Stand-up dandy Paul F. Tompkins headlines City Arts Center with a slick, sophisticated set

Performing Arts
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Laugh tracks

One-upsmanship abounds for two local comics releasing albums

Performing Arts
Joshua Boydston
With a comedy market as small as Oklahoma City, you can bet there will be a little friendly competition between the area’s standup comics. Two of them — BradChad Porter and Leah Kayajanian — are in the midst of their very own.

 

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Seriously funny

Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 movie “To Be or Not to Be” will be discussed at the inaugural Film Comedy Conference.

Features
Courtney Silva
Professionals from around the globe will be speaking about the comedic arts in every culture, from American Indian to Greek. Also on the agenda for discussion are the films of Jacques Tati and Woody Allen, and David O. Russell’s "Flirting with Disaster."

 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Look ‘Deep’er

Adept performances elevate an average play

Performing Arts
Larry Laneer

Skin Deep
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Through March 12
Carpenter Square Theatre, Bricktown Hotel & Convention Center, 2001 E. Reno
CarpenterSquare.com, 232-6500
$19, $16 seniors, $5 student rush

 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Paul

As a space-alien comedy, ‘Paul’ is hardly out-of-this-world, but occasionally soars.

Comedy
Phil Bacharach
Who among us hasn’t searched the nighttime sky and dreamt of life on another planet?

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Do you like musicals?

Comedy
Rod Lott
Cyd Charisse was that rare Hollywood actress who got parts not because she was pretty, but because she was pretty and an excellent dancer.

 

Monday, April 25, 2011

Barney's Version

Enjoyable, but nothing spectacular

Comedy
Rod Lott
At this year’s Golden Globes, when Paul Giamatti won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for “Barney’s Version,” you, too, may have asked, “What the hell is ‘Barney’s Version’?”

 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Hold On!

Like the Beatles, only with lesser music and more entertaining filmmaking

Comedy
Rod Lott
From 1966, "Hold On!" is basically Herman's Hermits' version of The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night," but with music that's not as good, yet is more fun to watch. Yeah, I said it.

 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Burning Palms

A near-excellent work of jet-black comedy

Comedy
Rod Lott
Imagine if the storylines of Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts” weren’t so intertwined, and then separated and structured in a comic-book framework akin to George A. Romero’s “Creepshow.”

 

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Ben Bailey: Road Rage ... and Accidental Ornithology

Just pull over here, please

Comedy
Rod Lott

If you know Ben Bailey at all, you know he’s the host of “Cash Cab,” perhaps cable’s most unique game show, in that it takes place in a moving taxi, with Bailey at the wheel.

 

Thursday, May 26, 2011