comedy

Yes, Edgar Allan Poe is alive and he's a very bad guy. Not only does he steal the souls from young writers but he's also destroying Hollywood at the same time.

At Fringe Central Station, Brock Wilbur (Death of the Weekend) hosts a collection of the 100 Best Comics in Los Angeles... that were in his phone. Come join our FOUR NIGHTS with incredible line-ups of incredible fuck-ups!

ASAP FABLES is back with more instant and original tales! Join us as teams of theatre artists solve merciless production challenges and oddball instructions on the grounds of the legendary Hollywood United Methodist Church. This FREE event is FUNTASTIC for audiences of ALL AGES! WWW.MOVINGARTS.ORG

Take a little SNL, mix in a dose of The Daily Show & Colbert Report and sprinkle it all with classic sketch comedy shows like The Carol Burnett Show and SCTV. Put that all together and you get Hollywood's best sketch comedy show, Second City This Week.

In "Confessions of a Cat Lady", Tiffany inspires audiences to embrace the flaws that make them who they are through reliving the moments in her life you would never want anyone to know about! Her honesty makes "Confessions of a Cat Lady" one helluva a brave performance delivered with heart.

Jim Loucks’ live-wire solo show takes you back to the Deep South with preachers shoutin’ from the mountaintops, mamas pickin’ switches, and Hellfire just a heartbeat away. Witty storytelling, quirky characters, down-home Gospel music. Director: Carol Rusoff. “Critic’s Pick”-Cincinnati Citybeat

30 MINUTE MUSICALS presents a double feature of SHOWGIRLS and JURASSIC PARK. Watch your favorite cult classics come to life with in-your-face dancing dinosaurs, singing showgirls, and original songs! It’s the magic of broadway on redbull, sure to blow your skirt up or off!

A 35-minute short film tribute to Star Wars and John Hughes, Simon and Henry create the perfect woman from their Slave Leia action figure, and set out to fit in. Celebrity cameos include Director Kevin Smith; and James Arnold Taylor and Catherine Taber (Obi-wan/Padme voice actors on The Clone Wars)

In the campy comedy/horror short film BUGBABY, Sammy Gregory is a "special needs" infant - special in that he resembles a giant insect, and needs a constant supply of raw meat. Featuring cult movie icon Mink Stole!

Famously called “c*nts” by singer Lana Del Rey, Sparklepuss's comedy provokes, surprises, & makes people laugh. Featured on HuffPo, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed, Funny or Die, Hipster Runoff, and numerous blogs, the duo of Christine Tarbet & Rollin Perry writes & stars in Web shorts and live shows.

To err is to be human. But what if we build a working time machine? We could go to the past and fix all those errors! With the help of Back to the Future, Douglas Adams and hours watching the Science Channel, Chris McGowan may have the answers to his life's problems - and yours!

Rue Murphy has five maxed out credit cards and an ex-child star daughter who is now “knitting with one needle.” In this grey world of realityTV, chemical cocktails and financial anorexia, Jennifer Aniston glimmers, a beacon of beauty and hope, the emblem of that most glorious creature, The Celebrity

Join Robert and the Magic Mirror as they present a taste of "Robert and the Magic Mirror: Deep Space, NEIN!" at the Fringe Central cabaret stage. Partially scripted, partially improvised, totally fun. Probably.

Multi-award-winning, nationally touring 4 Clowns is a physical, musical & emotional journey into what it is to be human. Follow 4 clowns - sad, mischievous, angry & nervous - as they tell their tales of woe & elation from childhood to adulthood we discover that they are all the same...and so are we.

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