Comedians
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ALOK Tour
Comedy Works Entertainment presents ALOK live in Denver at the Paramount Theatre! ALOK (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed poet, comedian, public speaker, and actor. ALOK’s literary works “Beyond the Gender Binary,” “Femme in Public,” and “Your Wound, My Garden,” have garnered global recognition. Their dynamic presence has captivated audiences in over 40 countries, with sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Netflix is a Joke Festival. ALOK's first comedy special BIOLOGY! [alokvmenon.com] was executive produced by Christopher Guest. They are the subject of the docu-short “ALOK” executive produced by Jodie Foster and directed by Alex Hedison, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. On screen, they can also be seen in Complicated Order, The Trans List, and Absolute Dominion (forthcoming). On television, they can be seen on HBO's Sex Lives of College Girls, Sort Of and Random Acts of Flyness, Hulu’s Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, and Netflix’s Gender Agenda Comedy Special and Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.
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Alonzo Bodden
VIP tickets include Priority Seating in rows seven and eight, (behind Lucy Preferred Seating in rows one through six)! A regular panel member on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, Alonzo Bodden has been making audiences around the country laugh for close to thirty years. Alonzo starred in his fourth stand-up special, Heavy Lightweight, which premiered exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. His first big comedy break came when he was on the New Faces of Comedy showcase at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, but it was as the season three winner of NBCʼs Last Comic Standing, where Alonzo was first introduced to America. Since then, he has starred in two comedy specials for Showtime: Historically Incorrect and Who’s Paying Attention. He’s also made appearances on CBS’ Ghosts, ABC’s Dr. Ken and Fresh Off the Boat and Californication. Movie credits include Bringing Down The House, Scary Movie 4 and The Onion Movie. Talk shows, Dr. Phil, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. A car and motorcycle aficionado, Bodden hosted Speed Channel’s 101 Cars You Must Drive and has joined Jay Leno for several off-road trips on his CNBC series Leno’s Garage. Alonzo's fifth comedy album is titled Man Overboard. His comedy riffs have been compared to jazz solos by some the greatest jazz artists from Marcus Miller to Robert Glasper to Dee Dee Bridgewater. He’s also a regular on The Young Turks where he gives his unique take on what’s going on in the world. Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant to get preferred seating in rows 1 - 6. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com.
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Amber Autry
VIP tickets include Priority Seating in rows one through six! Amber Autry is a Nashville-based stand-up comedian known for her high-energy performances and sharp, relatable humor. An ancestor of iconic singing cowboy Gene Autry, Amber honed her comedic skills at Chicago’s renowned Second City before transitioning to stand-up. Now a headliner, her dynamic stage presence has led her to share the spotlight with comedy heavyweights such as Nate Bargatze, Whitney Cummings, Fortune Feimster, and Tim Meadows. Autry's growing acclaim includes features on Peacock TV, Drybar Comedy, and Don’t Tell Comedy, as well as a recent appearance on Netflix’s "Introducing..." Her podcast, I'm Fine, It's Fine is available on Youtube.com.
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Amos Gill
One of the hottest comedians in Australia and now swiftly making a name for himself globally. A cherished Adelaide identity thanks to his four years hosting the Amos, Cat & Angus breakfast radio show for Australia’s biggest broadcaster Southern Cross Austereo, in 2018 Amos announced that he was giving up breaky radio’s notorious 4am rises and heading to the USA to crack a comedy scene in which he had already carved out a name for himself as a comic to watch. After an impressive appearance as national runner-up in Triple J’s RAW Comedy competition, Amos went on to earn nominations for the Best Emerging Comedian and People’s Choice awards at the 2013 Adelaide Fringe for his debut solo show, You’ve Changed. 2013 also saw Amos hand-selected by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) directors to host the prestigious Comedy Zone; showcasing four of Australia’s best new comedians. In 2014 he was once again honored by MICF with a Best Newcomer nomination. As well as being a headliner in his own right in the USA, UK and Australia, Amos has performed at the Sydney Opera House and in multiple countries touring with Jim Jefferies, including opening for him on his Australian and South African arena tours and at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden to a sell-out crowd. In 2022 Amos took his full live show You’ve Wrecked The Joint out on his first solo tour across Australian capital cities. The tour was a smashing success, selling out five shows nationally and adding a second show in Perth to meet the extreme demand for tickets. Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant to get preferred seating in rows 1 - 6. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com. Catch Amos hosting New Year's Eve on Dec 31, 2024! Click HERE!
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Amy Bruni Live
Comedy Works Entertainment presents Amy Bruni LIVE at the Stanley Hotel! Pass the popcorn and join renowned paranormal researcher, TV host and author, Amy Bruni, as she guides audiences behind the screams and into chilling real-life hauntings that inspired the world's most terrifying horror films. In this spooky season live show, Amy breaks down every case historically, from firsthand eyewitness accounts to actual paranormal evidence collected in these locations. How did the events in The Conjuring compare to a real family terrorized by a demonic entity? Did famed paranormal investigative duo Ed and Lorraine Warren truly own a demonic doll as depicted in Annabelle? Are the ghosts in The Shining inspired by author Stephen King’s real-life stay at the notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel? Did the Lutz family in The Amityville Horror experience levitating beds and witness a demonic pig creature with glowing red eyes? Amy invites you to look past the jump scares and special effects into the very real history, people, and paranormal encounters at the heart of these famous movies. In many cases, the truth is more frightening than fiction. In addition to the evening's lecture, Amy also travels with her mini museum of haunted artifacts and spiritualist memorabilia, which will be displayed for you to visit and interact with before and after the show.
