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Everyone has been hurt by COVID, but literally, no sub-population has been hit harder more figuratively than stand-up comics.
With no release valve for the pent up neurosis and dysfunction that makes a person funny, these souls have had to find new outlets to express themselves and get the attention and adulation they necessarily crave. Jessica Michelle Singleton, who is probably the most successful female comic to ever come out of Anchorage, has used her hiatus to produce something quite novel â a country song titled âNow I Need Whiskeyâ, available on Amazon, and pretty much any music streaming app.
When I spoke with her last month, she was prepping for a comedy show that night at the Rose Bowl, which, if for a second you forgot about the pandemic, sounds awfully impressive. Even Dane Cook in his prime couldnât fill up a 92,000-seat football stadium, but alas, the pandemic is never far from our consciousness and Singletonâs show was indeed in the parking l
Anne Schrager April 13, 2021Updated: April 14, 2021, 7:19 am
Comedian DeRay Davis is scheduled to perform at Tommy T’s in Pleasanton from April 29-May 2. Photo: Tommy T s
Even before the pandemic hit, comedy show producers were among the real workhorses of the live entertainment industry. Take for example San Francisco comedian Lisa Geduldig, whose annual Kung Pao Kosher comedy show is set to celebrate its 29th year in 2021. She has kept the humor flowing all year long with a virtual pivot to monthly “Lockdown Comedy broadcasts (the next one set for Thursday, April 15) live from Florida, where she’s been spending quarantine with her mother, and featuring other guest comedians.