comedy

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fleabag,’ ACT’s Solo Fest and More

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel less alone in your failure to adult

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in ‘Fleabag’

Gemma Wilson

5 Shows I’m (Hopefully) Seeing This Week, and I Think You Should Too

‘Reparations’ at Sound Theatre Company, the first Joketeller’s Union of 2020 and more

Anne Allgood as Julia Child in ‘Bon Appétit: The Julia Child Show’ at The Rendezvous

Gemma Wilson

Comedy Superstar Kevin Hart Was Hanging Out in Tacoma Last Week

The actor and comedian was shooting a Comedy Central show highlighting local comics.

Kevin Hart was spotted at Tacoma’s Southern Kitchen Restaurant with owner Gloria Martin.

Michael Rietmulder

The Must List: Washington Brewer’s Festival, Alaska Herring Week and a Video Game Blowout

Your weekly guide to the hottest events in Seattle.

Celebrate herring in many delicious (and nutritious) ways.

Seattle Magazine Staff

The Must List: Loud Mouth Lit, Mamma Mia! and Cuyana Pop-Up

Podcast host and comedian Marc Maron visits the Moore Theatre on Saturday

Seattle Magazine Staff

New Comedy-Meets-Cooking Web Series Features Former Seattleite

Need a laugh? Check out Jen Saunderson's funny new show.

Jen and Jenny and special guest comedian Ty Barnett

Chelsea Lin

11 Valentine’s Day Events for Singles and Groups

You don't have to be in love to feel the love

The Atomic Bombshells’ J’Adore! runs February 9-14th at The Triple Door

Callie Little

Fall Arts Preview 2016: Arts & Technology

Tapping into the best tech-related events

Seattle in Parody – Maria Semple No author has captured the comedic absurdity of Seattle with more success than novelist Maria Semple, who moved here in 2008. In her 2012 novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette? Semple gave the world an incisive, hilarious look at the manners and social mores of the Microsoft-era city-state. Its narrative…

Jim Demetre

Laugh It Up at this Monthly Alternative Comedy Showcase

Nancy Guppy goofs off with the co-hosts of the Laugh Riot comedy showcase

If you need a break from Seattle’s unfailing earnestness, let your irreverent side fly free at Laugh Riot, the monthly alternative comedy showcase that takes place at Capitol Hill’s Chop Suey (9/2. 9 p.m. $5. 1325 E Madison St.; Facebook, “Laugh Riot”). You’ll be in good hump-day hands the first Wednesday of every month, thanks…

Nancy Guppy

Datebook: Reggie Watts Amps Up Comedy

Reggie Watts returns to Seattle after electrifying the national comedy scene.

When comedian/musician Reggie Watts begins his act, he might have a British accent—but that won’t last long. Soon his inflection morphs into that of a typical American rapper, or maybe the stentorian tones of a commercial advertiser. You never know what he’ll sound like next, which is all part of his comedic attack plan: Disorient…

Seattle Mag