmark Upcoming Stand-Up Comedy Seminars
Recent Articles For Comedians [+]New Article: Ten Pervasive Myths About Stand-Up ComedyONE: The first myth is that doing open mics every night makes you a better comedian. Contrary to what you may believe, going up that often, without being prepared, can also reinforce bad habits. I learned more by watching Charles Fleisher one time than I learned at ten open mics in a row, I learned more because I watched Fleisher do more things right that night than I had done right all week. TWO: The second myth is that bringer shows are all bad. If you can draw an audience, you can play most anywhere you want. I’m not downplaying the club’s responsibility to draw in an audience. But you also have a real obligation to promote yourself. THREE: The third myth is th... [Read Entire Article] Posted December 30, 2009 by Shayne Michael under Performing Recent Biographies [+]
Posted 02/09/10 by Shayne Michael under comic actor New DVD Releases, Rankings & Reviews [+]Other Recent DVDs/ Films Ranked or ReviewedSite Changes/ New Features [+]Shayne-Michael.COM's Gift To Comedy Teachers I have been working on this for a while. Comedy teachers were always listed at this site. But I wanted a feature that would allow those teachers to promote upcoming seminars. It would be as simple as choosing a date and a price. This site would do the rest of the work for the instructor. Well the basic feature is online now. The comedy class page now allows registered users who teach a comedy class to post details of one upcoming comedy seminar including the date and the price. I just used it to list one of Greg Dean’s seminars and one of Kurtis Matthews. Once the date passes, the seminar will be erased for you. I’ll be adding a lot more bells and whistles in the days to come. I want to make it possible to promote the seminars on every page, allow for posting multiple seminars and give a little more details about what will be covered there. Teachers who aren’t listed on the Comedy Class page can easily add their class here. Registering a site-wide account with the same email as that class will give you control over all the details of the class and allow you to post upcoming seminars. I also altered the comedy class page, so having a class listed will promote any book or CD related developing as a stand-up comic that the teacher has released. Posted January 16, 2010 by Shayne Michael under Comedy Classes for All | No Comments | Bookmark |
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