Take advantage of one of many comedy nights in Cambridge and Somerville. Here’s a guide to the comedy scene every night of the week with something for everybody, from the fresh comics to the sweaty ones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.