Oh Dannnnng, Darlings!
New Year, same glorious yousies, same glorious Ol’ Newsie (if I do say so myself!)! Oh, the Holidays, they came they went, they popped, sizzled, fizzed, delighted, inflated and likely deflated you. Now, it’s time to step into the new rhythm of TWENTY TWENTY! Whoah. It’s ACTUALLY the year 2020. Let’s all pray/work/wish/use whatever natural and supernatural gifts we have to see that the world keeps spinning into the 20’s and well beyond. The new year is already full of tragedy, miracle, hope and hopelessness; all of which only strengthens the Dynasty Resolve™ to become a portal to and for what’s capital G Good in the multiverse. We rang the New Year in with our BIGGEST NIGHT EVER, an epically delightful and human-full DYNASTYLAND event. Dancing, Dyngo, comedy, PLORQ™ pizza delivery, disc-spinning, takeover of The Guano Guano Cantina, AND the successful completion and dismantling of a duck puzzle no fewer than three times! Oh, there’s so much more to say but the word count on photos is much more efficient (we learned a few things back when we ran Dynasty Brethryn & Sistryn Telegram Firm) so please enjoy our NYE photo gallery, photos courtesy of the amazing Troy Conrad. Link to full gallery here!
The first week of 2020 was a success! Demi (God) Adejuyigbe added BACKFLIPPER to his already ridiculously impressive resume, we had our first Dynasty Tonight of the new decade, featuring some timeless talent (Wayne Federman! Pam Severns! Why get so specific? The whole flarpin’ lineup was a buncha doll faces and dream brains!) and this week as the cute little industry crawls out of its winter burrows and the performers wake up from a long winter’s nap and we all try to get back in sync with what regular life is, the Dynasty stage will be flooded and studded with all the good things. Stars! Laughter! Corn!
TONIGHT... what happens when one of the nicest and most generous people on the planet is also hilarious and also also a mind boggling magician?! FIND OUT! TAYLOR HUGHES Chasing Wonder! At 7 & 9 pm, Taylor (who we LOVE) is going to be wowin’ and wooin’ us all with the taping of his new special. We can’t wait! And luckily, we barely have to!
WEDNESDAY If you like self-help and personal development seminars, you probably like parodies of them too! And if you don’t like self-help and personal development, you even more likely enjoy parodies of them! Come and watch ROSS EVERETT become Success Coach and Transformation Artist Dale Thorhammer in STOP STOPPING THE UNSTOPPABLE.
THURSDAY it’s Live at Dynasty Presented by Podcasts on Spotify! It’s a stand-up show put on by our friends at Spotify! It’s cool! It’s got a lineup that’ll make you see spot(ify)s! AWOOGA! RORY SCOVEL! JESSIMAE PELUSO! OPEN MIKE EAGLE! CHINEDU UNAKA! Plus surprises and also plus just having a ding dang great Thursday night for the books.
FRIDAY You like magic? You like comedy? Well they like each other so much they are flarkin’ BEST FRIENDS. Come see magic, comedy, juggling and best friendship in The Best Friends Tour with juggler MARCUS MONROE and magician BEN SEIDMAN!
Kids in the Hall? More like Kids in the weekend!!! Ok, the wordplay (generous description, we know!) was weak but the content is strong. KEVIN MCDONALDis ALIVE! And he’s allll over SATURDAY! At 8pm come see his amazing theatrical show, Alive! it’s chock full of stories and songs about his life, his family, his work with The Kids In the Hall, and beyond! And during the day Saturday from 10-5:30, we are thrilled to host an intimate sketch workshop with Kevin. You bring an idea or two, you’ll wind up writing, improvising, rehearsing, and bringing your ideas to life with a sketch comedy legend.
