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Quick Dish NY: ‘S*X WITCH: The Musical’ TONIGHT at The Tiny Cupboard

Quick Dish NY: ‘S*X WITCH: The Musical’ TONIGHT at The Tiny Cupboard

S*X WITCH: The Musical is a dark comedy written and performed by Maggie Lalley which chronicles the performer’s laughworthy journey through teenage witchcraft and s*xuality. Utilizing stand-up, storytelling, and original music, Maggie will turn “a vulnerable tale into a hysterical musical!” Not only was the show sold out at Edinburgh Fringe, but has also toured […]

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Icing: Get Your Dose of The “Love Drug” with ANNA LaMADRID’s Highly Engrossing Dark Comedy THE OXY COMPLEX

Icing: Get Your Dose of The “Love Drug” with ANNA LaMADRID’s Highly Engrossing Dark Comedy   THE OXY COMPLEX

After viewing “Venezuelan born, East Coast-bred” performer ANNA LaMADRID’s (Bless This Mess, Grey’s Anatomy) dark comedy and virtual premiere production presented by IAMA Theatre Company, I couldn’t help but immediately think of that line “Love is the drug, got a hook in me” from that Roxy Music classic. In this case, the internal drug of […]

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Video Licks: DOORSTOP PRODUCTIONS’ New Dark Comedy Short SIRI-OUS BUSINESS “Paves” The Way for A More Reliable Texting AI

Video Licks: DOORSTOP PRODUCTIONS’ New Dark Comedy Short SIRI-OUS BUSINESS “Paves” The Way for A More Reliable Texting AI

Can humans rely on technology at the most potentially life-altering moment in their existence? The new dark comedy short from Stephanie Stender, Siri-ous Business, examines the shortcomings of one popular (oft unreliable) technological AI tool. (You know her name!) In this tale, one Mike Thomas (Michael Sciortino) is having a particular challenging day, so he […]

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Video Licks: Say “Happy New Year” with This Dark Comedy Short

Video Licks: Say “Happy New Year” with This Dark Comedy Short

We’re sooo close, kids! Soon you’ll be wearing those 2021 shaped glasses and bidding this train wreck of a year adieu. However, that will also be the time you reflect on what happened the previous year when you were ushering a new 365 days filled with hope. Wow, time does heal the wounds quickly because […]

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Video Licks: Bet You Never Expected “Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee’s 2020 Oscar Picks!”

Video Licks: Bet You Never Expected “Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee’s 2020 Oscar Picks!”

Just when you thought it was shocking that Patricia Arquette accidentally hit her co-star Joey King on the head with her Golden Globe, Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard, from the Emmy award winning Hulu series The Act, present to you their 2020 Oscar picks. (If you were unaware, The Act series tells the story […]

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Quick Dish NY: KATE OWENS’ COOKNG WITH KATHRYN featuring Dylan Adler TOMORROW at The PIT Underground

Quick Dish NY: KATE OWENS’ COOKNG WITH KATHRYN featuring Dylan Adler TOMORROW at The PIT Underground

Your favorite “down-home, liquored up, southern belle” is giving The Peoples Improv Theatre life TOMORROW. KATE OWENS’ critically acclaimed dark comedy treat, COOKING with KATHRYN, features an Amy Sedaris-inspired character stumbling her way through rewarding her party guests with a brunch demo that is so sauced, she can’t be trusted around cutlery. The night of […]

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Quick Dish NY: Enjoy An Evening of Three Dark One Act Comedies with DINING WITH PLOETZ September 6-22 in Manhattan

Quick Dish NY: Enjoy An Evening of Three Dark One Act Comedies with DINING WITH PLOETZ September 6-22 in Manhattan

We are only one month and change away from October, kids. Can you feel the Halloween mood in the hot, summer air? If you are in the jonesing for some dark comedy this back to school season might we suggest DINING WITH PLOETZ. Richard Ploetz (Playwright, Director of Goldfish, Bon Appetite) is bringing three new one-act, […]

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Quick Dish NY: Don’t Miss The Critically Acclaimed Dark Comedy ‘COOKING with KATHRYN’ 8.17 for Ladyfest at The Tank

Quick Dish NY: Don’t Miss The Critically Acclaimed Dark Comedy ‘COOKING with KATHRYN’ 8.17 for Ladyfest at The Tank

For ONE NIGHT ONLY join Kate Owens (Solocom, The PIT, The Tank, Dixon Place, The Shitshow, Personality Test) as she brings you her award-winning, dark comedy at The Tank for Ladyfest. Kate has been developing the Amy Sedaris-inspired character for the past three years and Saturday, August 17th you will meet her. COOKING with KATHRYN […]

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Quick Dish NY: Three Nights of “COLD BLOODED WITCH – The S*x Musical” Starting 5.30 at UNDER St. Marks

Quick Dish NY: Three Nights of “COLD BLOODED WITCH – The S*x Musical” Starting 5.30 at UNDER St. Marks

Are you in the mood for some dark comedy? Then we’ve got just the thing! May 30th through June 1st come check out Cold Blooded Witch: The Sex Musical! at New York’s UNDER St. Marks Theater. Comedian Maggie Lalley invites you to her one woman original musical comedy where she takes you on a slightly […]

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Quick Dish LA: The LA Premiere of Dark Comedy SCRAPS 8.8 at The Downtown Independent

Quick Dish LA: The LA Premiere of Dark Comedy SCRAPS 8.8 at The Downtown Independent

If you’ve never missed a day of Comedy Cake coverage in your life, then you will remember the fiercely unique projects of DANIEL SHAR, like “Weird Copcept Album” and “We Have to Move.” This Wednesday, August 8th, you can feast your eyes on Shar’s feature debut as a writer/director with his 85-minute dark comedy SCRAPS. […]