Drew Frees performing all over the place: Saw lots of Drew in the last week (Sidebar Comedy & the CILY festival, to name a few) and he was at his silly, conceptual, absurdist best. Frees is a prolific performer with so many credits to his name. Plus he's a real sweetheart with a big heart and talent to match. You can catch him TONIGHT at the Windy City Inn with a solid ass lineup: Rebecca Oneal, David Drake, Kyle Scanlan, Drew Frees, Jeanie Doogan
2257 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago - 8:30PM - 9:30PM
Sean White performing his ass off @ Laugh Factory. Was a real pleasure to watch Sean rock a smallish crowd at the Laugh Factory on Monday. Probably the strongest performance of the night. I met Sean about 4 years ago at the Lakeshore Theater. I worked there at the time and he was married to one of our interns. Now the Lakshore is no more and Sean is divorced... I say that to say this - time changes everything. And Sean... totally different fucking guy. He's pretty much gotten fearless on stage. His comedy is honest and loud. Just like him. I said it before and I'll say it again, love watching a comic turn a corner and Sean really has upped his skill level in the game.
Reena Calm. Damn this woman has been everywhere in the last week. Saw her at perform at like four different shows in 1 night. Stand-up comedy, production, writing, she does a little bit of everything. Calm works hard and it's evident in how many projects she juggles. Not only does she co-produce Three Dead Moose - One of the best open mics in Chicago. But she also co-produces Hoo Ha Comedy, an all female producer collective showcase that gets the best comics (both male and female) in the game to perform (it's been on fire lately). A big part of the reason those shows work so well is because of Reena, just a real sweetheart, her positive vibes go out to everyone... plus she's fucking funny.
James Allen Kamp
Editor
Sean White performing his ass off @ Laugh Factory. Was a real pleasure to watch Sean rock a smallish crowd at the Laugh Factory on Monday. Probably the strongest performance of the night. I met Sean about 4 years ago at the Lakeshore Theater. I worked there at the time and he was married to one of our interns. Now the Lakshore is no more and Sean is divorced... I say that to say this - time changes everything. And Sean... totally different fucking guy. He's pretty much gotten fearless on stage. His comedy is honest and loud. Just like him. I said it before and I'll say it again, love watching a comic turn a corner and Sean really has upped his skill level in the game.
Reena Calm. Damn this woman has been everywhere in the last week. Saw her at perform at like four different shows in 1 night. Stand-up comedy, production, writing, she does a little bit of everything. Calm works hard and it's evident in how many projects she juggles. Not only does she co-produce Three Dead Moose - One of the best open mics in Chicago. But she also co-produces Hoo Ha Comedy, an all female producer collective showcase that gets the best comics (both male and female) in the game to perform (it's been on fire lately). A big part of the reason those shows work so well is because of Reena, just a real sweetheart, her positive vibes go out to everyone... plus she's fucking funny.
James Allen Kamp
Editor