Compiled by Dennis Maler. Bios and writeups pulled from various sources, including from the clubs and comics…
THU 11.30
RORY SCOVEL @ ONCE BALLROOM
Rory Scovel recently finished shooting the New Line feature THE HOUSE, alongside Will Ferrell & Amy Poehler, as well as THE LEGACY OF A WHITETAIL DEER HUNTER for director Jody Hill alongside Danny McBride & Josh Brolin. Some of his television credits include the TBS series GROUND FLOOR as well as the NBC series UNDATEABLE, ABC’s MODERN FAMILY, FX’s THE COMEDIANS & the upcoming original series THOSE WHO CAN’T for TruTV. Last year Rory also starred alongside Demetri Martin in Demetri’s directorial debut DEAN which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, & his new hour- stand up special is available on Seeso.
Rory’s stand up has been featured on Comedy Central, CONAN, & Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. His second album, RORY SCOVEL LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS, was released in 2013 & was recorded live at their studios in Nashville.
156 HIGHLAND AVE., SOMERVILLE | 7PM | $22
THU 11.30
THE COMEDY STUDIO
Featuring: Sean Clarke, Josh Do, Doug Fitzgerald, Brett Johnson, Chance Langton, Austin McCloud, Srilatha Rajamani, Ellen Sugarman, Beecher Taylor, & Conn Williams
Hosted by Rick Jenkins
1238 MASS AVE., CAMBRIDGE | 8PM | $10
THU 11.30
BOSTON STANDS WITH PUERTO RICO @ NICK’S COMEDY STOP
Profits donated to Puerto Rico No Está Apagao (Puerto Rico Is Not Turned Off)
Featuring: Ray Harrington, Xazmin Garza, Marty Caproni, Chris Post, Alan Fitzgerald,
Carlos Garcia, & Alan Moreau
Hosted by Etrane Martinez
100 WARRENTON ST., BOSTON | 8PM | $10
THU 11.30
HEADLINERS IN THE SQUARE @ JOHN HARVARD’S
Featuring: Reece Cotton, Dylan Krasinski, Josh Filipowski, Tim King, Tom Kelly, Shyam Subramanian, & Andrew Della Volpe.
33 DUNSTER ST., CAMBRIDGE | 9PM | FREE
THU 11.30
THE SEXTACULAR SHOW @ IMPROVBOSTON
Featuring: Pete the Heat: Comedic Burlesque Dance Routine, Austin McCloud: Stand-up Comedy, Samantha Manewitz – Sex Therapist, Ophelia Smith: Singer, Dark N’ Stormy: Burlesque, Beyonder: Rope Bondage, Josephine Faker: Burlesque, Mat Helman: Stand-up Comedy, Marie Abbadon: Burlesque, & Traci HoopDr: Hula Hooping
Hosted by Chris Connelly
40 PROSPECT ST., CAMBRIDGE | 9:30PM | $12
FRI 12.1
THE GAS! @ GREAT SCOTT
Profits donated to: Puerto Rico No Está Apagao (Puerto Rico Is Not Turned Off)
Featuring: Phillip Anthony, Shaun Connolly, Brian Plumb, James Huessy, Pam Ross,
David Tyler, & Richard Bowen
Hosted by Rob Crean
1222 COMM AVE., ALLSTON | 7PM | $5
FRI 12.1
THE COMEDY STUDIO
Featuring: Sagar Bhatt, Andrew Mayer, Kwasi Mensah, Arty P, J Smitty, & Erin Spencer
Hosted by Rick Jenkins
1238 MASS AVE., CAMBRIDGE | 8PM | $15
FRI 12.1
HIDEOUT COMEDY @ THE HIDEOUT IN FANEUIL HALL
Hosted by Hosted by Dylan Krasinski & Sam Ike
4 S. MARKET ST., BOSTON | 8PM | $10
11.30-12.2
SARAH TIANA @ LAUGH BOSTON
