Thinking about going to see “The Vic & Paul & Dana Show”?
Opening night is just 6 weeks away – in the very intimate Main Stage theatre at iO West on Hollywood Boulevard.
If you’re going to the show, please check in at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1624593977821359/
For tickets, go to the iO West Box Office at:
http://ioimprov.com/west/show/the-vic-paul-dana-show-2015-11-20/2015-11-21/
We’d love to see you there!
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Hey, friends and comedy lovers!
Get ready for a groovy night of gown up fun! If you’re planning to go to the show, please check in at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1624593977821359/
For tickets, go to the iO West Box Office at:
http://ioimprov.com/west/show/the-vic-paul-dana-show-2015-11-20/2015-11-21/
Thanks, everybody!
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My wife Victoria and I have known Dana Olsen since our days at Northwestern University in the late 1970’s. Dana was a damned funny guy then – and he’s gotten even funnier over the years.
While Victoria and I worked on the stage and then in television, Dana focused on screenwriting. Among the many films he’s written are The Burbs, Memoirs of an Invisible Man and George of the Jungle.
Vic and I have remained close with Dana since graduation – and in the past few years we’ve been performing together again. The last time was when we joined Dana and other friends for Mr. Olsen’s New Year’s Rockin’ Neighborhood on New Year’s Eve 2013 at 27 Live in Evanston, Illinois – the college town just north of Chicago where we all first met in 1976.
For the past several months, we’ve been getting together with Dana whenever he’s in town – or we’re in Chicago – to brainstorm and improvise comedy sketches (which is just about our very favorite thing to do in this world). And, golly, the world’s been giving us some great subject matter this year!
Then, two great musical friends agreed to join the party: our longtime Practical Theatre Company musical director and Whiskey Lounge impresario, Steve Rashid — and drummer Rockin’ Ronny Crawford, who’s hit the skins for Lisa Loeb, Anna Nalick and The Rockme Foundation, among many others.
Thus comes “The Vic & Paul & Dana Show” — an improv sketch revue featuring music, comedy and a few cocktails. Baby Boomers by birth, we’re all wading chest-deep through middle age. But blessedly, our sharp taste for humor and irony – and a neat Manhattan — has not been dulled. Our show is a toast to grown up fun amid the craziness of contemporary life.
“The Vic & Paul & Dana Show” will play for just three nights – from Thursday, November 19 to Saturday, November 21 at the iO West Theatre in Hollywood, CA. All shows at 7:30.
Come out, enjoy a beverage or two — and share some well-earned laughs with us.
Here’s a gallery of shots from our photo session with Bradford Rogne. (He’s really good, folks.)
Photo by Bradford Rogne Photography
Dear Comedy Lovers,
Can you solve this comedy equation?
VIC + PAUL + DANA x (STEVE + RONNY) x 11/19 + 11/20 + 11/21 @ iO West = ?
The answer is soon to follow…
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Our very funny daughter Emilia is just beginning her second year in the challenging world of standup comedy. My wife and I have always been sketch comedians, getting our laughs onstage behind the façade of a series of characters. But not Emilia…
Emilia goes it alone, as herself, microphone in hand – with nothing but her own wit to rely on. She’s a brave girl. And she’s getting pretty damn good at this standup thing.
Emilia’s first year behind the mike has been busy. In Southern California, she’s played all three rooms at The Comedy Store, The Formosa Café, Leche Lounge, Café HaHa, and Flappers in Burbank, among others. She’s also played several clubs in Chicago and NYC.
If you haven’t seen her perform yet, you’ll have lots of opportunities to catch her act in the Los Angeles area this month.
On April 2, she’ll be hosting an evening of standup comedy at the Leche Lounge, upstairs at Café Malo in Silver Lake.
The rest of her gigs are listed on the poster below.
In fact – here’s a good idea: print the poster and tape it to your refrigerator. That way, you’ll have Emilia’s smiling face to look at as you get milk for your cereal – and you’ll be reminded of when and where she’s playing this month. See you there!
(All Photos by Brad Rogne)
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To get tickets, just click on the graphic below…
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To get tickets, just click on the graphic below…
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Paul's Voyage of Discovery & Etc. 
Standup with Emilia on Sunday Night!
http://hollywood.thecomedystore.com/event.cfm?cart&id=385657
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