Before Harvard Square gets laughs back in 2023, Comedy Studio must crowdfund some updates
Unexpected construction costs, post-Covid ventilation requirements and supply-chain issues are delaying the reopening of The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, which owner Rick Jenkins once hoped to have open for a New Year’s Eve celebration.
Even missing New Year’s, new Comedy Studio will give Harvard Square nightlife to celebrate
The Comedy Studio would reopen in Harvard Square in time for a New Year’s Eve party if owner Rick Jenkins had his preference, but a visit to its belowground shell last month showed why January is the more likely date.
Comedy Studio coming back to Harvard Square, expecting an equally iconic space on JFK Street
The Comedy Studio is expected to return to Harvard Square in 2022, to a basement space in the new Abbot at JFK and Brattle streets.
Comedy Studio is temporarily at home in Vera’s but pinning down details for a long-term space
The Comedy Studio has relocated from Bow Market to Vera’s restaurant and bar within Somerville’s Union Square, where leaders say they plan to be for the next year while they negotiate a bigger space in the Cambridge-Somerville area.
Feel like you’re back in the club – with celebrities – during Comedy Studio’s April Fool’s Day Show
Much of the state is racing toward reopening its nighttime entertainment, but Cambridge and Somerville are not – inspiring The Comedy Studio in Somerville’s Union Square to host on Thursday a one-of-a-kind, one-time-only streamed show studded with celebrities.
After allegations that threatened reputation, comedian points out trolls in the community
Allegations against comic Dana Jay Bein last spring might have done serious damage to his reputation if not for one thing: He was part of a live Zoom comedy show at the same time he was supposedly gaslighting a woman into a fake rendezvous and texting her toxic messages.
Myq Kaplan states terms for joining as co-host with Comedy Studio Podcast: Greater diversity
Boston expat comedian Myq Kaplan has signed on as co-host of the weekly “Comedy Studio Podcast” produced out of the Union Square, Somerville, comedy club, replacing the outgoing Eli Levy. But he had terms.
ImprovBoston makes ‘GoreFest’ a video game, since actors can’t be in theater splashing blood
Coronavirus seemingly killed ImprovBoston’s annual GoreFest musical tradition, which splashes around so much fake blood that ponchos are recommended for audience members. But like life among some sterile, marauding dinosaurs, “GoreFest” has found a way.
There’s less comedy to go around with Covid, because comics are opting out of distancing
It’s not just there are fewer comedy shows to go to. The coronavirus lockdown is thinning the ranks of comedians as well, according to the panel hosting “The Comedy Studio Podcast” out of the Union Square comedy club and their Sept. 8 guest, comic Kathleen DeMarle.
ImprovBoston delays vital fundraiser by 14 days, reflecting unrest arising from brutality by police
A 40-hour fundraising telethon to keep the ImprovBoston comedy club alive has been postponed to respect and support protests taking place nationwide against police brutality, organizers said Monday.
