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Show 10.03.13 THR: Improv, ROBERTO ALOMAR Reunion at “The 11th Hour Show” @ The Clubhouse

My improv group ROBERTO ALOMAR reunites Thursday, October 3rd, 10 PM. Going on at 10 to open the final installment of The 11th Hour Show at The Clubhouse: 1107-A El Centro, Los Angeles, CA 90038…

The 11th HOUR SHOW GRAND FINALE SPECTACULAR!!!! w/ POLICE CHIEF RUMBLE, ROBERTO ALOMAR (REUNION), MS. JACKSON, ELEPHANTS GERALD, MIDBEST, HANDYMEN and IMAGINARY FRIENDS!!!!!! (Facebook event)

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https://www.facebook.com/events/522092527885365/

“We are all Roberto Alomar.”

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Post-show:

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“ROBERTO ALOMAR” onstage at the final 11th Hour Show on 10/03/13 at The Clubhouse.

Shows in October 2013 (Improv & Standup)

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10/03/13 ThrsROBERTO ALOMAR (Improv) Reunion: 10 PM for the The 11th Hour Show FINALE at The Clubhouse: 1107-A El Centro, Los Angeles, CA 90038 (More…)

 

 

 

ShowFlyer_100413F_Mattys_Pizza_Party_LyricHyperion_Theater10/04/13 Fri – Standup @ “Matty’s Pizza Party” @ Lyric Hyperion Theater (More…)

 

 

 

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New Short: “TIME TRAVELING MOZARTS” (FOX ADHD)

I did the voice of the Mozarts in this new short from FOX Animation Domination High-Def, created from the brain of Heather Anne Campbell:

“MOZART: TIME TRAVELING COP | ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF”

“Hunde Scheißa!”

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New Short Fake Herzog Video: “The Thwarted Cockroach Documentary” with David Lynch

Watch as Herzog is thwarted from making his latest film by none other than the always fun-loving duo of David Lynch & Crispin Glover:

Werner Herzog Cockroach Documentary – with David Lynch & Crispin Glover – YouTube

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News: Promo Shoot for “Untitled Herzog/Lynch Detective Show”

Had a germanic time this past weekend shooting promos for the upcoming “Herzog/Lynch Detective Show” with John Webb and Chris Dotson AKA youtube.com/NotDavidLynch, our first shoot since Extreme Duplex Makeover… Details to come.

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Photos by Matty Cardarople.

Miles Stroth Talking About Improv on Podcast

Thoughts on Improv from the guy I most recently studied with — Miles Stroth. Great guy…

Miles Stroth Talking About Improv – on ImprovObsession.com Podcast.

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Miles’ Teaching Site :
The Miles Stroth Workshop – http://milesimprov.com

 

Interview with Lauren Flans (of Titled Sketch Project, Lost Moon Radio)

Here’s an interview by Serial Optimist of Lauren Flans, my cohort in Titled Sketch Project & fellow cast member of the Lost Moon Radio stage show I just did for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The interview was done for the new season of Nick Cannon’s WILD N OUT, of which Flans is one of the newest cast members (congrats, Lauren!)…

Funny, Filthy & Neurotic: Lauren Flans Is The Newest Cast Member Of ‘Wild ‘N Out’ | Serial Optimist

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Other Lauren Links :
Lauren’s TitledSketchProject Bio
Lauren’s WILD-N-OUT Bio Video on MTV.com
Lauren Rapping Vs. Any Milonakis (VIDEO)
Article about Lauren on AfterEllen.com

Review: “Roger Wodehouse” in Huffington Post

Fantastic review of the show I recently wrapped-up, published this week on The Huffington Post:

Lost Moon Radio’s Androgymnasium

( Review Link

What is it about a comedy that draws an audience? It should be funny, that’s a given. But perhaps there is something deeper. Something much more mystical that excites the attention of audiences. There is an energy to comedy. Sometimes it feels dangerous or magical or luminescent. When done right, comedy feels how magic shows advertise themselves. It becomes a seductive charisma with an electric heartbeat. It becomes irresistibly magnetic. And people instinctually want to be a part of it.

Lost Moon Radio explodes into art. The comedy ensemble becomes a carnival of sight and sound and spectacle. Their recent offering of Roger Wodehouse’s Androgymnasiumhas a spirit that is incomparable. It is rock and roll comedy that exceeds expectations. The premise itself is fantastic: an iconic, androgynous glam rock star’s short-lived children’s show. The execution of such a premise can go in many awful directions. Instead the end product is silly while avoiding stupid, edgy without being obnoxious and fresh without feeling forced. The ensemble is a seamless display of talents in absolute cohesion. There is not one misstep to be witnessed by this immensely funny theatrical feat.

