Darlings,
Over here at Dynasty HQ (Hairy Queen), we’re knee deep in holiday spirit! These halls are b'decked with neckties and “I’d rather be golfing” garlands, as we anticipate the absolute magic that is Father’s Day week. (Though, you know we be stretchin' the celebrations through the month. ;) Or something.) Anywayyyy, we had a great weekend at the theater including a last-minute heads up about some CELEBRITIES in the audience that threw us into an absolute tizzy of delight. We don’t want to be TaCkY and say who they were… but basically the best power couple that isn’t Beyoncé/J-Z, Keanu/Jennifer, Garfield/Jon.
Who even knows what SURPRISE celebs may get cozy in the audience this week (maybe YOU?!), but we already have so many confirmed celebs for the stage we honestly couldn’t care less. (JK we always care! We are very ExCitaBle and "... That’s the Dynasty Difference!™)
Here’s our Big Daddy of a week:
🪑 TONIGHT! MONDAY, 7:30PM: ISSAC OLIVER. Come see the delightful writer/performer ISAAC OLIVER (author of INTIMACY IDIOT and writer for “High Maintenance,” “GLOW,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and The New York Times) take the stage for a brand-new night of his signature sit-down comedy.
With Special Guest NAOMI EKPERIGIN!
🧘♀️ TUESDAY, 7:30PM: Self Help Me w/ JENNY YANG: A Competitive Self Care Comedy Show SOLD OUT. Word about how good Jenny is at helping got out… and sold out. (The bill for this one is crazy! CHELSEA HANDLER!)
WEDNESDAY, 7:30PM: Sexy Unique Podcast - LIVE AND LIVE-STREAMED! Sexy Unique Podcast is a must-listen for fans of reality TV and pop culture. Hosted by the witty and irreverent LARA MARIE SCHOENHALS and CAREY O’DONNELL, this podcast offers insightful commentary and hilarious recaps of all your favorite Bravo shows, including Vanderpump Rules, Real Housewives, and more. With new episodes released weekly, you’ll never miss a beat when it comes to the latest drama and gossip from the world of reality TV. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a casual viewer, Sexy Unique Podcast is the perfect companion for your next binge-watch session. So tune in today and join the conversation!
THURSDAY, 7:30PM: Marguerite MAGGIE WINTERS is a Chicago-fried comedian. You may have seen her open for SNL prince Colin Jost, ex-Chicago Princess Meg Stalter, or NY's Matt Rogers. Directed by her Southside of Chicago Irish blood relatives, Bart and Liam Winters, her solo show Marguerite will explore her life, her laugh, and her love! (OUR NOTE: SHE IS SO FUNNY!)
FRIDAY
7:30PM: @ThisMyShow Presents: A Night in Mission Hill (in 4k)
BILL OAKLEY and JOSH WEINSTEIN (writers, producers, and showrunners for The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment) present a new, never-before-seen restoration of their TV show Mission Hill with original music! Select episodes screened followed by a Q&A with the creators and special guests TBA!
10:00PM: ROBIN TRAN “ Robin Tran was named one of Just For Laugh’s New Faces of 2021 and will make her Edinburgh Fringe Fest debut this summer. You can see her perform on Netflix’s That’s My Time with David Letterman, recorded at the Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival. Robin started her life presenting as a male named Robert Tran. In 2015, she came out as a transgender woman and has been performing as Robin ever since.
SATURDAY
3:00PM: MYQ KAPLAN: imPERFECT MYQ KAPLAN has been a comedian for 20 years, a human for 44, and a philosophy guy for WHAT EVEN IS TIME?! In “ImPerfect,” Kaplan offers advice to his past self on subjects ranging from traditional marriage to polyamory, quantum mechanics to psychedelics, Moby Dick to Nintendo, reflecting on potential improvements as a human, a partner, and matter/energy comprising an infinitesimal portion of the universe.
Featuring: ERIN JUDGE
7:30PM: Mortified! LIVE AND LIVE-STREAMED! Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and celebrated by This American Life, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Wired, The AV Club, The Today Show (twice), and beyond. Witness adults sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art) in front of total strangers. Hear grown men and women confront their past with tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they deserved to marry Jon Bon Jovi.
SUNDAY
2:00PM: CHARLES PHOENIX: Mad For Mid-Century 5-4-3-2-1 … BLAST-OFF … Ambassador of Americana, CHARLES PHOENIX launches retro pop culture into the stratosphere! With his keen expertise, unbridled enthusiasm, and eagle eye for oddball detail, Charles shows and tells the stories and glories of his retro road-trip adventures in search of vintage treasures and time warps, inspired by his addiction to other people's old Kodachrome slides! New York Times says, “Call him the King of Retro.” Charles Phoenix, is a performer, tour guide, food crafter, Kodachrome collector, and author celebrating mid-century American life and style.
🤫 7:30PM: Untitled Improv Project- LIVE AND LIVE-STREAMED! Producer PATRICK COTNOIR Come witness a show that will only happen once and never again! Be there in the theater OR stream it from your couch at home from anywhere in the world. Featuring a rotating group of improvisers that you know from the big screen and the small screen. Put together by the maestro of mischief himself, PATRICK COTNOIR.
With Special Guests
BRANDON SCOTT JONES
BECKY DRYSDALE
CAROLINE MARTIN
JOHN GEMBERLING
RACHEL PEGRAM
JOHN ROSS BOWIE
ARDEN MYRIN
With Guest Monologist STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY. **VanJam note: Stephen is one of the best story-tellers EVER!!! Don’t miss this!
MONDAY JUNE , 7:30PM: The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody
SOLD OUT - BACK JULY 21ST!!
After a sold out pre-pandemic run LA’s boldest baldest musical is back with a vengeance and a revamped second act. New songs! New dances! Same dumb premise!
Come watch your favorite car-driving gang members battle their greatest foe yet– singing and dancing at the same time.
In this unauthorized parody that is in no way connected to the very profitable Universal property, Dominic Toretto and his team (The Rock, Tyrese, Michelle Rodriguez, and Ludacris) do what they do best: commit crimes. And what they do second best: solve crimes. And what they do third best: harmonize.
Join Dominic on an existential journey inward where he confronts life’s hard questions: What does it mean to be a good person? Does the rightness or wrongness of an action depend on its consequence, or whether it fulfills the categorical imperative? Why can’t you marry a car?
With all original music and a new twist on the story, this part parody/part love-letter to THE BEST MOVIE FRANCHISE EVER is for both fans of the series and people who’ve never heard Vin Diesel say “family.”
If you want to watch one of the films to prepare, we suggest ALL OF THEM *but actually the 8th movie, The Fate of the Furious.
Smoderlingly,
VanJam
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