SUNDAY it’s the first GO DAY! of 2020 and we are already buzzing for it! Go Day! is our free monthly dose of enchantertainment and inspiration, and if you haven’t been, you truly aren’t getting the most of your Dynasty Experience. We (JAMIE and VANESSA) host and invite some of our most favorite folks to come over and chat about their creative process, to perform, to excite, and to help tap into the magic that this life is so full of. This month’s GO DAY! darlings include FELICIA DAY! ATSUKO OKATSUKA! BURT BLACKARACH! REBECCA LIEB! RACHEL BRODEUR & RITA OLIVEIRA! It’s a classic mix- dance, comedy, singing bowls, book excerpts, music, tarot, and goooood vibes baby! “Come through at 2!” (A potential catchphrase for our 2pm start time.)
Now, if you’re in a rolling n’ scrolling mood, please treat yourself to on a mental walk with us (Dr. MuMaw Dynasty says: "Feeling your feelings burns 5x more calories than actual walking! Don’t quote me on that!”) through the last year and how much happened within it… it was just our second year of business! Yes, Dynababy has entered The Terribly Wonderful Twos! As we said last year, “May the curse of too many blessings reign forever!” Check our our 2019 DY-Light reel!
We love you,
Jamie and Vanessa
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Tuesday, Jan 7th | 7pm + 9pm
Taylor Hughes: Chasing Wonder
Taylor Hughes will be bringing his show to the Dynasty stage for and evening of comedy, magic and storytelling that is sure to fill you with wonder.
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Wednesday, Jan 8th | 8pm
Stop Stopping the Unstoppable
Join Success Coach and Transformation Artist "Dale Thorhammer" as he transforms the lives of everyone on earth in his life-altering seminar that unlocks the secrets to help people living a life they love without doing anything at all.
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Thursday, Jan 9th | 8pm
Podcasts on Spotify Presents Live at Dynasty
An evening of Comedy and Music featuring: Chinedu Unaka, Candice Thompson, Rory Scovel, Jessimae Peluso, + Open Mike Eagle!
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Friday Jan 10th | 8pm
The Best Friends Tour
Marcus Monroe and Ben Seidman combine magic, juggling, and stand up comedy into a show that will have you laughing hysterically (while your mind is being blown).
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Saturday Jan 11th | 2pm
Kevin McDonald — Sketch Workshop
Join Kevin McDonald - the weakest but most fun member of the Kids in the Hall - as he teaches the old Kid in the Hall method of writing comedy sketches through improv.
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Saturday Jan 11th | 8pm
Kevin McDonald — Alive
Legendary Kids in the Hall member presents a theater event filled to the brim with stories and songs that will give you a look behind the scenes of his life.
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Sunday Jan 12th | 2pm
GO DAY!
A monthly dose of enchantertainment™ designed to excite and inspire you to GO into your life with gusto! Featuring Felicia Day, Burt Blackarach, Rebecca Leib, Atusko Okatsuka, + More!
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Truly, we can’t believe we’re about to enter year three of the Dynasty dream! As always we owe everything to you, who support us by supporting all the programming we do here day after day and night after night. Thank you for continuing to make Dynasty your home for entertainment and enchanting experiences this past year. Now, read below for a visual look at our mental walk through 2019! If you’re asking yourself how we could possibly top this in 2020… you’re not alone!
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BATSHIT PRESS
(AND THE STUFF OF SCRAPBOOK FANTASY)
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We do all of this for the love of theater, never for the accolades. But flarp it, validation is validation, and when some of the most reputable hubs of information and news dissemination conclude that we are an industry flarpin’ leader, well, we gonna munch hon-ay!
- In October we were featured on the front page of The NY Times Arts Section, referred to as “LA’s comedy clubhouse. The spread continued onto other pages, with several photos, and quotes from luminaries including Reggie Watts and Hannah Gadsby who said we’re “...a little bit grass roots, a little bit top shelf, and a little bit of whatever you need … and popcorn.” We love that!
- In their annual Best of LA edition, LA Weekly named us “best alt-comedy venue.” We’re pretty sure “alt” means “we freaky!”
- Vulture, who did their annual Comics You Should Know and See at the theatre in November, posted an interview with Jamie and Vanessa,.
- Los Angeles Magazine, who has taken a shine to the theater since our doors opened, called us “top place to see celebrity drop-ins.”
