Musical Comedy: The Chocolate-Covered Ribeye Steak of Art

Wait!Come back! I promise, this isn't going to be a list of grainy iPhone video of "this hilarious guy from Rumours" singing "Excuse me while I kiss this guy!" in a bad Hendrix impression. Good comedy in music is a much different beast than either comedy or music. If you're Bruce Springsteen and you don't play Born To Run in concert, the E Street Band starts getting threatening phone calls. But people overwhelmingly don't like to hear jokes they've already heard from their favourite comedian. Sure, some great comics will end their show...

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Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats

Chelsea Peretti released her brand-spankin' new comedy special "One of the Greats" last Friday and you should be watching it. Filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Peretti manages to turn her hour of stand-up into something much closer to a one-woman show. One of the Greats does a few things that I've never seen in any...

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Royal Canadian House of Cards

I love live theatre! The immediacy. The energy. The heavy breathing of that big guy taking up the arm rest next to me. All of it. And last night I had the chance to see Proud by Michael Healey, put on by Theatre Projects Manitoba. It takes place in a fictional future where Stephen Harper's party has won a colossal majority government in Canada....

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Books! (They're Not Just For Nerds Anymore)

It has become a popular trend in recent years for comedians to write memoirs. I love reading a comedian's memoirs! I like to know the details of their lives, how they were shaped into who they are, how they got their break etc.  Today is another compact post all about some great books by great comedians you should check out. Bossypants...

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