Friday, April 18, 2008

THIS WEEKEND: A Whole Lotta Comedy in Philadelphia

FRIDAY:
The stand-up trio that go by the name of People Were Outraged are having their first official comedy show together at the Walking Fish Theatre (2509 Frankford Ave.) and last week we spoke with with Brendan Kennedy about it. Jason Mackhouse and host Doogie Horner will also be performing. 9PM, $10

For your redneck fix, Ron White is at the Tower Theatre getting' it done. 10:30 PM, $33-$96

Katt Williams is pimpin' at the Liacouras Center (1776 N. Broad Street). 8PM, $45-$55

John Witherspoon, from 'The Boondocks' and 'Friday' will be performing at Helium (2031 Sansom St.) with Tom McTiernan and Pat Barker also on the bill. 8PM & 10:30PM, $25

For your improv fix, check out The N Crowd at The Actors Center (257 N. 3rd Street) with special guest The Rare Bird Show. 8PM, $10

And of course, Welcome To The Terrordome is finally here and it's at The M Room (15 W Girard Ave.). We recently sat down for an interview with Secret Pants to discuss the show. With Da Pants (that's their nickname) will be Meg & Rob, Rowan & Hastings, The Sixth Borough and Animosity Pierre. 9PM, $10. Throw a rock at this website and it'll land on something about one of these groups.

SATURDAY
John Witherspoon finishes his run at Helium (2031 Sansom St.). 7PM, 9:15PM, & 11:30PM $25

Steve Harvey is at the Liacouras Center (1776 N. Broad Street). 8PM and sold out.

Artie Lange is scheduled to perform at Levy's Comedy Club, but given what happened last week, what's it going to be like? 8PM and sold out.

SUNDAY
Keith Robinson presents another installment of Crazy, Sexy Comedy at Helium with Colin Quinn, Tony Rock, Todd Lynn, and Vince Patterson. 7PM, $20

Did we miss anything?

1 comment:

Kent said...

Barack Obama is doing a set tonight at Independence National Historical Park. Word is there's a lot of material about the difference between black presidential candidates and white presidential candidates.