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The world-famous Hollywood Improv presents one of the country's top up-and-coming stand-ups, Dwayne Perkins. Known for his smart observational material, Dwayne has been seen on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, The Late Late Show, and his own half-hour Comedy Central special. Learn more...

The world-famous Hollywood Improv welcomes comedian Jim Short. A native of Australia, Short was the winner of the San Francisco Comedy Competition in 2004, and has been seen on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Comedy Central's Premium Blend. 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...

Legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings present their main sketch show Groundlings Special Lady Friend. This is the company's latest collection of improvisational and scripted sketches, from L.A.'s masters of Saturday Night Live-style comedy. Learn more...

Now in its fourth season, Holiday Fever! is a comedy-variety show with a contemporary comedic spin that draws its inspiration from The Carol Burnett Show and Donny and Marie with a little bit of Solid Gold thrown in to account for its sequin-fueled spirit and never-ending stream of outrageous wigs. 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...

Hollywood's iO West Theatre presents improv and sketch comedy by some of tomorrow's biggest comedy stars. The theatre was founded in Chicago by comedy pioneer Del Close, and its alumni range from Mike Myers and Chris Farley to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Learn more...

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

Ralph Harris presents his one-man show North Philly at Hollywood's Stella Adler Theatre. The actor and comedian, who was a finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing and appeared in Dreamgirls and Evan Almighty, presents this hilarious autobiographical story. Harris' reluctant return home for his grandfather's 94th birthday causes him to reminisce about his childhood. 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...

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...

Two shows, two casts--four feet tall! This improv show performed by kids is a great day out for families who love to laugh together. Take a ride into the minds and world of the children of the Valley as the kids of Joy Theatre perform comedy, standup, improv and sketches at the Raven Playhouse. Learn more...

Latinologues is an award-winning, nationally recognized collection of comedic and poignant monologues about the Latino experience in America that was created by Rick Najera, one of America's leading comedy writers. Najera was formerly a writer for such shows as MAD TV and In Living Color. Learn more...

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

The world-famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood presents Thank Gays It's Friday. This special midnight show every Friday features stand-up comedy from L.A.'s funniest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender comics. Each show features a different host and a new lineup of comedians. Learn more...

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

Gemini Award-nominated Canadian actor Chris Leavins has earned millions of fans worldwide with his quirky Internet series Cute With Chris. Now, he brings his show to the stage, with the premiere run of Cute With Chris: LIVE at Hollywood's Elephant Theatre. Learn more...

The Comedy Store presents Funny Fridays, a weekly comedy showcase in the famous comedy club's Belly Room. See top local and national comics as they perform an evening of stand-up comedy. Featured comics have performed on late-night TV, Comedy Central, and more. 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...

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...

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...

The Steve Allen Theater presents Playin' With Micucci, a show featuring ukulele-wielding comedian and songwriter Kate Micucci. Kate will present a variety of whimsical songs, stories, sketches, and surprises. Directed by acclaimed veteran comic Ron Lynch (The Sarah Silverman Program, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job). Learn more...

The Theatre Asylum presents the Asylum Improv Jam. See performers from LA's top improv venues, plus students of all levels, as they present a free-wheeling long-form improv show. Learn more...

Created during the .dot com era of San Francisco, Tilted Frame is back again to examine the world of technology and entertainment. The show brings together the best of Los Angeles comedic improv including veteran Patrick Bristow (Groundlings, Ellen, Puppet Up) to co-direct and features a rotating cast of established performers who come from diverse improv backgrounds. Learn more...

Alumni from Second City's resident and touring companies in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas and Toronto come together onstage to improvise. The modern purveyors of sketch and improvisational comedy, including SNL, SCTV and MADTV, all owe a debt to The Second City. Learn more...