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June baddaBOOM Darlins!
Happy Pride month honeys of all shapes, sizes, identities and orientations! June has started and she’s… magnificent. So far it’s been gloomy outdoors here (Narmee Dynasty always said, "June glooms bring July grooms” so, men on the verge of commitment, REJOICE and get your fingers ring-ready!) But inside the walls of the Dynasty, the sun has been shinin’ as brightly as e’er. We closed out May with some real gems, including ADAM SANDLER’s shows (he’s still got it!) and THE WORKJUICE PLAYERS serving up an amazing make-believe complete with Criminal Mind's KIRSTEN VANGSNESS’ reoccurring role as an immortal tequila worm (typecasting WORKS, Hollywood!) We also had our first (of many?) Daddy-themed romantic RPG event with audience members dressed in Dad cosplay. We’d go on, but that was a pretty evocative last sentence, and truly we’d rather leave the details up to your very skilled imaginations.
Friday night we enjoyed a double-header evening of comedy from the Everything’s Great Crew (DEMI ADEJUYIGBE, NICK KOCHER & ADDIE WEYRICH) and the boyz of BUTT (CHRIS STEPHENS and JOE MCADAM.) Then Saturday, it was JUNE! Saturday’s GO DAY was a success (come to the next one! Free, first Saturday of the month!) and we got career advice, writing tips, soulful guidance, and a monitor puppet lesson. It was wonderful to get inspired by our community, get reminded of the importance of play and failure, and eat ice cream. (Yeah, we ate ice cream.) Saturday night’s Dynasty Tonight! was a THRILL, with the whole lineup delivering magical performances (especially the magician) and with the added bonus & bragging point of it being the first show MARGARET CHO wore her dog onstage for. That’s right, a beautiful 3 pound chihuahua named Lucia had the best seat in the house on Margaret’s hip. Sunday’s preview of JACQUELINE NOVAK’S Get On Your Knees was amazing, and if you get a chance to see it DO. Also you might get a chance to see it realllll soon! Which brings us to THIS marvelous week!
TONIGHT we’re a movie theater, baby! We’re so excited to screen SHELF LIFE, the never-released, undiscovered final feature film from legendary director PAUL BARTEL. This film went unreleased, but the 35mm negative was discovered just in time for the 25th anniversary. Join us to watch it, and to enjoy a Q & A led by darling JOHN EARLY with special guests/co-stars/ co-writers O-LAN JONES, ANDREA STEIN and JIM TURNER.
WEDNESDAY we’re hosting Food For Thought: a conversation about access, affordability, and equity in the food system. Brought to us by MOTHER JONES and FOOD TANK, you’ll get to hear from some of today’s leaders in food, chefs, restauranteurs, advocates AND some very special guests… including, FRAN DRESCHER. (WE KNOW.)
THURSDAY we hope you’re in the mood for moods, because we’ve got two shows serving them up in big, musical ways. At 8pm it’s Every Place I Cry, the improvised emo concert with a live band and four lead singers you know and love (including OffBook’s JESS MCKENNA and ZACH REINO, Improvised Shakespeare’s ROSS BRYANT, and Duncanville’s NICK MANDERNACH). And then at 10, it’s Subtle Pride, an improvisational voice band bringing their hyper original pop music to LA for the first time, following a sold-out run in NYC! And they say if you can make it in New York City you can make it ANYWHERE so just imagine what they’ll do at the Dynasty!! The group is comprised of MISHA BROOKS (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) ZACH DONOVAN (Waif Magazine), MINA WALKER (Daisy the Great) and we’re very excited to see BRIGETTE LUNDY-PAINE (who we loved SO much on Netflix’ Atypical.)
Did you love the cool music stuff you read about for Thursday? GOOD! You’re properly whetted for the rest of the weekend! FRIDAY we’ve got two events, the first of which is GREG BEHRENDT’s show, The King Sweater. Come celebrate The King Sweater’s vainglorious (HIS WORD NOT OURS) career in music and cosmetics in this comedic fever dream. Then, the fever dream melts into a wild ride with PODCAST: THE RIDE, live! It’s a show about theme parks with the MOST qualified hosts… three childless men in their thirties. We’d tell you more great things, but it would just break your heart because this show is SOLD OUT.
