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Comedian Laurie Kilmartin on Death, the Oscars and Clavicular
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (784+ words) Naturally, conservatives went nuts. But for Kilmartin, a mother, it was just another joke " an ironic one, considering she was in her late fifties at the time. Not exactly a woman's prime childbearing years. Kilmartin, who is based in Los…...
Vermont Comedy Club Launches Nonprofit Vermont Comedy Arts
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (228+ words) Don't delay. Nominations are due on Sunday, May3. Vermont Comedy Club is celebrating its tin anniversary! That's a decade of laughs at the Burlington venue run by power couple Natalie Miller and Nathan Hartswick. The duo had been booking comedy shows…...
Standup Gordon Clark Sets the Stage for Younger Comics
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (979+ words) Already signed up for the NOW newsletter? Learn'more how to enter the contest. Gordon Clark didn't let a bad knee stop him from jogging to the stage to open his Wit & Wine Comedy Night at Shelburne Vineyard in December. After…...
Hot Priest Sketch Show" Brings Divine Comedy to Burlington
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (487+ words) Just in time for Lent, fans of smart and sacrilegious humor might consider checking out Hot Priest Sketch Show from an all-woman cast of veteran Vermont comedians. The one-weekend-only performance, at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington, promises…...
Theater Review: "The World Is Not Silent," Northern Stage
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (377+ words) The Northern Stage production is the regional premiere of a new play by Don X. Nguyen, first performed in 2024, that includes some parallels to Nguyen's own life. It's a story of two generations of South Vietnamese men with two different approaches…...
Character Study: Naomi Moser at Extra Special With Cheese
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (107+ words) Alice Dodge joined Seven Days in April 2024 as visual arts editor and proofreader. She earned a bachelor's degree at Oberlin College and an MFA in visual studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She previously worked at the…...
Soundbites: Vermont Comedy Club Turns 10
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (811+ words) To say that the comedy scene in Burlington has come a long way in the past decade would be an understatement. I still recall the way local aspiring standups milled around shows at Nectar's and the Monkey House, hoping to…...