Award-winning comedian, author, and filmmaker Mike Birbiglia returns to the stage with more painfully awkward stories in a show about jokes, and how they can get you in trouble. Join Birbiglia as he visits Cats-a-chusetts, argues with a stranger about her nut allergy, hosts an awards show for angry celebrities, and learns that Fozzie Bear is a tough act to follow.
Birbiglia has starred in three Comedy Central specials and
has released three albums with Comedy Central Records: Two Drink Mike (2006),
My Secret Public Journal Live (2007), and Sleepwalk With Me Live (2011). My
Secret Public Journal Live was named one of the best comedy albums of the
decade by the Onion AV Club and Sleepwalk With Me Live debuted at #1 on the
Billboard Magazine Comedy Charts.
In 2008, Birbiglia opened Sleepwalk With Me, a one-man
show that straddled standup comedy and theater, off-Broadway at the Bleecker
Street Theatre. The show was presented by Nathan Lane and the New York
Times called it "simply perfect." Time Out New York named it
their "Show of the Year" in 2009.
Birbiglia followed up his theatrical debut with Sleepwalk
With Me & Other Painfully True Stories, a book which debuted at #29 on
the hardcover nonfiction New York Times Bestseller List and number four
on the hardcover nonfiction section of the Washington Post Political Bookworm
Best Sellers. Birbiglia was also a finalist for the 2011 Thurber Prize for
American Humor for Sleepwalk With Me & Other Painfully True Stories.
Birbiglia made his feature film debut with Sleepwalk with
Me, a film based on his one-man show of the same name which he wrote, directed,
and starred in. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won
the NEXT Audience Award. It was selected in the "Festival
Favorites" category at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX
and also appeared in the Nantucket Film Festival where it won the award for
best writer/director. The film was produced by Jacob Jaffke and This
American Life's Ira Glass and stars Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane,
James Rebhorn, and Cristin Milioti and has cameos by Glass, Kristen Schaal,
Wyatt Cenac, David Wain, Jessi Klein, John Lutz and Marc Maron.
In addition to starring in Sleepwalk With Me, Birbiglia
has acted in the films Going the Distance, Cedar Rapids, Your Sister's Sister,
in the HBO series, Girls., and in the forthcoming films Annie and The Fault
in Our Stars.
In 2011, Birbiglia mounted his second one-man show, My
Girlfriend's Boyfriend, which ran for four months off-Broadway and won the
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show. He toured My Girlfriend's
Boyfriend around the world with tour dates in the US, Australia, Canada, and
the UK. The show is described as Mike sharing a lifetime of romantic blunders
and miscues that most adults would spend a lifetime trying to forget. On this
painfully honest journey, Mike struggles to find reason in an area where it may
be impossible to find—love. He is also turning it into a film, like Sleepwalk
With Me, and although the show is autobiographical, the film will not be, nor
will the main character be a comedian, rather a journalist. On June 2, 2013,
Mike performed it for the last time at Carnegie Hall. My Girlfriend's
Boyfriend was featured as the number one stand-up special of 2013 by
Vulture, Paste (magazine), The Laugh Button, and Laughspin. Flavorwire listed the special as one of the top 20 funniest stand-up specials
of all time.
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MAR 28 FRI
Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
07:30 PM
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAR 28 FRI
Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
10:00 PM
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAR 19 WED C
apitol Theatre Columbus, OH
07:30 PM
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
apitol Theatre Columbus, OH
07:30 PM
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAR 22 SAT
Grand Opera House Wilmington, DE
08:00 PMGrand Opera House Wilmington, DE
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
APR 4 FRI
Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Baltimore, MD
08:00 PMModell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Baltimore, MD
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
APR 18 FRI
Civic Theatre New Orleans, LA
09:00 PM
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
Civic Theatre New Orleans, LA
09:00 PM
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAY 3 SAT
Terry Fator Theatre at Mirage Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, NV
08:00 PMTerry Fator Theatre at Mirage Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, NV
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAY 10 SAT
Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA
07:00 PMWilbur Theatre Boston, MA
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAY 17 SAT
HOYT SHERMAN PLACE Des Moines, IA
07:30 PMHOYT SHERMAN PLACE Des Moines, IA
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAY 29 THU
Chrysler Hall Norfolk, VA
08:00 PMChrysler Hall Norfolk, VA
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
MAY 31 SAT
Carolina Theatre Durham, NC
07:30 PMCarolina Theatre Durham, NC
Mike Birbiglia "Thank God For Jokes Tour"
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