LA comedy calendar: Upcoming stand-up and comedy shows in LA

Paul Scheer leads this always-excellent mix of improvisers, who perform monthly at Largo. Regular guests include the likes of Rob Huebel, Jason Mantzoukas, Rob Riggle, Lisa Gilroy, Carl Tart, Seth Morris, Mary Holland, Owen Burke, Lily Sullivan, Tim Baltz and more.

Think men could do a bit of a better job listening when it comes to dating? This Bachelorette-style game show runs with that conceit as its one rule: The four men competing for a date can’t speak. Instead, they’ll nod and doodle while host Allison Goldberg searches their phones and dials their moms. You can usually find Love Isn’t Blind staged monthly (and you can even apply to participate in it); look out for the next edition at the Arts District’s House of Cocotte on August 16.

Kate Berlant, who grew up in Los Angeles, started doing stand-up at 17 at Archer School for Girls—or at least, she told one-liners while wearing a kimono and sitting in a wheelchair. She no longer brings props on stage, but her definition of comedy is still expansive. Berlant doesn’t tell jokes so much as she riffs on the metaphysical, turning a set into a strange stream of consciousness that leads nowhere, and is simultaneously disarming and satisfying.

The After Midnight host and all-around excellent stand-up stops by Largo for a set.

Take your pup with you to this dog-friendly comedy show at the Annenberg PetSpace, with sets from Taylor Williamson, Leah Knauer, Hugo Galaxy, Angie Stroud and Antjuan Tobias. Caitlin Benson hosts, with support from DJ CLASSIC MATERIAL. Tickets include two drinks, and a portion benefits the PetSpace Extraordinary Care Fund.

Prepare to witness a comedic clash like no other… is how ChatGPT wanted me to start this write-up about comedian Allison Goldberg’s latest show. But yes, as the title implies, writers and stand-ups will attempt (and hopefully succeed, for the sake of all of our jobs) to outcompete AI in crafting pickup lines and fake bible verses. A to-be-announced lineup of comedians will guest on this show at the Westside Comedy Theater, while past participant and current collaborator Brad Einstein will man the AI; tickets cost $18 to $25 for humans (ChatGPT tells me that’s a “thoughtful” and “affordable” price, for what it’s worth).

Before she was racking up nominations for her role as comedy writer Ava in Hacks, Hannah Einbinder was busy bringing that similar deadpan delivery to the stand-up stage. Joel Kim Booster won over the indie scene with a skeptical point of view, tight jokes and a quiet charisma—all of which he’s now taken to the big screen. See them both during an evening at Largo.