Comedy

Here’s some reality entertainment for you: elementary school. Comedian and 4th grade teacher, Beth McGregor, puts these two worlds together in a show with more hair-pulling than Jerry Springer, more grammar mistakes than Jersey Shore, and more questionable choices than Flavor of Love 1, 2, AND 3!

He doesn’t believe in anything and rejects all that’s good and holy. He’s the most famous living nihilist of this century. June 24 and 25 at the Neon Venus Theater at 8, 7023 Melrose. Limited seating, so make reservations now.

Ryan is desperate to show his paintings in the coolest gallery in town. The owner gives him a choice: He'll display the paintings in an upcoming show, but only if Ryan smears them with his own excrement. A comedy about art, marriage and what it means to own the moment.

The hardship & hilarity of PJ Walsh’s journey - A screw-up kid enlists never expecting to go to war. After three wars, a stint as Bill Clinton’s dental technician, & a career in stand-up comedy, he discovers what matters in life as he faces mortality in the belly of a C-130 plane over Afghanistan.

A Horse is improvised Shakespeare with a modern twist! An outrageous, fast paced show that incorporates the Bard's language in modern day situations. "The play is the thing" and the players are Jimmy Mac, Amanda Barnes, Rollin Perry and Julian Clark. A Horse is coached by the divine Jaime Moyer.

Yummy! Legs, breasts and thighs will dance their way across the stage for your enjoyment. “8 Piece Legs and Thighs” shoots a bullet of humor that pierces our defensive armor and allows us to laugh at our continued obsessions with sexuality, physicality, weight loss and objectification.

A situation-comedy. The core of the act is developed around a highly distinctive stage persona.

The hilarious and over-the-top story of a 20 year high school reunion. This is a staged reading (with live music) of an original screenplay.

A 20 something girl tells the story of her so-far meaningless yet holding-out-hope-for-grandeur life in an admittedly awkward, unapologetically silly, and merrily self-deprecating light as she searches to find the dreams and fearlessness she had as a child.

In a world where we find love online and solidify friendships on Facebook, comedy group Stupid Time Machine asks, has human contact become obsolete? This satirical sketch revue salutes Nintendos, Zack-Morris-Cell-Phones, Grandma and everything else we once loved but have no current use for.

Former "looper" John Druska takes the audience on a tour of his ten year career as a private golf club caddie, from his greatest paydays to his most dastardly clients. A true story of growing up too fast that spans millennia. 6/11,5P;6/22,9:30P $7 @Fringe Central Mainstage

Millions of American children loved their summer camp experience. Adam Gropman was not one of them. Raised in a semi-bohemian Boston household by “hippie-adjacent” parents, chronically homesick Adam was sent, at age 10, to the most rugged, stripped-down, outdoorsy summer camp in New England.

Group, a new musical, chronicles seven strangers’ path to love and acceptance. With heartfelt wit set to an indie-rock score, Group is "a gift" (Backstage) that will "immediately win you over" (LA Times). 3 encore performances only! @Stella Adler $2 parking @Hollywood&Highland. TheMusicalGroup.com

Like Hermes returning from the underworld, Telly Savalas is back. Featuring the songs that the real Telly Savalas actually sang in the 70's (or often spoke), "Who Loves You, Baby?" is a stern warning to the bed-headed, 20/30-somethings of today to recapture the lost art of romance and manhood.

This one-man show tells the autobiographical story of Majd Murad as he comes out to his Catholic Iraqi family. Funny and bittersweet, this show is sure to educate and inspire its audience. Tickets $15.00