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Filipino-American comedian Rex Navarrete, star of Badass Madapaka, headlines at The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club. Navarrete has sold out shows at comedy clubs across the country, including the Punch Line, Laugh Factory and Cobb's -- and now he's coming to the Improv. Learn more...

Improvised, competitive comedy for the whole family! You won't have to worry about covering their ears if you bring them to this kid-friendly show. It was created especially for younger fans and their families! See live comedy created right before your eyes, with audience participation and suggestions incorporated into the act. Learn more...

The world-famous Hollywood Improv presents stand-up comedy seven nights a week. See top national headliners, the nation's best up-and-coming performers, and more. The club features frequent surprise drop-ins by TV and film's biggest comedy stars. Learn more...

Bring your picnic basket filled with food and drinks and enjoy a day out with your favorite Hollywood comedians at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. The show will be hosted by A.J. Jamal (Def Comedy Jam, In Living Color). Learn more...

Give the kids -- and yourself -- a good laugh at ComedySportzKidz, presented by the National Comedy Theatre. Learn more...

The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal Citywalk presents their Comedy Showcase. This show features an exciting assortment of stand-up comics seen on Comedy Central, Showtime, HBO and late-night talk shows, plus some of Los Angeles' top up-and-coming acts. Learn more...

The Whitefire Theatre is proud to present The Monster Under My Bed Drank My Vodka. Lisa David Dean's hilarious solo show about addiction, neuroses, and 12 step dating has been a hit across the country, earning praise from The New York Times and Backstage. Learn more...

Hank Azaria (The Simpsons), Jane Leeves (Frasier), Alan Tudyk (Death at a Funeral, Knocked Up), Rick Holmes and Jim Piddock star in this night of sketches and songs from the creators of Tony Award-winning Spamalot. Directed in part by Eric Idle & BT McNicholl, the show celebrates the 40th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Tickets have been held in the orchestra section for Goldstar members. Learn more...

The Ice House Comedy Club, Pasadena's famed comedy club, presents some of the best stand-up comics in the business. You've seen them on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and Comedy Central. Now you can see them in person, live on stage. Check the complete listing for more details. Learn more...

Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club features some of the hottest names in comedy, performing at their new home on Gallery Row. Comedians from Saturday Night Live, Last Comic Standing, The Tonight Show and much more are on the bill. Check the listing below for details on who's appearing. Learn more...

From the creator of All About Walken: The Impersonators of Christopher Walken, comes All About Jack: The Impersonators of Jack Nicholson, a comedy tribute to one of Hollywood's greatest stars, Jack Nicholson. Nine male and female impersonators take the stage to salute Jack's life and career in a series of sketches, improv, multimedia and movie moments. Learn more...

Theatre Asylum hosts C.A.F.E.'s Improv Revolution, a hilarious, unscripted evening of comedy. Every week will feature a new and revolutionary improv ensemble, followed by the L.A. favorite Asylum Improv Jam. The revolution will not be memorized. Check the listing for more details. Learn more...

Since 1992 The Groundlings Main Company, Alumni and Sunday Companies have played together every Thursday night in the all-improv explosion that has become almost as much of an institution as the Groundlings Theatre itself! Based entirely on audience suggestions, the comic daredevils invent custom-made satire and song. Each week features a new surprise guest. Learn more...

The Groundlings are L.A.'s masters of Saturday Night Live-style comedy. Join them for their hilarious show, Enter the Sunday, featuring the Sunday Company's revue of sketch and improvisational comedy, all performed by up-and-coming sketch comedians. Learn more...

The Crazy Uncle Joe Show is a side-splitting exercise in long form improv by the world-famous Groundlings. No games. No director. Just funny. Learn more...

LA Connection presents Improv Comedy for Kids, performed by some of the area's most talented young people. The performances are family-friendly and filled with laugh-out-loud-funny sketch comedy and improv. Learn more...

You never know what will happen or who'll be playing tonight when the Groundlings break all the rules! Learn more...

Wordplay is a new spin on storytelling. Some of the best writers and storytellers in L.A. read their hilarious true tales while a DJ spins a real-time soundtrack. It's part "This American Life," part stand-up comedy and like nothing you've seen. Learn more...

Michael Airington stars in Oh My Goodness...it's Paul Lynde! a hilarious new show that pays tribute to the star who was well known as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and a regular cast member on The Hollywood Squares. The show, which features voice overs by The Hollywood Squares' famed host Peter Marshall, traces Paul's life from his humble beginnings to stardom as one of America's funniest TV stars in the '70s. Learn more...

The Second City L.A. is Los Angeles' branch of the comedy institution that launched legends ranging from Bill Murray and John Belushi to Tina Fey and Stephen Colbert. See today's top up-and-coming comedians perform sketch and improv comedy shows at the theatre. Learn more...

Comedy group Two-Headed Dog presents Clowntown City Limits. This show combines dark comedy and slapstick to tell the eerie story of three down-and-out clowns. Cast members include David "Gruber" Allen (Freaks and Geeks, The Naked Trucker) and Craig Anton (The Office, MADtv). Learn more...

In the heart of the world-famous 3rd Street Promenade in beautiful, balmy Santa Monica is a great night of comedy. With comedians seen on Letterman, Leno, Comedy Central and HBO, the Promenade Playhouse delivers serious laughs from great comics. Learn more...

Stand-up comic Tina Kim comes to the Ice House in Pasadena. Kim was featured on the first season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, and can be seen on VH-1's Super Secret Movie Rules and Makeover Nation. Learn more...

M Bar presents The Strings of Comedy, an evening featuring a wide array of hilarious musical comics. The show features comic songs from top Los Angeles stand-ups and musicians. Learn more...

It's true: They're Weird, always On and at the Top of their game! This improv comedy troupe's show at Eclectic Company Theatre fills the bill for some side-splitting, tear-inducing, undergarment-threatening laughter. Learn more...

L.A. Connection puts on an outrageously funny improv show in the "Who's Line Is It Anyway" style. The show is one of the LA Times picks for New Year's Eve. Learn more...

Comedians Tony Sam and Davey Johnson present The Ego and the Id at the Steve Allen Theater. The show, billed as a one-man show with two actors, tells the tale of a man struggling to confront his fears as the fate of civilization hangs in the balance. Learn more...

Comedian Jonah Ray hosts Jonah Ray's Barbequay, a talk show, at the Steve Allen Theater. Known as a tastemaker in the city's indie scene, Jonah has been seen on Comedy Central, G4TV, and MTV, as well as the Internet. He chats with interesting local figures, including comedians, musicians, writers, and more; food and beer will be served. Learn more...