- Somehow we heard the words Dynasty and Typewriter used in succession on an episode of ABC’s Blackish! Yes, “Dynasty Typewriter” was uttered many times as the name of a fictional club that “puts on some of the best shows.” Sure!
- We were were prominently featured in Adam Sandler’s Netflix special 100% Fresh. Including a sweet shot of Jamie’s grandma eating it up!
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PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS!
(BASICALLY LIKE THE THEATER GOT ABS!)
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You lift, bro? If by “lift” you mean ELEVATE then hunnnnn, we live to lift! We have been excitedly working to elevate the Dynasty experience within the space, and it’s VERY satisfying. People are talking! Here’s what they’re saying:
- “Hey, excuse me? I just want to say… wow! This podcast studio looks beautiful, what’s the story?” The story was it was a basic-ass tiny-ass offiice and catch-all for our shit for the first year and after a 2019 filled with eating right and exercising, she IS AS RIPPED as a basic-ass-office turned enchanting, welcoming, magical podcast studio can be. We can’t wait to fill her with podcast this year!
- “Hey, excuse me? I just want to say… wow!” I JUST noticed your digital concession menu, it’s awesome!” Oh thanks! You’re not unobservant, we JUST got it installed! Now you can easily see our amazing offerings, which include our Savvy Shopper CORNBOS™! (It’s like a combo, with DynaPop™ as a centerpiece!).
- “Hey, excuse me? I just want to say… wow! I JUST noticed you guys installed small audience mics for live recordings and barely-there stage mics for improv, sketch and other live performance! Awesome!” Goodness, you are VERY observant! You must work in theater or live events, person. You’re right, we got ALL THOSE MICS. And two hot little wireless models… but who’s counting?
- “Hey! Excuse me! What was that MASSIVE thing a whole team was loading into your space this weekend? It looked AWESOME!” Thanks! It was…. Our biggest singular improvement to date… A REAL LEGIT PRO DROP-DOWN MOVIE SCREEN! !!!!!!!!! Here’s to a 2020 FULL of screenings and a big screen full of big, beautiful images and stories!
- “Hey! Excuse me… has the greenroom always been green!?!” No, we did that baby. WE DID THAT. Now come here and give mama a consensual kissI
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DEVELOPMENTS IN DYNASTYLAND
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In 2019 we quadrupled our Dynastyland output with four big nights! Don’t know what Dynastyland is? Dynastyland is what happens when we’re feeling saucy! We make ourselves both brave and vulnerable by opening up the entire theater so that you can experience ALL our enchanting and hidden nooks. Our green room turns into the cutest show room you ever did see, our barkeep starts slingin’ the sauce, our stage transforms into a thrumming Dyscotheque, characters roam, magicians magic, treats and surprises abound with partners like Van Leeuwen Ice Cream and Old Pal Provisions, and, welp, there’s Dyngo and delights for dang near every type of personality!
With all that we learn with each one, they just get better and better. It’s all part of our ongoing evolution towards opening a Dynasty theme park (est. groundbreaking 2025).
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We can't speak for you, but we're still recovering from Tuesday night's Dynastyland New Years party, which was one of our absolute favorite events since we opened the theater two years ago. Based on the feedback we've gotten so far, everyone had a wonderful time. And we got the flarpin' photos to prove it!
Click here to see fancy shots from our favorite professional photographer, Troy Conrad!
Click here to see all the great Photo Booth shots from the night!
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Friday Jan 17th | 8pm
Saturday Night Live's Sam Jay
Originally from Boston, stand-up comic Sam Jay is an Emmy Nominated Writer most known for her writing and sketches on “Saturday Night Live.” 2018 has been an incredible year for Sam Jay. This Summer, she made her Netflix debut on “The Comedy Lineup” and also released her Debut Album “Donna’s Daughter.” She also wrote for the “2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards” and was recognized as one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch.
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Monday Jan 27th | 8pm
Live Talks Los Angeles
Rob Reiner in conversation with Neal Katyal discussing his book, Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.
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