SATURDAY we’ve got TIM HEIDECKER & His Very Good Band’s Record Release show! We love music, we love Tim, and we love not knowing what’s real and what’s completely made-up, so we’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. And, ladies and gentlemen and folks of all folkness, we just announced a 10pm show for that evening… CLOWNVIS. He’s more than a Clown Elvis…. he’s our FAVORITE Clown Elvis, he’s the King of Clowns, and we’re longtime fans. If you haven’t seen him perform, PLEASE COME because you will fall in love, and if you HAVE seen him perform, you probably stopped reading and went to get tickets because you couldn’t wait and you’re so excited and we get it. He’ll be bringing a lineup of some of his friends, who we’ll announce as this week unfolds like the flower she is. SUNDAY, it’s ELENI MANDELL’s record release party! Wake Up Again is Eleni’s 11th studio release, and we cant wait to hear her perform pieces from the album! Adding to the joy will be sets from two of our favorite performers, RON LYNCH and BRENT WEINBACH.
yours in dreamin', schemin', and fightin’ demons,
vanessa and jamie
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Dynasty was a HOUSE OF ICONS! On Friday we were graced by Grace herself, JANE FONDA in a special event put on by one of our favorite non-profits (and neighbors!) GET LIT. Our buddy SAM CURTIS interviewed JANE about her career and her artistic approach. She is as amazing, intelligent, driven, and yes as you’d hope. And on Saturday we hosted producer/showrunner/writer/super nice guy, BRUCE FERBER’s book release for his new book about the ins and outs of Hollywood, The Way We Work, and he brought with him a slew of incredibly talented folks, including JASON ALEXANDER. Hewas ALSO all the good things! 
On Sunday we went on our first full staff excursion and it was a dang delight ! We went to another venue that knows a thing or two about fog use, enchantment, and utensil-free dining. Yes, we stormed MEDIEVAL TIMES! We slurped soup, waved flags, and cheered for our knight (red and yellow for life)! It was a true Dyna-fam fun day, and got us even more excited than usual about our mission to enjoy the joy and absurdity of life. We came back with bellies full of ol' timey grub, our minds full of new Dynnovations, and each of us with a souvenir picture (Jamie insisted we upgrade to the Queen’s Royalty package 🤷♀️ ) that we’ll treasure forever. 
First and foremost, LA Magazine put out their annual "Best of LA" edition, and Dynasty Typewriter was deemed "Best Comedy Club For Celeb Drop-ins." If we were writing the category ourselves, we might have pitched “Best Popcorn Restaurant featuring Live Entertainment," but we'll take the accolade! We’ve truly been so amazed at the caliber of talent we’ve gotten to host here in our first year and a half, and we're excited that the press is taking note. 
attended, you know. If you missed em: TAYLOR TOMLINSON’s hour was “electric!” - Jamie Flam. A full house and so much energy, and wow wow wow, Taylor?! More like SLAYlor (Taylor, you’re free to use this! We’re feeling so generous!) BRENDAN SCANNELL PROMISED this would be cute… and it was! Brendan’s show was amazing- from stand-up to sketch to story-telling to headset mic-wearing musical numbers, he can do it ALL and he did it damnnnn cute, honey. Go see and support everything he does, m'kay? 
Saturday we had a Dynasty Tonight, Beach Blanket Dyngo-style! Our staff wore beachy attire (spoiler alert, they were even cuter than usual! SAMEE has knees! MIKE was born to wear a bold Hawaiian print! TONY in a straw hat is a good… nay, great thing! KATIE’s mellow vibes were born to sport Quicksilver!) and JAMIE and VANESSA kicked the night off with DYNGO (reminding us that bingo is the most fun game ever, and spinning the ball cage is feels fun, glamorous, and just close enough to playing god!) a few lucky audience members won AMAZING PRIZES including…. LINDT chocolate bars. In other news, Dynasty Typewriter is now an official Lindt Venue™. Visit our concession stand and buy your ticket to chocolate paradise. On a date? Seal the deal* with a Lindt™. Most of the world’s greatest love affairs began with a Lindt… what’s YOUR Lindt story? 
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