MD/DC/VA Comedy

[Dylan T]

I hope this is the appropriate place to resurrect this thread.

First the bad news: I've heard that Paul F. Tompkins at the Arlington Drafthouse in VA has again been postponed (indefinitely?). It's already been postponed before, more than once I think, but now he's not even on the website/schedule/calendar thing. So, fingers crossed that he'll make it one day.

Now the good news: Neil Hamburger at The Ottobar in Baltimore, August 1st. The Ottobar is a cool scuzzy little joint which gets some great music. I've never seen comedy there before but it should be fun.

[radiofreenova]

word from the drafthouse is that the PFT show has indeed been moved again, this time to fri. 11/14 & sat. 11/15, first at the new MoCo location & then the original arlington one.

fingers crossed these dates finally stick! (and that andy kindler actually reschedules his now-long-ago canceled gig, too, for that matter.)

[Berliner]

Frustrating

[radiofreenova]

PFT has confirmed his rescheduled drafthouse dates & posted them on myspace, although the schedule seems to indicate both will be in arlington. i'm sure ol' drafty will specify closer to the time. (then again, i'm a little nervous about them opening a 2nd venue. hope it's not overreaching.)

meanwhile, mostly in dc* and in less than two weeks, there's this:
http://www.dccomedyfest.com/dccf/

i haven't been to one of these yet, but a lot of the shows look fun this year.

*lizz winstead's appearance at the drafthouse is also affiliated with the comedyfest.

[MrDys]

http://www.dccomedyfest.com/dccf/

I want to punch whoever made that site in the nuttys.

[Dr. Feelgood]

DC Comedy Fest has a Chicago comics show on Aug. 8 where you can see some of what we've been missing from Dan Telfer's show and elsewhere in Chicago, most noteworthily Hannibal Buress. I also plan on seeing Neil Hamburger at the Black Cat on the 6th and Todd Barry with Tig Notaro at Synagogue at 6th & I on the 9th, both in DC. It's rock it time.

[radiofreenova]

I want to punch whoever made that site in the nuttys.

yeah, this one's a tad easier to deal with (never thought i'd say that about myspace!): http://www.myspace.com/dccomedyfest.

also, tix are still available, for just $11 (http://www.goldstar.com/events/venue...rafthouse.html), to see brian posehn this weekend at the drafthouse (& lizz winstead next weekend).

and darn it, i'd meant to mention mr. hamburger's coming back to the black cat - with daiquiri, of course! just $10: http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html.

[radiofreenova]

controversy! or rather, area comics understandably upset by their relative scarcity at this year's comedyfest: see dc comedy 4 now's blog.

[radiofreenova]

fyi, the recently emmy-nominated carrie fisher has brought her one-woman show wishful drinking to dc this month!

[Tuohy]

Just got a facebook announcement from Todd Barry- June 26th and 27th at Arlington Drafthouse. I thought it might be worth mentioning here as it seems sort of last-minute.

[Phil]

I'll be spend a week in Baltimore next month. Does anyone know of any open mics in the area? Google wasn't any help.