Viola Davis is Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, but what year it is makes all the difference to fun
Television and film actor Viola Davis will get a very different Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year celebration Thursday than Elizabeth Banks did in January 2020, before the pandemic locked us down.
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.
Oh, you’re spending New Year’s Eve inside? These three livestreams can make it special
New Year’s is bound to be an indoors affair while a pandemic is till raging outside, but there are ways to make the night festive and unique.
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.
Podcasts from Cambridge and Somerville
Cambridge and Somerville have birthed plenty of podcasts, but there are a handful that not just capture something about the nature of the cities, but are ongoing enterprises you can subscribe to and expect to see pop up on a feed with regularity.
Grants to arts nonprofits flowing, but amounts aren’t enough to save ImprovBoston’s theater
The city and Cambridge Community Foundation have delivered on long-awaited help for arts nonprofits battered by coronavirus closings, but the size of the grants are simply not enough – namely for the ImprovBoston comedy club, which is giving up its theater’s lease.
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.
‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’: Updated antics Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of America
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” brings back Sacha Baron Cohen’s gonzo character from 2006 with similar mock-doc revelations. With President Donald Trump in the comedic crosshairs, this one’s more targeted, loaded and timely.
Alice Fraser understands President Trump despite his habit of saying what he thinks
Australian comedian Alice Fraser had a good summation of President Donald Trump’s rhetorical approach and linguistic skills on Monday’s episode of “The Bugle” podcast hosted by Andy Zaltzman.