Beyond the flashy, fun-filled good time, there is something to be said for the subject matter. To say transgender is a taboo may be overstating it, but it is definitely an area ripe with confusion and misunderstanding. There were moments throughout the glamorous music and energetic antics where genuine truth existed. Though it was an absurd representation, the theme of the performance remains: be true to yourself. As far as a thematic takeaway goes, the show was a celebration of individuality. A love letter to those letting their freak flag fly high. A rather (dare I say) poignant portrait of not giving a fuck. A masterful piece of pop-culture eye-candy punctuated with laughter and underlined with a wonderful message of it being it okay to be yourself.

Ryan Harrison is consistently charismatic as the enigmatic title character. Frank Smith delivers performances of shaded comedic nuance with surgical accuracy. Will Maier provides some of the biggest laughs of show as the rock star’s best friend and band leader. Lauren Flans dazzles with a wide range of characters, from the infamous German model and singer, Nico to a puppet of a dog that feels more like a cat. (Or was it a cat that felt more like a dog? Species reassignment is whole other world of confusion.) Overall, the ensemble is tight, well-worked group of colorful talents.

So what is it that draws people to comedy? In a word, fun. There are infinite possibilities and factors involved in theatricality. It takes an immense depth of skill to balance and orchestrate those components. The sum of which is enjoyed, but the strategy and direction that made caused it is unknown. Critics can guess at it or (as seen much more often) can declare it as fact. However, for the purpose of leaving that incredible energy to speak for itself, here it will be an ever-mystery. It is somewhere between love and violence that enigmatical act is set free. And that freedom should be experienced firsthand, without outside influence. So seek out the fucking thing, and see it for yourself. You won’t regret it.

– Posted by Tony Bartolone 07/08/2013 10:01 am

LAWeekly Review Of My Currently Running Show At The 2013 Hollywood Fringe (Lost Moon Radio’s “ROGER WODEHOUSE..”)

As published in the LA Weekly on 6/20/13. Tickets available here for our final two performances this coming Thursday & Saturday.

Read the review below or on on the LA Weekly Website here.

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“When the BBC offered to let him host his own children’s television program in 1975, glitter-fabulous, animal-loving and sexually fluid Roger Wodehouse said that he would do it so long as he could be sexually honest and have live animals — at least according to this show’s fictional premise. Brought to the stage by last year’s “Top of the Fringe” and “Best of Comedy” winner Lost Moon Radio, Roger Wodehouse’s Androgymnasium presents a spoof children’s TV program that you can only pray no child ever sees. The sassy — and often nearly naked — Roger (Ryan Harrison) walks the audience through an all-grown-up version of every quintessential part of a children’s TV program. You’ve got your arts and crafts to learn how you can give yourself a Japanese makeover using your mom’s favorite tablecloth, a musical guest who sings about the horrors of mistreated circus animals and a species of confused cat/dog puppet who sings a spectacularly upbeat song about the hardship of feeling as though he were born in the wrong puppet body. Monica Miklas has produced a show that flawlessly walks the funny/offensive line. Better yet, you’ll be so busy laughing that you’ll hardly notice that the show is knitting in hot-topic social issues of sexuality.”

Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hlywd.; Sun., June 23, 5 p.m.; Thurs., June 27, 8 p.m.; Sat., June 29, 6:30 p.m. hollywood​fringe.org/projects/1382 (Anya Cohen)

Links:
Lost Moon Radio on Facebook
Lost Moon Radio website
Facebook Event Page
Show’s Page on the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Website

News: Joining the cast of Hollywood Fringe Show

I’ve been cast as Terence in Lost Moon Radio‘s “ROGER WODEHOUSE’S ANDROGYMNASIUM” for its six-performance run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival next month. Here’s a description from the festival’s website:

When BBC executives asked glam rock icon Roger Wodehouse to do a children’s television show in 1975, he had two questions. One: Would he be allowed to talk openly about his fluid sexuality? Two: Would there be animal guests? They said yes to both and he agreed to do the show, giving birth to the ultimate glam rock children’s television odyssey: “Roger Wodehouse’s Androgymnasium.” Along with his hard-rocking band and a slew of hapless guests, Roger educates, entertains, and expands the minds of his audiences, adults and children alike. Burn your cardigans, folks. This ain’t Mr. Rogers.

Lost Moon Radio was named “Top of the Fringe” and “Best of Comedy” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2012 and “Best of Comedy” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011.