Just checked in with Comedy Festival queen-bee Brandy Sullivan and she says tickets are selling fast. If you’re heading out tonight, be mindful of these shows:
FUCT 8 tickets left
Cook County Social Club 1 ticket left
Festival Finale 2 tickets left
Stand-up Double Feature SOLD OUT
If you’re looking for alternatives, these shows have plenty of tickets left and have been getting high praise:
Roseville: A Suspenseful Comedy
“If you like surreal humor, this is for you, because you can enjoy the hard-to-find discovery of what it’s like to laugh and then cringe and then laugh some more and then grow bored and maybe get disgusted and then laugh until you’re laughing the deepest, darkest laughter that you had no idea lived inside of you. That’s the suspense of Roseville.” -John Stoehr
“The last time the Buffoons performed in Charleston, Eugene Cordero did an impersonation of the late Bernie Mac. It was slow. It was excruciating. And it was brilliant. To this day, those in the audience might recall Cordero’s Mac musing about hanging out with his sister’s kids on a Sunday afternoon.” -John Stoehr
“The festival’s second stand-up offering, hosted by the Music Farm, features a Charleston favorite and a rising national star: former 96 Wave radio host-turned-Sirius Radio disc jockey Kenny Z shares the stage with Las Vegas-based comic J. Reid.” -Stratton Lawrence
Tonight’s schedule:
7:30 p.m. FUCT (R)
Sure, they’re not politically correct, but are they spellingly correct?
Where: Theatre 99
Tickets: $12.50
7:30 p.m. Roseville: A Suspenseful Comedy (PG-15)
Two actors play 14 characters in this original sketch from Chicago
Where: Lance Hall
Tickets: $12.50
7:30 p.m. Improv Marathon (PG-15): Lead McEnroe, Mister Diplomat, and Best Friends
Longform and musical improv that will rock you like a hurricane
Where: Stars at The American Theater
Tickets: $12.50
8 p.m. Get Hypnotized! (PG)
Peter Gross will turn your kid into the obedient automaton you’ve always wanted
Where: The American Theater
Tickets: $12.50
8 p.m. The Buffoons (R)
Raw, in-your-face sketch comedy fresh from New Yawk
Where: Charleston Ballet Theatre
Tickets: $12.50
8 p.m. Stand-Up Double Feature (R):
Rory Scovel and Jon Steinberg
A battle of wits in which only one gets out alive
Where: Trio Club
Tickets: $12.50
8:30 p.m. God’s Pottery (PG-15)
They are sooo much funnier than Jews for Jesus
Where: The Music Farm
Tickets: $12.50
9 p.m. Cook County Social Club (R)
Fast-paced sketch comedy from Chi-Town
Where: Theatre 99
Tickets: $12.50
9 p.m. I Eat Pandas (PG-15)
These funny ladies return with more musical improv
Where: Lance Hall
Tickets: $12.50
9 p.m. Improv Marathon (PG-15): Sid Viscous, Horse & House, and Rockola
Longform and musical improv that will rock you like a hurricane
Where: Stars at The American Theater
Tickets: $12.50
9:30 p.m. Hot Sauce (R)
Ben Schwartz of Robot Chicken leads this sketch comedy trio
Where: Charleston Ballet Theater
Tickets: $12.50
9:30 p.m. The Pushers (R)
You laugh when they say you can laugh
Where: The American Theater
Tickets: $12.50
10 p.m. Stand-Up Showdown (R):
Kenny Zimlinghaus and J. Reid
The prodigal son returns, and, look, he brought a friend!
Where: The Music Farm
Tickets: $12.50
10:30 p.m. Festival Finale (R)
You’ll laugh so much you’ll puke
Where: Theatre 99
Tickets: $20 Love Best of Charleston? Help the Charleston City Paper keep Best of Charleston going every year with a donation. Or sign up to become a member of the Charleston City Paper club.