Tag: Comedy

  • Elephant Room: Chapter XIII at The Box

    Magic at its most serious mysterious… There’s something ironic and beautiful and oh-so-meta about this. The Box, formerly the den of iniquity of choice for the debauched and glamorous Page Six set known for its relaxed attitude towards nasally administered medication and public sexual displays, has long since jumped the shark to serve the B&T, financial services…

  • How Do I Make This A Performance?

    How Do I Make This A Performance? Most freakin’ hilarious site I have seen in ages. Rarely am I super jealous of sheer comic genius, this is one of those moments. I smell a festival!

  • From Tommy Smith and Reggie Watts

    Hi everyone. Reggie Watts and I are constructing our next show TRANSITION for the 2008 Portland Institute of Contemporary Art’s Time-Based Arts Festival, and we need 24 actors to star in a filmed staged rehearsal for a fake avant-garde production of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple”.  Renamed “The Odd Dozen,” the short documentary will chronicle…

  • Have You No Shame?

    Former Culturebot contributor Rachel Shukert reading from her debut short story collection Have You No Shame? At the Frequency Reading Series at The Four Faced Liar! 165 W 4th St. NYC Sunday, June 8 at 3:00pm (A good excuse to start drinking early!!!) I just finished reading Rachel’s book and I have to say it is…

  • To is a preposition, Come is a Verb

    If you have never seen Steve Cuiffo do his Lenny Bruce, man, let me tell ya, you’re missing out! Best. Lenny Bruce. Ever. No kidding. He’s so good that the Bruce estate has given him exclusive and unprecedented access to Lenny’s archives and files. They think so much of Steve’s performance and sensibility that they…