Comedy

Comedy Festival and returning Top 10 Show of Hollywood Fringe Festival 2012. David and Leeman return to fascinate, fool, and whip you into a flummoxed frenzy. Theirs is magic at its finest and funniest. LA's Filthy Liars will have your arms flailing in delight.

It takes a lot more than platform shoes to take it to the top. 1970's hollywood themed improv. Directed by Miles Stroth. Presented by Mahoobla Productions in association with Jack Zullo.

Georgia has literally lost her ability to laugh. Kyle is worried that whatever took his wife’s sense of humor is also erasing her personality. Enter Dr. Magdalena Popescu, a neurophysinarcissist with the solution - radical measures to recover their authentic selves.

Les has a problem . His mother has dementia and she has no idea who he is . He has 24 hours to get her to regain her memory . Come see a comedic look at something we all have in common . Our parents .

Phoebe wants to put on a great show. She really does. Armed with wit, critical thinking, and a tube of lip-gloss, she can conquer anything. Except maybe her own attention span. What happens when a bookish little girl grows up to crave the spotlight? This one-woman comedy show.

2012 Backstage Critics' Pick! TU presents 25 NEW original short plays featuring a handful of the company’s top actors playing over 50 characters in just one hour. Fusing comedy, drama and everything in between, it's a complete theatrical journey in 60 minutes! Speed theatre at its best!

A young Japanese woman discovers her father's love for her only after she loses her hair and skin. Nearly a dozen characters are brought to life in this revealing, fearless and funny journey of survival and the power of dream.

Will John get back together with Jessica? Who is Luke dating? What did Courtney lose last year? What kind of things did Mona get herself into? Who's gay now? Who is that Jessie kid? The things that can happen when you're away that 1st year of college. www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1130

Evan and Allie have made it to their 3rd date. A momentous occasion fraught with great expectations. Prepare for none of them to be met as their imagination takes over revealing each other's ex...and they have a lot to say. A hilariously awkward one-act by Deborah Gross. Directed by Doug Hannah.

In this one-woman show, Marie Lively shares the true story of how a naive Christian temp became a corporate smut queen for one of the largest pornographers in town.

Part slideshow, part keynote, free association at times, a tap from my consciousness. Tales of international travel, dating, animal attacks, hot air balloon crashes, radioactive journeys, celebrity encounters, drugs, world history and poor life choices are fancifed by images, animation and video.

*From the Winner Best Musical (DOOMSDAY CABARET): When a cash-strapped theatre troupe capitalizes on the 40th Anniversary THE EXORCIST with a hilarious rock parody, they unleash HELL! Heads will spin and demons will dance in The Rock Musical Event of 2013! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!

The Purpose of Theater Criticism in the Twenty First Century will be an irreverent yet substantive discussion, tapping the best minds in LA Theater. It will be entertaining, lively and enlightening with audience Q&A to follow.

WINNER: BEST INTERNATIONAL, NOMINEE: DUENDE DISTINCTION A sparkling new comedy about a middle-class Nigerian 3rd grader who dreams of becoming poor to win the heart of her popular classmate. A fresh glimpse of African life about a girl eager to reject herself in to order to feel like she belongs.

Delilah Dix is in the slammer for smuggling an orphan in an endangered koala skin over state lines. In this 1 hour maniacal musical comedy, take a trip down memory lane with our biggest, brightest, currently disease free, America's Showgirl!