Sarah Tiana has been a “working” comedian/ex-waitress in Los Angeles since 2003. Originally from Calhoun, GA, Sarah’s act emphasizes the thrills of growing up after “The War Of Northern Aggression” & trying to survive in the current battle of the sexes. She doesn’t call herself “single,” (she’s too old for that), she prefers to be called “sexually active.” Recently Sarah was seen as the red carpet host for the Roast of Justin Bieber (Comedy Central), the CMT host for the CMAs, as well as on the Roast-theme @midnight episode, & in 2015 on the Josh Wolf Show. A trip to Iraq at the beginning of the war is highlighted in the documentary film, “We Love You Mrs. Bevins.” Sarah recently wrote & starred in “The Burn” with Jeffrey Ross for 2 seasons on Comedy Central. She is currently a correspondent on “The Soup Investigates” & was a regular on the “Chelsea Lately” roundtable. An avid sports fan Sarah wrote for the ESPY awards & the Rob Riggle NFL segments on Fox. She can also be seen at The World Famous Comedy Store, Twitter, & numerous unhealthy relationships in & around Los Angeles. She will never be seen in the three pilots she taped last year or be caught dead in the dress she wore on Craig Ferguson (it no longer fits).
425 SUMMER ST., BOSTON | 8PM & 10PM | $25-$29
12.1-2
WILL NOONAN @ NICK’S COMEDY STOP
Will has appeared on “Gotham Comedy Live” on AXS-TV, The Oddball Comedy Festival with Louis CK & Sarah Silverman, told a story on NPR’s “This American Life” & his comedy is played often on Sirius XM. He’s appeared on MTV as a comedian & in 2014 Will was named Comedy Ambassador & a Moment Maker by Skype. He’s also starred in commercials for Staples, Ocean Spray & and Bullhorn among many others.
He is also well known for his internet presence. His Twitter account @willnoonan has over 25K in followership (including followers Jim Gaffigan, Joe Rogan , Dave Attell & Nikki Glaser) & on Vine where he has over 22K followers. Also his joke memes & standupshots have garnered over 2 million views on sites such as Reddit, Imgur, 9Gag & The Chive.
Take a moment to search “#Noonthusiast” “#Noondo”and “#ILoveWillNoonan” on Instagram & Twitter to see the amount of awesome fan support both he & his podcast receive.
Will is the creator & host of the iTunes charting podcast “High Pathetically with Will Noonan”, which has over 118 episodes & garners around 4,000 downloads per month & is always available for free on iTunes, Stitcher, & willnoonan.com.
100 WARRENTON ST., BOSTON | 8PM | $20
12.1-2
TOM DUSTIN @ THE COMEDY SCENE
If you’re reading this, you probably are considering going to a comedy show featuring a guy you’ve never heard of: me.
Well, I’m Tom.
I’m from Boston & I do stand-up comedy for a living. I’ve won a few competitions including a big one in Canada which was televised in 2010 on “The Comedy Network” (Canadian Comedy Central) & paid me $25,000 that I quickly squandered. I’ll always love you, Canada.
Comedy Central in the U.S. picked me for the “Up Next” certified club talent search in 2013, but has yet to put me on their network. What gives? I love you guys, but come on. My parents are gonna die before they get to see me do standup on American television & I’m gonna be sad about it. You have the power to prevent that. I’ll be waiting by the phone, expecting your call.
Anyway, I’ve been a part of the Boston Comedy Festival for the past 10 years, & perform at all the clubs in Boston (except one; ask me, I’ll tell you the story). I spend about 30 weeks per year on the road, working at comedy clubs across the country (all over New England, a lot of the midwest & the eastern seaboard). In winter, I book all my gigs in Florida & the Bahamas because I despise shivering & shoveling.
I love working at comedy clubs, & I’m really good at it, which is probably why they all keep asking me back every year. By the way, thanks for that, comedy bookers. I love you too.
