Atlanta Comedy Shows for July 2010

July 8, 2010 by Paul McParland
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Laughing Matters @ Manuel’s Tavern
01/02/2010 to 11/06/2010
General Improv, 1st Saturday of each month
Company: Laughing Matters
Price: $12.00
Box Office: 404-225-5000
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Luenell…Live!
07/09/2010 to 07/09/2010
Luenell…Live!: Arkansas native LUENELL (one of those rare one name stars) is coming to Atlanta by virtue of pure grit and determination to continue living out her dream. The single Mom rags-to-respectability story is hers alone to tell and she does so with no holds barred. Her notable appearances in feature films (Borat’s Hooker with a Heart of Gold), television (B.E.T.’s Comic View) and as a regular on videos and the comedy club circuit has her pegged as one of America’s funniest and fastest rising comediennes on the scene today. Her take no prisoners approach…bawdy, brash, cantankerous yet lovable “tell it like it is” brand of humor has audiences from all walks of life rolling in the aisles. With her deadpan, direct, get down, and at times, decidedly daring delivery of zingers about life and the human experience as she has lived it has reviewers and entertainment powers taking full notice. Alternately dubbed as a “comedy demolition machine” and a “sidesplitting high wired act without a net, urban and mainstream audiences alike are discovering Luenell’s comic genius, realizing that this “Bad Girl of Comedy” is a force to be reckoned with.
Company: 14th Street Playhouse
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $15.00 – $32.00
Box Office: 404-733-5000
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

HOT PROPERTY
07/09/2010 to 07/17/2010
Fred Carmichael’s irresistible comedy “Hot Property” is fueled by laughs, mistaken identities and even a “sting”. It’s the story of a down-on-his-luck land developer and his late mother’s sensational, headed toward “best-selling” novel, which was stolen by a crafty con artist and published as his own. Is it woe to the land developer? What does a troop of deliciously endearing professional actors have to do with it? You’ll see!
Company: Polk Street Players
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $12.50
Box Office: (770)218-9669
Free Parking Available

Hamlet! the Musical
07/09/2010 to 08/08/2010
If Hamlet were a musical, it would be HAMLET! THE MUSICAL! This ain’t your mamma’s Shakespeare (nor the Tavern’s typical take either). But never fear, fans, we’re not changing our style, just having some fun! Join us as we turn this Shakespearean tragedy into a musical comedy with music ranging from Rock & Roll to Vegas Lounge Act to Gospel!
Book by Shakespeare (edited by Eddie Levi Lee and Rebecca Wackler)
Lyrics by Lee, Wackler, and Phillip DePoy
Music by Phillip DePoy
Additional concept and materials by Drew Reeves and Renee Clark
Company: The New American Shakespeare Tavern
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $13.00 – $35.00
Box Office: 404-874-5299
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

Improv Revolution – Thursday night Improv
12/10/2009 to 12/30/2010
The future of yesterday’s improv tomorrow – today! New formats, fresh faces and big ideas mark our ever-changing Thursday night testing ground for new improv formats and new improvisers.
This week, the first half of the show is Jawbreaker. Atlanta’s best and brightest upcoming stars compete via improv games and scenes to please a famous film director. The winner gets a starring role in their latest Hollywood blockbuster.
The second half of the show is ‘An Evening With’ where each Thursday evening belongs to a different member of the Dad’s Garage improv ensemble who gets and they get to do whatever they gosh darn well please. So expect some pretty awesome and radically badical improv to be thrown your way. June 10th – Dan Triandiflou’s ‘True Crime’
*Please Note: This show is not appropriate for anyone not old enough
Company: Dad’s Garage
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $12.00
Box Office: 404-523-3141
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Samurai Davis Jr. and Dim Sum’s Super Mega Happy Fun Time Improv Show!
05/07/2010 to 07/30/2010
This truly outrageous Japanese–style game show is like Let’s Make A Deal meets Double Dare meets Dad’s Garage. Improvisers choose from 3 closed doors and must incorporate whatever’s lurking behind them in their scene, and the losing team is punished in a number of disturbingly hilarious (and often painful or stinky) ways. With crazy hosts, adorably sassy sailor girls, karaoke breaks, and bizarre stunts – this show is like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
Company: Dad’s Garage
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $12.00
Box Office: 404-523-3141
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

TheatreSports – Saturday Night Improv
12/05/2009 to 12/25/2010
Our longest running improv show and an audience favorite for years, TheatreSports is a fast–paced improv competition featuring the best improvisers in the city. Consisting of two teams, a host/referee, judges to boo and hiss, and the infamous scum box – TheatreSports will have you in hysterics and in on the fun.
Discount tickets for this show are available thru AtlanTIX online and at the booths. Click on Discount Tickets on the blue bar above to see list of tickets available online today.
Company: Dad’s Garage
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $15.00
Box Office: 404-523-3141
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Battle Acts
12/26/2009 to 12/18/2010
Individual improvisors compete head to head for laughs during this elimination tournament. Eight walk in and one walks out – The Champion of BattleActs! Third Saturday of each month.
Company: Laughing Matters
Price: $15.00
Box Office: 404-376-3755
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

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May 10, 2010 by Paul McParland
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Comedy Shows includes events, theatre, and improv performances in the Greater Atlanta Area.

Punchline Presents…Jeff Garlin
03/12/2010 to 03/12/2010
Jeff Garlin is the a star on the hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm. As a noted author and comedian, this show is hilariously funny and critically acclaimed.
Mature Content
Company: 14th Street Playhouse
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $35.00
Box Office: 404-733-4738
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

Improv Revolution – Thursday Night Improv
12/10/2009 to 12/02/2010
The future of yesterday’s improv tomorrow – today! Revolving improv formats, fresh faces and big ideas mark our ever–changing Thursday night testing ground for innovative and new improvisers. In addition to catching first glimpse at our brightest upcoming talent (The Nonsemble), this is your chance to catch the planting and growing of The Ensemble’s latest improv seeds. Shows this year include: Micetro (an improv rat–race), Sneak Preview (see the movie before it hits the big screen), State Tribute (a very un–historical account of our fair country), An Evening With (a full evening with a different ensemble member each week), and Couch Party (good time hang–outs with Lucky Yates and pals).
Discount tickets for this show are available thru AtlanTIX online and at the booths. Click on Discount Tickets on the blue bar above to see list of tickets available online today.
Company: Dad’s Garage
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $10.00
Box Office: 404-523-3141
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Octette Bridge Club
03/05/2010 to 04/04/2010
A delightful, sentimental comedy about American life in a by gone era. On alternate Friday evenings, eight sisters meet to play bridge and gossip. A delightful, funny, moving glimpse of the sort of lives we are all familiar with – our own.
Company: Kudzu Playhouse
Price: $15.12 – $19.44
Box Office: 770-594-1020
Free Parking Available

The Nerd
03/05/2010 to 04/03/2010
One of the funniest plays ever written, this extraordinarily inventive, side-splitting comedy was first presented by the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, then produced in Great Britain, then went on to Broadway. The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he’s never met but who saved his life in Vietnam—the visitor turning out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid “nerd” who outstays his welcome with a vengeance.
Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, “you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you”—so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless “nerd”—a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence—a dire development which, happily, is staved off by the surprising “twist” ending of the play.
Company: The Rosewater Theatre
Price: $17.12 – $19.26
Box Office: 770-640-5500
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

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