Sentences with phrase «comedy act for»

No need, the man was in his element delivering a delightful 20 - minute back - and - forth that was part recruiting bluster and part improv comedy act for the grateful gaggle.

Not exact matches

It was a one - act play and I can't remember it for the life of me but it was supposed to be a comedy and it was funny, I'm afraid in all the wrong places.

The notable exceptions are people like Mark Steel and Mark Thomas — acts who genuinely are using comedy to undermine the ground on which the high and mighty stand — and geniuses like Daniel Kitson, who shuns fame for the sake of beautiful art.

With nationally - renowned stand - up acts at The Comedy Club, dancing at The Cabaret, and performances from rock and roll legends at the Pechanga Theatre, the Pechanga Casino offers something for everyone.

Teens of all acting levels are invited to join the staff at the Cameron Village Regional Library March 15, 4 - 5 p.m. Miss Emily will be leading kids in grades 6 - 10 for an improvisation workshop, practicing accents and comedy.

Hope you have a violin to hand because it's time for the last act in the tragi - comedy that was Liam Fox's ministerial career.

You can easily sign up for a comedy or acting class at one of the local theaters near you.

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Places like the Smith Center in Las Vegas or the Pantages Theater in LA, which offer up musicals, plays, music, comedy acts and even speaking engagements that are safe havens for professional singles like you.

Whether you are looking for a giggle with a comedy act, a concert or stage show you are bound to find something you both like.

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Funnyman Steve Oedekerk never quite broke through as a standup comic, but his years on the standup circuit did lead to a thriving career as a writer and director for some of Hollywood's biggest comedy stars, as well as periodic acting jobs.

Lister - Jones is also generous enough an auteur to allow for memorable moments from others, whether it's hilarious bits from the likes of Retta (as Anna and Ben's unlucky marriage counselor), Brooklyn Decker, and Jamie Chung; the escalating weirdness of Armisen (who was, of course, a seasoned indie - band drummer before he turned to acting and comedy); or a knockout dramatic scene between Pally and the great comedian Susie Essman as Ben's mother, who provides some invaluable advice.

A romantic comedy about lazy rich people on holiday in Italy in the 1930s, it stars Helen Hunt as a gold - digging woman «of a certain age» who's stalking a young married couple — for third - act catharsis reasons you can see coming — and causing snippy, gossipy society people to make snippy, gossipy comments.

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford make a great comedy double act as a pair of senior technicians working for a company that simulates horror movie scenarios as part of a sinister grand plan.

His comedy act was highlighted by a rubbery face used for celebrity impressions, not to mention such intangibles as imitating «pea soup coming to a boil» (he could still do that one into his 70s).

Her performance, which perfectly displayed the hyperkinetic comic energy and sardonic wit that came to characterize many of the actress» portrayals, won her a «special recognition for acting» at Sundance that year.The year 1998 brought more independent work in the form of The Misadventures of Margaret, a romantic comedy in which Posey had the title role and a foray into mainstream features with a turn as Tom Hanks» book - editor girlfriend in Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail.

Returning to directing for the first time since 2002's underrated CQ 56, Sofia's older brother has enlisted an intriguing cast — including Charlie Sheen (in his first acting gig since Two and a Half Men), Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Aubrey Plaza — for a 1970s - set comedy about a successful graphic designer who's life falls apart when his girlfriend leaves him.

It's not low - brow comedy or slapstick at all, but a very well - written and acted show, which slowly makes you really love the characters, mostly for their flaws.

A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Wayans entered the comic arena in the mid -»80s by stepping up to the mike and honing his stand - up act, but he later branched out into movies, by scripting the low - budget black satire Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and the aptly - titled comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987), both for director pal Robert Townsend.

Adam Sandler shows, much to our utmost surprise, that he can act when he wants and that he was the perfect choice for Anderson's take on a romantic comedy, a sweet, darkly humorous and amazingly well - directed film that is miles above most romcoms that Hollywood produces.

The Kids in the Hall officially reunited for a 2000 tour, but Thompson also continued to pursue non-Kids projects, including his own Internet series Scottland and acting in Amy Heckerling's presciently titled college comedy Loser (2000).

Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.

If you were going down the list of things needed for a comedy to take flight you'd find them all here; the three main players pass the ball, the chemistry works, and the film never devolves into that most debilitating trope of the romantic comedy - a serious third act.

For four years, he and Cosby in their scenes together comprised one of the funniest comedy double acts seen on television, his innocent yet conniving Griffin Vesey making the perfect foil to Cosby's ill - tempered curmudgeon Hilton Lucas; another highlight of his portrayal (and a clever «in» joke referring back to his work in Cool Runnings) were Griffin's occasional attempts to impress women by passing himself off as a West Indian, affecting a Jamaican accent.