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Amy Schumer at Paramount Theatre
Comedy Works Entertainment proudly presents AMY SCHUMER LIVE coming to Paramount Theatre in Denver! Amy Schumer is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated standup comedian, actress, writer, producer and director. Schumer is the creator, star, writer and executive producer of the award winning “Inside Amy Schumer,” the popular Comedy Central television series, which premiered in April 2013 to the network’s highest season premiere ratings of that year. “Inside Amy Schumer” won the 2015 Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy/Variety Sketch series. In 2015, the show was honored with the first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sketch Variety Series. Schumer was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Schumer received honors for Individual Achievement in Comedy and Outstanding Achievement in Comedy from the Television Critics Association in 2015. Additionally, she was awarded the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Among the show’s many accolades, it also received the prestigious Peabody Award in 2014. In 2019, she was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special category for her comedy special “Amy Schumer Growing.” Schumer’s Universal Pictures film Trainwreck (2015), dominated the worldwide box office as the hit summer comedy. She won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and was nominated for a Writers’ Guild Award in the category of Original Screenplay. That same year, the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) honored Schumer with The Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. Schumer’s one-hour Netflix Comedy special titled “The Leather Special” earned her a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Variety Special. Her one-hour HBO comedy special, “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo” directed by Chris Rock, premiered on October 17, 2015, and was HBO’s most watched Saturday night comedy special debut since December 2009. In 2016, She was nominated for a Tony for her role in Steve Martin’s “Meteor Shower.” In 2017, Schumer starred alongside Goldie Hawn in the mother-daughter comedy Snatched, which she also produced. That same year, Schumer was seen in Jason Hall’s drama Thank You For Your Service. Schumer’s first book, The New York Times bestseller The Girl with The Lower Back Tattoo, earned her a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album and was released in paperback in August 2017. In 2018, Schumer starred and produced the STX comedy, I Feel Pretty, released that April. Often touring theaters and arenas all over the world, Schumer is the only female comic to headline Madison Square Garden. She hosted the podcast, “Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith” alongside Bridget Everett, Rachel Feinstein and Keith Robinson that has run for five seasons on Spotify. In July 2020, Schumer’s three-part documentary series, Expecting Amy premiered on HBO Max. The docuseries takes viewers behind-the-scenes as Amy battles through an extraordinarily difficult pregnancy, while documenting the formation of her latest comedy special. She also premiered the second season of her cooking show, Amy Schumer Learns to Cook, with her husband Chris Fischer who is an award-winning chef on the Food Network in August 2020. This past November, Schumer starred in Stephen Karam’s The Humans, which made its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival and launched in theatres and on Showtime. Schumer also recently co-hosted the 94th Academy Awards alongside Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall. Most recently, Schumer wrote, executive produced, directed and starred in her 10-episode comedy series LIFE & BETH, which is streaming now on Hulu and has been renewed for a second season. Currently, she is embarking on her first major tour in over 4 years. Amy Schumer’s Whore Tour began this July in East Hampton, NY and is making stops in cities including Boston, Denver, New York and Chicago before wrapping up in San Diego on November 20th.
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An Evening with Davide De Pierro
Comedy Works Entertainment presents An Evening with Davide De Pierro live at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts! Davide De Pierro will be reading excerpts from his newly released novel, The Letters I Never Sent, along with an audience Q&A. Davide is a New Jersey native that has cultivated over 3M followers on TikTok and 2.6M followers on Instagram and has been earning millions of views online. Known for his commentary on relationships, finances, and those relatable moments that capture the human experience, Davide is excited to be expanding into a fresh medium. Limited VIP tickets are available which include a post-show Meet & Greet immediately following the show.
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And That's Why We Drink Tour
Comedy Works Entertainment proudly presents And That’s Why We Drink: Here for the Boos Tour! And That’s Why We Drink is a 2019 Webby award-winning, comedic true crime and paranormal focused podcast hosted by Em Schulz and Christine Schiefer. Every Sunday, listeners are served deep dives into chilling ghost stories and the most provocative true crime cases. ATWWD is downloaded over 1.5M times each week, and their live shows sell out theaters across the country. In January 2020, ATWWD will set out on the “Here for the Boos! Tour,” a 50-city theater journey across the US and Canada. The world is a pretty scary place, and that’s why they drink (wine and milkshakes preferred)!
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Andrew Bustamante
Confessions of a CIA Internet Plant: A Journey Into The Great Distraction After spending 7 years undercover with the CIA, Andrew Bustamante suddenly became the most recognizable internet CIA personality in history. With every viral appearance, conspiracies and accusations spread like wildfire: Was he a secret CIA plant? A psy op against the American public? Surely he couldn’t go from a complete unknown to viral internet fame without CIA help? Now, Andrew is here to tell the whole story – all the dirty little secrets of a CIA pretty-boy. Mostly funny, partly scary, and always shocking, this limited one-time appearance is sure to leave you (and the millions of people who search Andrew’s name monthly) with new information you’ll never be able to unlearn. Andrew will also be selling signed copies of his new book, "Outsmart Everyone: Spy Skills to Gain an Unfair Advantage in Work & Life" — In it, Andrew draws on his years as a covert CIA officer to break down the exact mental frameworks spies use to see more clearly, think more precisely, and act more decisively than everyone around them.
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Andrew Orvedahl
Andrew Orvedahl is a comedian, writer, and actor based out of Denver, Colorado. As a stand-up he has appeared on several late-night shows including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He also co-created and starred in the sitcom Those Who Can't, currently on HBO Max. Andrew's comedy mixes skewering observations with true stories from his life, and he has performed coast to coast for almost 20 years. Currently Andrew can be heard on the popular podcast Advice Fight on Starburns audio.