Unfortunately, I’m lazy & I suck at marketing myself through social media & all that jazz, so I’ve never really built a big fanbase, (hence your never having heard of me). I sometimes feel like I’m just a little late to the party, too old, & not cool enough to be there; As is apparent by my use of the phrase “all that jazz”. But I’m working on it. Do you want to be my manager?
I’ve also done some commercials, video shorts, web series, podcasts, radio & tv appearances; not all of which I am proud, but most weren’t bad. I’m the founder & commissioner of the Boston Comedy Softball League which is awesome. 5 comedy clubs sponsor 60 comedians playing softball at night on the Charles river in Boston; it’s as good as it gets. None of that really says anything about how funny I am on stage, but you might gather that I’m generally liked & respected by my peers, & you’d be right.
If you come to my show, you can expect it to be a little dirty with a sprinkle of mean jokes & sexy stories, a little truth & a couple of lies. I’ll make some intelligent arguments, some mindless ramblings & hopefully, by the end, you’ll have laughed a bunch & got to know me better. Then we can be friends.
And that’ll be the moment when you’ll feel good about yourself for taking a shot on the comedy show featuring the guy you’ve never heard of.
Come see me. I promise to be wicked funny. You probably got the tickets for free anyway.
200 PATRIOT PLACE FOXBOROUGH | 8:30PM | $20
SAT 12.2
NICK OFFERMAN @ THE WILBUR
NICK OFFERMAN is an actor, writer & woodworker, best known as the character of Ron Swanson on NBC’s hit comedy series “Parks & Recreation.” The show, in which he starred with Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, & Aziz Ansari, wrapped its 7th & final season in 2015. For his work on the show, Offerman won a Television Critics Association Award for Achievement in Comedy in 2011, having earned his first nomination in 2010.
He also received two Critics’ Choice Television Award
nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Most recently, Offerman voiced a character in the English-language version to the French animated feature MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI & he starred in The Weinstein Company’s THE FOUNDER alongside Michael Keaton & John Carroll Lynch. He also lent his voice to two animated films including SING & ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE. At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, he was seen in THE LITTLE HOURS in which he stars alongside Alison Brie & Dave Franco & THE HERO alongside Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon & Krysten Ritter.
246 TREMONT ST., BOSTON | 7 & 9:45PM | $39 – $49
SAT 12.2
LADYLIKE @ IMPROVBOSTON
Featuring: Kristin Carnes, Pamela Ross, Cathy Coleman, & Non Kuramoto
Hosted by Caitlin Arcand
40 PROSPECT ST., CAMBRIDGE | 7PM | $12
SAT 12.2
THE COMEDY STUDIO
Featuring: Sagar Bhatt, Shawn Carter, Chris Fleming, Sam Ike, Kwasi Mensah, Carolyn Riley, Gabe Stoddard, Brandon Vallee
Hosted by Rick Jenkins
1238 MASS AVE., CAMBRIDGE | 8PM | $15
SAT 12.2
COMEDY 2 THE CLUB @ GEM
Featuring: Josh Filipowski, Shyam Subramanian, Tim King, Tom Kelly, & more
Hosted by Jeremiah Bohan Broderick
