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3rd Act Theatre’s annual fundraiser performs at local breweries this July.

Tags: Arts, 3rd Act Theatre Company, Shakespearean, comedy, Drunk Classics, Much Ado About Nothing, archetypal theatre, Shakespeare, Anthem Brewing, Roughtail Brewing Co, Angry Scotsman Brewing, Much Ado About Drinkin

New Candyman film reflects on the darker aspects of America's past and present

Tags: Film, film, film review, review, candyman, horror, jorfan peele

Tags: The High Culture, mango, sapphire, thc, strain, flower, review

Tags: The High Culture, strain, review, flower, thc, cannabis

There are too many stellar films to mention in deadCenter’s 180-plus film slate this year, but here are some that Oklahoma Gazette recommends you catch.

Tags: Film, film, deadcenter, film review, review, local film

Margaret Cho finds the sweet spot between compassion and cruelty at Bricktown Comedy Club.

Tags: Arts, comedy, Margaret Cho, Bricktown Comedy Club, Masked Singer

Stand-up comic Hari Kondabolu makes his Oklahoma debut at The Paramount Room.

Tags: Arts, comedy, Hari Kondabolou, The Paramount Room, political jokes, Warn Your Relatives, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, The Simpsons, The Problem with Apu, Cameron Brewer

Oklahoma has a long, rich history of successful black communities, but much of its black history has been hidden and left out of textbooks.

Tags: State, Edward McCabe, Langston, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa Race Riot, Greenwood Cultural Center, Greenwood District, Tulsa, Mechelle Brown, Black Wall Street, Dick Rowland, Sarah Page, Buck Franklin, Jim Crow laws, Senate Bill One, Ada Lois Sipuel, Clara Luper, George Henderson, University of Oklahoma, sundown towns, Norman Human Rights Commission, Barbara Henderson

Basketball-themed comedy benefit show Why Not? returns to OKC.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Demetrius “Juice” Deason, Russell Westbrook, Why Not? Comedy Show, comedy, Tower Theatre, Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County, Jabee, Will “Spank” Horton, The Plastic Cup Boyz, Comedy Central, The Next Level, Taneshia “Just Nesh” Rice, Layups2Standup, basketball, NBA

A new downtown venue bringing national comic headliners is now open.

Tags: Metro, Bricktown Comedy Club, comedy, Bricktown, BARK Entertainment, Adam Norwest, Gamers Arcade Bar, Chris Presley, D.C. Young Fly and Friends, John Heffron

Comic, author and television host Chelsea Handler stops at The Criterion on her Life Will Be the Death of Me tour.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Chelsea Handler, The Criterion, comedy, Life Will Be the Death of Me ... and You Too!, Hello Privilege, racism, privilege, #MeToo

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio’s It’s Jester Joke tour brings biting insult comedy to Oklahoma.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Bianca Del Rio, Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, Rose State College, Midwest City, RuPaul’s Drag Race, comedy, It’s Jester Joke Comedy Tour, drag queen, Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio, Hurricane Bianca, From Russia With Hate, Rachel Dratch

A family-owned entertainment company brings national comic headliners to a new downtown venue.

Tags: Metro, News, development, Bricktown Comedy Club, comedy, comedy club, BARK Entertainment, Adam Norwest, Wayans Brothers, Bricktown, Tacoma, Spokane, Gamers Arcade Bar, Saturday Night Live, America’s Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, Damon Wayans, Nicole Byer, Nailed It, Jay Pharaoh, SNL, Margaret Cho, bar, stand-up comedy, Bricktown laughs, Loony Bin Comedy Club, bar food

CityRep’s production of Every Brilliant Thing uses audience participation to explore the joy in difficult circumstances.

Tags: Arts, Jon Haque, CityRep, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, CitySpace Theatre, Civic Center Music Hall, Every Brilliant Thing, Duncan Macmillan, Johnny Donahoe, Linda Kay Leonard, improv, theater, audience participation, depression, trauma, suicide, comedy, Donald Jordan

Shane Mauss’ Stand Up Science merges comedy with curiosity.

Tags: Arts, Shane Mauss, comedy, Stand Up Science, Opolis, Here We Are, stand-up, science, podcast