Hi there, beautiful darlings!
April is on her way out and MAY is moving on innnn! Let’s hope allll those showers from last month pay off with some major flowers, both metaphorical and real, this month! Safe to say we’re all ready for a spiritual flarpin’ super bloom ! We had a great weekend here at the theater, with a killer Dynasty Tonight! featuring amazing performers and amazing audience members. At the top of the shows, we always use music and our bodies to kick out some woes in the room, and this week’s complaints were substantial: a very bad date involving Von’s sushi, getting laid off, and having a commencement cancelled. We got to work some 🪄 Dynasty Magyck 🪄 and give one human some high quality food to enjoy on her own terms, one human a job offer, and one human a whole flarpin’ improvised graduation on stage! It was one of those the “gift is in the giving” moments, because we (VanJam) are still riding high! And still very impressed with the graduation cap GM Missy flawlessly created between acts. Now, we encourage YOU to give yourself some gifts of enchantertainment™! Our calendar is slipping into its sweatpants, because there’s a little more to love during the Netflix Is A Joke Fest!
NETFLIX IS A JOKE is a whole dang thang, it’s taking over the city of angels and honey we’re alll up in it. We’ve got shows on shows on shows, May 2-12th! Take a look at this wild schedule and get your tickets before they’re gone baby gone.
See you several times a day!
Love,
VanJam
What’s moore to Love at Dynasty this week!
🟡 TONIGHT! MONDAY 3/29 at 7:30PM: Let’s Not Die: A Yellow Dot Comedy Fundraiser.
Adam McKay’s Yellow Dot Studios presents a night of comedy about the greatest existential threat facing humanity. Hilarious stuff! Let’s Not Die! features stand up comedy, music, sketches, videos, and an interview with a real life climate scientist. It’ll be a hilarious – and enraging – fundraiser for Yellow Dot Studios, a non-profit media studio calling out polluters and mobilizing action on the climate emergency.
With Special Guests
NICK KROLL
APARNA NANCHERLA
SEAN O’CONNOR
NIKKI GLASER
ESTEBAN GAST
Special Appearance by ADAM MCKAY!
TUESDAY, 4/30 at 7:30PM: TAYLOR HUGHES: The Last Sermon.
Dynasty Darling, comedian, magician, and all-around wonderful human Taylor Hughes left his life as a former mega church pastor. He returns 10 years later to give the last sermon he was never able to share. This hilarious and heartfelt show highlights the beauty of awe and wonder while casting light on how misdirection can sneak into our lives where we least expect it.
🙂 WEDNESDAY, 5/1 at 7:30PM: Wrong Answers Only! With: Aparna Nancherla, Guy Branum, Rob Haze and more! Monster expert EMILY ZARKA joins host CHRIS DUFFY and an incredible panel of comedians for this science comedy game show! Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert.
THURSDAY, 5/2
7:00PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: DAVID NIHILL - SHELF HELP.
9:45PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: After Hours with ZACH NOE TOWERS!
FRIDAY, 5/3
🤠 7:00PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: LBJ: The Play SOLD OUT
🧬 9:45PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: JANINE HAROUNI Presented by Show and Tell in association with Curtis Brown & IAG 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show (Nominee). Janine thought she knew her family. Then she took a DNA test and things got messy. One of the most critically-acclaimed stand-up shows this year, from two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Janine Harouni which explores her Arab roots, pregnancy and what happens when your mail order DNA test does not go to plan.
SATURDAY, 5/3
4:00PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: Stand Up Cinema! This is not a stand up show. Instead, tonight we kick back, eat popcorn and celebrate stand ups who have the fortitude to produce film projects for the big screen! For this Netflix Is a Joke edition of Stand Up Cinema, comedian-filmmaker Sam Rubinoff will curate a new collection of short films made by local LA comics and visiting festival performers. This is a unique opportunity to see your favorite comedians’ recent filmmaking endeavors with a live audience. Stand Up Cinema first premiered to a sold out crowd at the 2023 New York Comedy Festival.
7:00PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: ELIOT GLAZER: Good Singer, Bad Gay. Comedian (and opera school dropout) Eliot Glazer takes a musical journey of self-discovery through offbeat, irreverent mashups and medleys in an attempt to figure out why, try as he might, he consistently fails at “being gay.”
🖤 9:45PM: Netflix Is A Joke Presents: The Black Version. The Black Version is a completely improvised show that started at the Groundings Theatre in Los Angeles in 2010 to sold out crowds and great reviews. Rolling Stone magazine calls the show “Hot” and the cast a “Comedic A-Team”. LA Weekly says the show is “Red Hot” and “Scores more than its share of belly laughs” while the LA Times calls the show “A Winner”. The all African American cast of regulars includes show creator Jordan Black along with other comedy veterans Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams, Daniele Gaither, Phil Lamar, and Nyima Funk all under the direction of Karen Maruyama. Special guest performers include Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Key & Peele (former original cast members), Wayne Brady, Maya Rudolph, Tiffany Hadish, Niecey Nash, Jerry Minor, Angela V. Shelton, Misty Monroe, and others who come and perform in the show from time to time.
SUNDAY 5/5
7:00PM: Netflix Is A Joke Presents: MELISSA VILLASEÑOR SOLD OUT!
9:45PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: MEKKI LEEPER Mekki Leeper stars as juror ‘Noah’ on the viral series Jury Duty, and is currently Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series for his work on the show. He can also be seen as ‘Eric’ on the HBOMax show The Sex Lives of College Girls from Mindy Kaling. He was cast as series regular ‘Matt’ in the NBC series St. Denis Medical, which was picked up to series. He has one of the top watched Comedy Central Featuring stand up sets, which recently broke 7 million views and counting, and was also featured on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
MONDAY 5/6
🤘 7:00 PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: The Last Improv Show! DAN BLACK presents an all-star lineup of improvisers performing the best and funniest improv of all time! The group improvises scenes based on true stories told by a celebrity monologist. With special guests: DAN BLACK, D’ARCY CARDEN, NICOLE BYER, BRANDON SCOTT JONES, BOBBY MOYNIHAN, PAUL WELSH!
Produced by Christina Calph and Dan Black
9:45PM: NETFLIX IS A JOKE PRESENTS: Kings Of Camp. In 2021, two summer-camp obsessed adults hatched a plan to return to their favorite childhood place: organize a stand-up tour and perform at as many Jewish sleepaway camps as would let them. Certain they’d found the perfect scheme to relive their glory days, they set off on an adventure that ended up being more embarrassing and disappointing than they’d anticipated – but it’s a really fun story to tell. In this two-man show, JACOB KAPLAN and MARCUS LUSTIG blend stand up, interactive bits, and original songs to tell you the story of their summer. So come out! And please, stay hydrated.
TUESDAY 5/7
7:00PM: Netflix is a Joke Presents: Dynasty Tonight! That’s right, our lil’ homegrown honey show is doing the big ol’ fest. We’ll have a full band (the DyNaHoststies) epic giveaways (who knows), and amazing guests including: JOEL KIM BOOSTER and CHRIS FLEMING. More to come! Hosted by VANJAM.
9:45PM Netflix is a Joke presents: Are You Still Listening? Are You Still Listening? is a monthly, live Netflix stand-up comedy show featuring some of the hottest up-and-coming comedians.***RSVP does not guarantee entree – seating and entry are on a first come, first served basis***
Host: DULCE SLOAN
COURTNEY BEE
JESSICA SAUL
LISA CHANOUX
OPEY OLAGBAJU
PAUL SCHISSLER
USAMA SIDDIQUEE
See you, like, all the time,
VanJam
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