Friday, March 15, 2024
The show mixes dramatic depth with plenty of laughs as Akana recounts dealing with her sister’s suicide when she was seventeen and her own mental health struggles. She promises Chicago aud…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2024
“I wanted a place to do comedy for people my own age and with the same lived experiences of being a mom, being married, trying to work and just be a human being,” explains Telisman.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, February 22, 2024
Masood Boomgaard had to deal with a friend who was constantly trying to motivate him with self-help books throughout the early months of the pandemic. Boomgaard found great annoyance in thei…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, February 8, 2024
Edelman is bringing the full ninety-minute show back to Chicago, making the leap from a comedy club to a ten-night run of shows from February 15-25 at the internationally renowned Steppenwol…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, January 26, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
For the past seven years, Chicago’s funniest women have been revealing their most outrageous moments in the popular “Ladylike” showcase, which currently runs monthly at the Lincoln Lod…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, December 13, 2023
Laura Hall's returned to Chicago to assemble a troupe of actors called Phony Award Winning, who have an ambitious challenge: to learn classic Broadway musicals inside and out, and then impro…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 29, 2023
Mike Toomey grew up loving television, and his favorite shows each year were the special Christmas episodes of sitcoms and the wide array of Christmas specials starring celebrities. But the …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, November 8, 2023
"If you’re not talking about something real and something substantive, the vast majority of comics are really not saying anything, because they don’t have anything to say.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 30, 2023
Zanies comedy club now offers the “Ultimate Bucket List Experience,” which gives funny dreamers the chance to create a killer act while being mentored by a top comic, and perform it in a…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, October 23, 2023
Chicago’s reputation for comedy has primarily been rooted in having the best improv scene on the planet. But the city has also spawned a rich stand-up history, and the first-ever 312 Comed…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, September 25, 2023
Thanks to a new book about the wildly creative alternative-comedy scene that gave birth to an explosion of stars and influential talent between 1996 and 2009, the Chicago scene is finally ge…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, September 5, 2023
Growing up queer in a religious household in Missouri, Zach Noe Towers learned how to navigate living in two distinctly different worlds at once.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, August 21, 2023
Pharoah will be bringing his potent mix of impersonations and vividly funny tales of his personal life to the stage of Chicago’s Den Theatre August 26 as he tapes a new hourlong special.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, August 16, 2023
As a fan-favorite monthly panelist on the long-running comedic game show “Wait.. Wait…Don’t Tell Me!,” comedian Alonzo Bodden has been bringing some of the sharpest political jokes o…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, July 24, 2023
Chicago’s longest-running long-form improv show features one of the city’s most beloved improv stars when T.J. Jagodowski takes the stage as the guest monologist for “The Armando Diaz …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 13, 2023
Devon Walker's ridden a wave of success all the way to "Saturday Night Live." Walker will be bringing his comedy stylings to the stage at Zanies July 13-15.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMWednesday, June 21, 2023
Maddy Smith has circled the world opening for superstar comic Bert Kreischer, but she takes center stage headlining at Zanies
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, June 12, 2023
Chicago comedy favorite Jimmy Carrane presents a show that's been fifty-nine years in the making
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, May 30, 2023
Comic Hari Kondabolu brings his unique point of view to life to his beloved Chicago audiences at the Den Theatre
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, May 15, 2023
Edwards owes his impressive comedy career to working at a drive-thru.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, May 1, 2023
The Lincoln Lodge’s “Latest and Greatest” show serves up a perfect mix of rising talents and veteran favorites
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, April 17, 2023
Pat McGann may have started his stand-up career later than most, but he's on top now with two April 22 shows at the Chicago Theatre
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, April 10, 2023
Monday, March 27, 2023
Yo was one of the earliest survivors of COVID, and the experience made him stronger than ever.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThursday, March 9, 2023
Flannery will be one of six comics taking the stage for the “Shamrock Shenanigans” show at the Den Theatre, as part of a lineup of Irish comics detailing their unique life experiences as…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, February 14, 2022
For most people, calling off a wedding is a tragic occasion. But for Hansen, it turned out to be the start of an entirely new phase of her comedy career.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, February 7, 2022
Hashem has put her sharp joke writing skills to work currently on HBO’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, January 31, 2022
The upcoming shows will feature his brand-new hour of material, which has a strong focus on life during the pandemic and all the changes it’s brought to society.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, January 24, 2022
In addition to headlining as a stand-up, Gardenswartz has found success as a consulting producer and story editor on the Emmy-winning Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, January 17, 2022
“A big part of my act is trying to convince people to get along, love life and be very positive.”
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM 