42 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON | 9PM | $10
SAT 12.2
THE MENDOZA LINE@ THE DUGOUT CAFE
Featuring: Zach Armentrout, Katie Que, Pamela Ross & more
722 COMM AVE., BOSTON | 9PM | $5
SUN 12.3
BASSEM YOUSSEF @ LAUGH BOSTON
He is a heart surgeon turned political satirist during the Arab Spring. He was dubbed “The Jon Stewart of Egypt” & he pissed off enough people to get kicked out of his country. Come watch him guide you through a contemporary non-accurate history of modern Middle East & see if he is feeling quite at home here under our own Middle Eastern president Donald Trump. http://bassemyoussef.net/
425 SUMMER ST., BOSTON | 8PM | $25
SUN 12.3
HIDEOUT COMEDY @ THE HIDEOUT IN FANEUIL HALL
Hosted by Dylan Krasinski & Sam Ike
4 S. MARKET ST., BOSTON | 8PM | $10
SUN 12.3
LIQUID COURAGE COMEDY @ SLUMBREW
Featuring: Dan Perlman & more
Hosted by Chris Post
15 WARD ST., SOMERVILLE | 8PM | $5
SUN 12.3
THE PEOPLE’S SHOW @ IMPROVBOSTON
Featuring: Adam Abelson, Zachary Brazo, Julia Shiplett, Emily Winter, David Thomas, Arty P., & Carolyn Riley
Hosted by Danielle Andruskiwec
40 PROSPECT ST., CAMBRIDGE | 9PM | $10
MON 12.4
SUPPER CLUB COMEDY @ CAPO
Hosted by Will Noonan
443 WEST BROADWAY BOSTON | 7PM | FREE
MON 12.4
RANTING & RAILING COMEDY @ TERRY O’REILLY’S
Featuring: E.J. Edmonds, Trevor Dion, Daniel Donohue, Sam Pelletier, & more
Hosted by Pete Andrews
45 UNION ST., NEWTON | 8PM | FREE
MON 12.4
SMOKE & SHADOWS @ THE ROCKWELL
Featuring: Vaudevillian pole-dancing mime Aneya Marie, Burlesque & pole dancing by Sindy Katrotic, Illusionist Dezrah The Strange, R&B music from Théo Chaouat & Autumn Jones, & Comedian Zenobia Del Mar
Hosted by Elsa Riot
255 ELM ST., SOMERVILLE | 8PM | $15
MON 12.4
FREE COMEDY @ CITYSIDE
Hosted by Sam Ike & Anjan Biswas
1960 BEACON ST., BRIGHTON | 8:30PM | FREE
12.4-5
MCGREEVY’S COMEDY
Hosted by Brian Higginbottom
1960 BEACON ST., BRIGHTON | 8PM | FREE
TUE 12.5
THE UNFORGETTABLE COMEDY SHOW @ ELEPHANT & CASTLE
Featuring: Casey Crawford, Nonye Brown-West, Ryan Chani, John Baglio, Katie McCarthy, AJ Hapenny, Ben Quick, & Tooky Kavanagh
Hosted by Justin P. Drew
161 DEVONSHIRE ST., BOSTON | 8PM | FREE
TUE 12.5
COMEDY UNDERBONES @ REDBONES
Hosted by Matt Amabello
55 CHESTER ST., SOMERVILLE | 9PM | FREE
WED 12.6
8 O’CLOCK @ 730
Hosted by Rob Crean & Liam McGurk
730 MASS AVE., CAMBRIDGE | 8PM | FREE
WED 12.6
THE TONY V. SHOW @ LAUGH BOSTON
Featuring: Randy Valerio, Andrew McGuinness, Zach Brazao, Stephen Bolea, Brad Casalinuovo, Tim McCue, Joe Espi, & AB Cassidy
425 SUMMER ST., BOSTON | 8PM | $15
WED 12.6
COMEDY IN THE ELLIS ROOM @ MAGNOLIA SMOKEHOUSE
Featuring: Kelly MacFarland, Arty P., Brian Higginbottom, Tawanda Gona, Tricia Auld, Elisha Siegel, & Dan Crohn
Hosted by Ellen Sugarman & Brett Johnson
6 HARVARD SQ., BROOKLINE | 8PM | FREE
Deadair Dennis Maler is a comedian, actor, writer, & podcaster who has been heard on radio stations throughout the country including SiriusXM, DC101, The Party Playhousewith Jackson Blue and more. He has been featured on comedy festivals throughout the country, founded BostonComedyShows.com, is the Comedy Editor for DigBoston, and hosts the iTunes podcast So What Do You Really Do? He’s funny, loud, abrasively social, and allergy free since 1981.