This really could have been a good film, but due to a poor script, poor comedy and overall bad acting, it doesn't have anything going for it.

The brilliance of The Hangover's cast perhaps is that it's a comedy act where the straight man is missing for most of the film.

This comedy, though hysterically funny for over an hour, loses some steam in its last act.

One Mississippi is the most subtle version of that new post-Louie comedy we've been given so far, in that Tig rarely goes for deliberate jokes, and instead lets her dry sense of humor act as a kind of shield against the pervasive sense of melancholy that permeates almost every scene of this show; it's a fascinating choice.

The acting was strong by all the cast and between this and the non stop action, comedy, interscene heightening of thrill and suspense, this makes up for the somewhat weak plot in places.

Wilson and Stiller are a fine comedy duo and this is probably the most suited for their double - act.

Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson are a comedy double act to die for in Ruben Fleischer's horror comedy.

In acting categories, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence scooped up an four nominations, for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action acting categories, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence scooped up an four nominations, for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

For in attempting a true romantic comedy in the second act instead of the more usual boys comedy with a touch of romance, this is a new direction.

It takes the film until the third act for Oyelowo (Selma) to embrace the comedy, that's where the film should have found its stronghold all along.

Plenty of shade has been thrown his way over the years when it comes to his acting skills, but Schwarzenegger is a brilliant technical performer, a prerequisite for nailing comedy.

For all that, there is a great deal of comedy here, and a lot of great acting — by McDormand, Harrelson and Rockwell, as always, but also by Lucas Hedges as Mildred's embarrassed son; Caleb Landry Jones as the poor billboard ad salesman Dixon throws out a window; and Abby Cornish as Willoughby's wife, Anne.

This show is funny, charming and overall gives you everything you want in a animated comedy based in the 1970's, the animation is cool, the voice acting is great and this show is just so cool, cant wait to see what's next for the well written show.

All of this seems like the setup for a campus comedy, but not in the world of Neil LaBute, where the sexes have arrived at Armageddon, and the last act involves pain and humiliation.

Cates gained immense fame for her role in a slew of teen comedies in the»80s — most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High — but decided to retire from acting in 1994 to focus on raising her two children — daughter Frankie and son Owen, whom she shares with husband Kevin Kline.

Among those up for their acting in the musical or comedy category are Sacha Baron Cohen for «Borat,» Beyonce Knowles for «Dreamgirls,» Johnny Depp for «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,» Toni Collette for «Little Miss Sunshine» and Chiwetel Ejiofor, a surprise nominee for the overlooked gem «Kinky Boots.»

Wahlberg, though, is again is a great sport (one sequence will be met with tears, happy or sad) and once again enjoys fantastic continued chemistry with MacFarlane, which is still mightily impressive considering he acts with nothing most of the time, and reafirms his abilities for both comedy and self - parody.

The attention to everyday minutiae that made David such a perfect fit for translating Jerry Seinfeld's stand - up act into an unusually creative, complex, and quotable sitcom still amuses even as David shares the screen with actors unseasoned in his current approach to comedy (which includes everyone in the cast but J.B. Smoove).

Especially with tradition being broken on the lead acting categories, this was a smorgasbord rife for a genre we hold dear: the buddy comedy.

If the Globes didn't have separate drama and musical / comedy acting categories, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are probably the only nominees who'd be contending for a spot in a single category.

She gets a few chances at both comedy and pantomime here, but since she's playing a version of herself, this isn't an ideal showcase for her acting, though it does rely on her poise and star power.

Daniel Mecca, The Film Stage Too often the filmmakers rely on lowest - common - denominator prison rape jokes and lazy plotting to allow for action - comedy set pieces, resulting in a poorly - constructed scene at a White Supremacist stronghold and a sloppy third act that feels like an afterthought.

After last year's cornucopia of fresh, new winners in so many categories (Jeff Daniels, Tony Hale, Merritt Wever), this year the Emmys decided to hold onto its security blanket of safety with every single Comedy and Drama acting winners having either won for their respective roles before (everyone but Allison Janney) or was at least still a previous Emmy winner (in Janney's case, a winner already this year!).

An unapologetically silly movie that manages to hit the right notes, this free - wheeling comedy makes up for its corny premise with sharp writing and acting.

The ensemble comedy Think Like a Man, inspired by Steve Harvey's best - selling book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, was a huge hit, naturally leading to a sequel that will be bringing all of the couples back for...