The Comedy Vault is an absolutely world-class comedy club that brings in both elite headliners every weekend and the absolutely best Chicago-area comics as hosts and features. It is everything a great comedy club should be.
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Jordan Jensen’s Death Chunk
Jordan Jensen is, for my money, one of the best comics working today. She talks fast, seamlessly transitions between topics based on audience interactions, revisits abandoned bits prompted by distractions
I Saw Tim Dillon Headline Twice in One Weekend
I have achieved a new level of comedy nerddom. I saw Tim Dillon headline twice in one weekend (Thursday and Saturday early shows) during his run at the Chicago Improv in lovely Schaumburg, Illinois. I have seen comics twice and even three times over one weekend but always in a showcase style show where they…
The Comedy Mothership
The Mothership is not the best comedy club in the world. But the Mothership does something more important and interesting — it cultivates the hell out of new talent better than any club in the country. These door guys are the future.
Joe DeRosa at the Comedy Vault
DeRosa’s specific MO is that he is judgmental, captious, and able to get thoroughly riled up by just about anything. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden4 does not depart from this trend. It’s peak Joe DeRosa as we know and love him.
New York Comedy Audiences
New York is the greatest comedy city on the planet. So when I visited, I kind of expected the best comedy audiences on the planet.
Nope.
The Comedy Cellar
How do I describe it? It was just beautiful, magical flow the entire show. I cannot describe what it felt like to be in that room.
The Comedy Cellar’s Reservation System Sucks
The Comedy Cellar is a magical, wonderful place for any comedy lover but their reservation system sucks hard. And they need to at least double their prices. Here’s how the Comedy Cellar’s reservation system works: The Comedy Cellar charges a cover fee like any comedy club but they don’t charge you at the time you…
The Stand is as Essential an NYC Comedy Club as the Cellar
You are a comedy fan stopping over in New York for one night. What is your first instinct about where to spend your precious time?
The Comedy Cellar?
Yes, of course.
But then you gotta book it 15 minutes over to The Stand.
A Tale of Two Roast Comics: Dave Attell and Jeff Ross Live
I have been a Dave Attell fan for over a decade and seen him live 3-4 times. I have never thought of him as a roast comic. I was always puzzled why he was chosen as Jeff Ross’s roast companion for bumping mics. Dave Attell is a great comic but a roast comic? He has…
Laughing All Over Chicago and Beyond: Your Guide to the Chicago Stand-up Comedy Scene with Exclusive Reviews, Interviews, and Resources 