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Tempe Center for the Arts
700 W. Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe AZ 85281
Phone 480-350-2TCA (2822)
Fax 480-858-7710
E-mail tcaboxoffice@tempe.gov
Veteran comic Tony Vicich has been making people laugh or demand their money back since 1985. As a national touring stand-up comic, Vicich has made crowds laugh in clubs and theaters in every state in the country and in two cities in Canada. His television credits include A&E, Showtime, MTV, Comedy Central, Fox and TNN (and a bunch of other stuff that isn't on the air anymore). Vicich has written for and guided the careers of many comics who have not gone anywhere and a few who have.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Kevin O'Dea Lakeside 9:30 p.m., May 31
Kevin O'Dea is the host of the wildly successful Comedy Circus playing at the TCA. See him leave the hosting duties to someone else and headline the show. No one engages an audience better than this New Jersey put-down artist. Most people hate it when the comic makes fun of them. The way O'Dea does it, they love it.
Freeman is one of the top-rated female stage hypnotists in the United States. Her shows are high energy, fast paced and full of laughter. The shows are age-oriented and filled with audience participation, music and skits. Freeman has performed at NBA halftime shows and was an Expert guest on Fox Sports' The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Freeman has appeared on numerous television and radio talk shows.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: The Return of Chris Bennett Studio 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., June 14
Chris Bennett has been seen on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show and at numerous clubs and festivals around the country. His unique style of comedy has awarded him the title of the funniest Actor in New York at the then named New York Improv. He also won the Funniest Person in the Valley Contest, the 2006 Southwest Comedy Festival and The Ha Ha Comedy Café's Contest in North Hollywood, Calif.
John Jesmer is one of the original members of the Arizona comedy scene and a man who rocked the Comedy Store in L.A. Jesmer is a TCA favorite and the funniest father and husband you will ever see.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Best of the West Lakeside 7:30 p.m., June 28
Five top touring headliners take to the stage. Some you have seen on TV; others you have seen lurking in the bushes in front of your house. On this night, you see them live on the best stage in Arizona.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Kirsten Alberts Dirty Hippie Show Lakeside 9:30 p.m., June 28
Fresh from her appearance at L.A.'s famed Laugh Factory, 22-year-old comedy phenom Kirsten Alberts brings the best of Arizona's alternative underground comedy scene to the TCA.
Explore the world of dance presented by Second Act Dance Company. Performances will include styles of dance ranging from Classical Ballet and Contemporary to Latin Ballroom and African Bellydance Fusion.
This production is a contemporary musical take on a classic tale of the bond between an enslaved Nubian princess and an Egyptian soldier. As forbidden love blossoms, the young lovers are forced to face death or part forever. Together they set a shining example of devotion that transcends the vast cultural differences between their warring nations, heralding a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity.
Terpsicore Dance Company will present excerpts from the classic Paquita. Original works will be presented from local and international choreographers, including Jody Mac Foster, formerly with Alvin Ailey. www.tdcballet.com
Jason Love's credits include Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, Bob and Tom, TBS, Sirius XM, Rooftop Comedy and HBO's Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman. He has performed standup at venues the world over, including the Improv, Laugh Factory, Comedy Store, Punchline, Zanies, Hard Rock and many more.
Funny Times 10 Studio 9:30 p.m., July 12
Arizona is known for having the funniest local comedy scene in the country. Ten of the best show their stuff in a no-holds-barred standup comedy showdown. The best handpicked comics perform in a high-speed round robin. Every show is different and showcases different comics. Do not miss this show; it is packed with laughs.
Jonathan Gregory Studio 7:30 p.m., July 19
Jonathan Gregory's comedy, although unique, has been well received by a variety of audiences. He broke onto the scene at the age of 19 as a punching dummy in a Mike Tyson promo, which aired on Showtime. he later portrayed the victim of a crazed fraternity in E! True Hollywood Story Investigates: Hazing. In 2008, Gregory's talents were highlighted on NBC's Last Comic Standing.
Funny Times 10 Studio 9:30 p.m., July 19
Arizona is known for having the funniest local comedy scene in the country. Ten of the best show their stuff in a no-holds-barred standup comedy showdown. The best handpicked comics perform in a high-speed round robin. Every show is different and showcases different comics. Do not miss this show; it is packed with laughs.
Kris Royer Lakeside 7:30 p.m., July 26
Kristofer Royer is one of the Valley's hottest emerging stand-up comedians. His brutal honesty is in constant demand at every club in town. He is left-handed, and his dream is to start the world's first-ever Sasquatch refuge.
Funny Times 10 Lakeside 9:30 p.m., July 26
Arizona is known for having the funniest local comedy scene in the country. Ten of the best show their stuff in a no-holds-barred standup comedy showdown. The best handpicked comics perform in a high-speed round robin. Every show is different and showcases different comics. Do not miss this show; it is packed with laughs.
Bob Kubota Lakeside 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Aug. 2
Bob Kubota's penchant for dry wit, lighthearted sarcasm and deciphering life's ironies has led him to the majority of the contiguous 48 states, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. In 1996, he became an international performer when he joined the USO, and he now tours regularly with the "Comics on Duty" (Davis Entertainment) providing comic relief to American military troops stationed around the globe. Kubota has appeared on programs from Comedy Central to A&E and MTV.
Bruce Baum Lakeside 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Aug. 9
Bruce Baum has appeared on The Simpsons as himself and is the creator of the comedy web-destination TheOuterNet.com. He has appeared on Hollywood Squares, Full House, Growing Pains, Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime. Baum served as a creative consultant on ABC-TV's popular "Whose Line is it Anyway?" and spent two years at Fox-TV as resident short-film-maker and sketch comedian on "Sunday Comics" and "Comic Strip Live." He appeared for two years on ABC-TV's "America's Funniest People. He regularly headlines in Las Vegas and top venues around the globe.
Singer/songwriter Blaine Long performs live. Long fronted an original Tempe-based band for most of the 90s and has been a solo artist, performing in Boulder, Colo., San Diego, Calif., Los Angeles, and wherever music would take him. Long’s music is marked by warm and soulful vocals and a powerful rhythmic acoustic guitar style. Ticket price includes a copy of his seventh CD, “Prairie Sun.”
Two titans, one concert. So great an inspiration was Beethoven that the young Wagner undertook an exhausting and dangerous journey on foot just to meet the legend before his death. This concert showcases both masters at the height of their powers.
The Czech Connection Studio 7:30-9 p.m., July 20
For Dvoøák, it was home. For Mozart, it was a romantic destination and a musical inspiration. This concert offers two views of Czechoslovakia: one from a fascinated outsider looking in, the other a fiercely patriotic portrait painted by one of the nation’s celebrated sons.
Two Greats Studio 7:30-9 p.m., Aug. 24
Schubert’s Ninth — a monumental work known as “The Great,” needs an equally great soloist, and this concert has him. Celebrated double bass virtuoso Catalin Rotaru demonstrates what he does like no other: make the largest instrument in the orchestra sing like a cello.
Honoring MGAA 2012 Diva Featuring MGA 2013 Sally Sparkles
Transfigured Night
Desert Dance Theatre & Red Rocks Music Festival present Transfigured Night 8/29/13, 7:00 p.m. Studio
Bully Mammoth 2013-2014
Bully Mammoth is Phoenix’s best and only sketch comedy group. Unhappy with the local comedy scene, the members of Bully Mammoth decided to mix things up with their brand of 95% scripted comedy. Members concentrate on scene work and are influenced by everything from Elvis to David Lynch.
