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This list of comedy clubs in the United States features notable venues for comedy performances including stand-up, improv and sketch theatres. Comedy clubs [ edit ]
King Crimson played in a line-up featuring among others guitarist Robert Fripp and three previous line-ups' drummers performing simultaneously, for 4 consecutive nights in autumn 2014, one of only nine city stops for this incarnation of the band. Pete Correale's stand-up special "Let Me Tell Ya" for Showtime was recorded at the Vic in May 2015.
Chicago Dramatists [6] Chicago Shakespeare Theater [7] Chopin Theatre [8] Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest) [9] Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre) [10] Court Theatre [11] Factory Theater [12] First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook) [13] Goodman Theatre [14] iO Theater [15] Kane Repertory Theatre (St. Charles) [16] Lifeline Theatre [17 ...
In its original form, HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" was an alternative to the club circuit, providing opportunities to black stand-ups and has since grown into something larger. [27] [28] The stylistic origins of the Def Jam comedy genre directly borrow from the hip-hop scene and the rap "arena". [29] [30]
Jay Leno describes the venue as "the perfect comedy club. Playing there in the 70s was like playing the Cavern Club in Liverpool". In 1985, Zanies became "arguably the king of Chicago's comedy clubs". "Drinks were ordered. The music stopped. A man walked to the stage. And then it started, the laughter. The blissful disease, so easily contagious."
On December 8, 2010, at 4:38 pm, the Laugh Factory broke the Guinness World Record for "Longest Continuous Stand Up Comedy Show (Multiple Comedians)". [7] The record was previously held by Comic Strip Live that set the original record of 50 hours. The Laugh Factory surpassed 50 hours on Wednesday and continued non-stop until 10:38 pm, Thursday ...
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The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival (or SketchFest) is an annual nonprofit sketch comedy festival held in Chicagos Lakeview neighborhood at Stage 773 (1225 W Belmont Ave). This is the worlds largest sketch festival, featuring 160 sketch groups (totaling over 1,000 performers) in roughly 180 shows throughout the festivals two-weekend run.