Now that the Lincoln Lodge has found a new home in Subterranean, all of the many awesome shows that the Lodge houses and supports also have a new home! Double Feature, a really great show that features screenings of comedic short films with sets from local standups, is one of these shows!
DF producers Ian Abramson, Tim Barnes, Melody Kamali, and Marlena Rodriguez are back with a new video promo hyping the show's return on Wednesday, March 26th! Get your tickets here!
Read MoreThe four producers of , Ian Abramson, Tim Barnes, Melody Kamali, and Marlena Rodriguez, return with another thrilling, unpredictable edition of Critics on the Street.
Tim talks race with a hispanic filmgoer! Marlena gets called "not normal" for having a black friend! Ian hits his side while laughing at a seventh grader's jokes! Melody skillfully plugs the show's Instagram page mid teen girl fight! More stuff, too!
Read MoreVery exciting! The producers of Double Feature, a totally unique hybrid short film festival and standup showcase return with another Critics on the Street video! Turns out a bunch of people actually went to see Kick Ass 2 .
Double Feature is , at The Den Theatre, and features standup from Clark Jones, Kristen Toomey, Alex Stone, Ian Abramson, Tim Barnes, and Marlena Rodriguez, as well as a bunch of short films from a bunch of awesome folks that have yet to be announced.
Read More, a Wicker Park-based standup comedy/short film festival returns to the lovely Den Theatre this Wednesday, July 31st, at 9pm. I'm happy to premiere their ridiculous new promo video, which DF producer explains: "consists of us doing a man on the street video outside of a movie theater (critic on the street) on the hottest night of summer thus far. In the middle of one of our first interviews the power goes out and we then talk to the recently refunded customers and have them criticize the few minutes of the movie they caught."
Check out the clip below!
Also, if you're interested in going to Double Feature this Wednesday (which features standup from Adam Burke, Tyson Karrasch, Kenny DeForest, Melody Kamali, Marlena Rodriguez, and Andy Fleming & Stephanie Hasz, and videos from Comedians You Should Know, The Katydids, Big Dog Eat Child, Paul Thomas, and more), I've got a pair of tickets to give away! If you want to win them, email The Steamroller () and say so!
Read MoreDouble Feature is a new monthly show happening the final Wednesday of the month at in Wicker Park. Each month, a handful of standups will split stage time with a series of short comedy films from Chicago-based filmmakers. The show is produced by a quartet of up-and-coming comics, Ian Abramson, Tim Barnes, Melody Kamali, and Marlena Rodriguez, whose shared interest in standup and filmmaking birthed this unique concept.
In advance of next week's inaugural show, here's an exclusive clip of the four producers' recent man-on-the-street misadventures at The Bean, a tourist magnet in downtown Chicago. is next Wednesday, April 24th at 9pm at the Den Theatre, tickets are $5 and can be preordered here.