Anthony D'Alessandro

Anthony D'AlessandroAll Shauna McGarry wants to do is go back and console her 23-year old self.L.A. Story Works, a non-profit organization dedicated to upholding the art form of oral regaling, wrapped its L.A. Storytelling Festival this past Thursday. The raconteurs who grabbed the mike from Oct. 3-10 at various shows......

Eight years ago at a comedy show in Los Feliz, B.J. Novak took the mike and regaled the crowd with a jaw dropping story: As a tween, he had a personal encounter with Michael Jackson. The theme of the night entailed comedians' run-ins with celebrities, and before the crowd's imagination......

Anyone wondering what kind of mischief Andy Kaufman could stir up in the viral age didn't need to Google much two months ago. News spread like wildfire that the late absurdist comedian was indeed alive and lurking around Albuquerque, New Mexico parking lots like a Sasquatch in the woods. This......

Two weekends ago, a re-run of cult L.A. comedian Brendon Small's bildungsroman Adult Swim cartoon Home Movies appeared, a reminder for his absurdist, neurotic stylings. But what was Brendon up to nowadays? Small (@_Brendonsmall) arrived in L.A. during the early aughts from Boston, jumpstarting the alternative solo show scene just......

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"By any chance, are there a couple of boxes out there on stage?" Such was comedienne Emily Maya Mills's query to a fellow performer in the dressing room at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Mills needed a nook or two to stash a slew of props -- in the Lady......