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Tig Notaro: Hello Again Review – A Sleep-Inducing Special

Tig Notaro: Hello Again Review - A Sleep-Inducing Special

Stand-up comedy is a delicate business, as people’s tastes differ on different levels. Some people like topical humor, others don’t; some prefer deadpan humor, and some don’t. People will view the same comedy differently depending on their likes and dislikes. While that makes the contents of Tig Notaro: Hello Again on Prime Video difficult to objectively judge, some fundamental truths help determine whether the comedy is good.

Jokes should be simple and easy to understand for a mass audience. Delivery should be loud, clear, and reasonably paced. Finally, the contents should be relatable on some level. Hello Again fails at all of these.

Tig Notaro: Hello Again Will Bore You To Tears

It’s said that humor is tragedy plus time, and if that’s true, Tig Notaro’s life has been wonderful and anything but tragic. She mainly keeps to life stories throughout the hour-long special, talking audiences through little vignettes of her experiences. And hardly any of them are comedic.

This points to the first problem with the comedy. If audiences haven’t lived through any of the life experiences that Tig Notaro is describing, it makes it difficult to relate to her, which for me, a young white straight man, is impossible. Other people (not just men) will have difficulty relating too and lose out.

Some of the humor is universally relatable, like a section in the performance where Tig describes mishearing people to a supposedly comedic effect. This is when she runs into the idea that jokes should be simple and easy to understand.

While having a meeting with Reese Witherspoon (not the relatable part), Tig explains she misheard her. OK, that’s relatable. She says she failed to understand that when Witherspoon said Nicole Kidman is 6 feet and Shailene (as in Shailene Woodley) is 5’8, Tig misheard her and responded with how she dated an insecure 6-foot woman with a hunch.

At the time, Witherspoon and the others were bewildered, and that’s more relatable than anything Tig has said. Tig had to explain the joke in the show to her confused audience, and that’s when a joke has gone and is never coming back. Seeing the inside of how a joke works has never made it funnier.

Of course, if a comedian knows their audience, their jokes can match the niche or complexity wavelength people are on, but in stand-up comedy, this isn’t an assumption that can be easily made — doubly so if the show has been recorded for a mass audience on a streaming platform.

The third and final nail in the coffin of Tig’s show is her overly slow, even cautious, delivery. This kneecaps any sense of pace and constant hard-hitting laughs, and by the time she’s reached the payoff of a joke, audiences have forgotten the setup. Comedy is often best delivered at a slightly faster than medium pace, not one where watching at 1.5 times the speed is needed to get to the punchline.

Not all the jokes fall flat on the floor, but none of them will likely send anyone into hysterics like good comedy should. They might chuckle the audience out of the slumber they’ve fallen into, only for them to go right back into it.

Tig’s slow and quiet delivery kills any comedic value left

How a joke is delivered impacts its ability to be funny just as much as the words themselves. Some of the jokes that might have landed have had the wind taken out of them by Tig’s glacially slow delivery. Audiences would be forgiven for forgetting some of the setup. It also makes the show feel unnecessarily long.

This isn’t helped by her quiet voice, enough to let audiences fall asleep. Comedy relies on quick delivery to keep an audience laughing, but Tig’s style does the opposite. It actively disengages the audience and causes them to lose focus. This is the biggest flaw in Tig Notaro: Hello World , but it’s by no means the only one.

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Tig Notaro is back on tour, and it’s not the end of the road after all

Tig Notaro, shown in her comedy special "Happy to Be Here."

There is one obvious reason Tig Notaro is calling her new tour “Hello, Again.” The show, which comes to the Chevalier Theatre in Medford on Friday, is her reintroduction to live stand-up after a pandemic-induced year-and-a-half hiatus, which officially ended in September when she made her first appearance in Los Angeles to prepare for the road.

Notaro didn’t do stand-up online or at drive-ins during those roughly 18 months of downtime. “I just thought, I’m gonna lay low, hang out with my family, do my podcasts, and then return if and when the time is right,” she says, speaking by phone between shows on her current tour. “I’ve returned, and I’m not certain the time is right, but I’m doing it and people are buying tickets and showing up, so it feels good.”

There came a time during her time off when Notaro wondered if she would ever get onstage again. “I really didn’t know,” she says. “I love stand-up. But I’ve been doing it 25 years and I just thought, well, if this is the end of the road, I’ve had a great run. And I’m willing to pivot if need be. But luckily, this is still an option for now.”

Notaro had already toured with a new hour of material she was readying for her next special, and a lot of that material survives in the current show, with some new things added. It would be strange not to address COVID at all, but Notaro hasn’t made it a focus. “It’s not really what I want to talk about, other than just acknowledging it and then moving on,” she says. “[The material is] about my family, my marriage, my kids, my ongoing medical journey, and observations in life — a lot of nonsense.”

In a stand-up career that has continually evolved over 25 years, Notaro once again finds herself wondering what will come next. While she wasn’t touring, she was still very much in the public eye. She kept up two podcasts — her advice show “Don’t Ask Tig” and a review of documentaries, “Tig and Cheryl: True Story,” with Cheryl Hines. She debuted a new stand-up special called “Drawn” on HBO in 2021, which conveniently had been sold before the pandemic and featured cartoon renderings of previously recorded bits from different sets.

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But Notaro has also added another title over the past two years: Tig the Badass. That started when she was brought onboard “Star Trek: Discovery” in season two as Human Federation Starfleet officer Jett Reno, delivering lines like “Evolution is a fickle bitch, am I right?” and requiring her to take a deep dive into space jargon about phasers and radiation fields. She wasn’t sure she was the best fit for the role, and even told “Discovery” creator Alex Kurtzman as much.

“I was scared I was doing a bad job,” she says, “And I didn’t want him to feel like he had to keep having me back. He said, ‘Listen, now that I know that you’re struggling so much with your lines, I’m just gonna make them even harder for you.’ ”

Tig Notaro as chief engineer Jett Reno in "Star Trek: Discovery."

Tig the Badass cemented her reputation in 2021 with the release of the zombie movie “Army of the Dead,” into which she was digitally added to play ultra-cool helicopter pilot Marianne Peters. That got her trending on Twitter as a sex symbol , with images of her in aviator shades and flight suit, a cigar planted firmly in her scowl.

Notaro says she was working on an upcoming project, “Am I Okay?,” which she co-directed with her wife, actress Stephanie Allynne, when friends started texting to say she was trending. Notaro didn’t know what to make of it. “I said they’re texting me saying I’m trending for being ‘sexy as a F.’ And [Allynne] said, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s sexy AF, not as a F.’ ”

The attention did make her stop and reassess herself. “That was beyond shocking. I came into that role after the movie was shot,” she says, “so I thought I was gonna be just such an afterthought to a huge ensemble of very obviously hot women in the movie, you know? I didn’t think that turning 50 and being green-screened into an action zombie film was going to send me trending for being sexy.”

All of this comes at the end of a group of releases Notaro feels are part of a trilogy, starting with her 2012 album “Live” (as in “to live” rather than “live in concert”), and including her specials “Boyish Girl Interrupted” (2015) and “Happy to Be Here” (2018). She had been looking for a way to push herself past the dry one-liners of her earlier work into more of a storytelling style when life events — particularly a cancer diagnosis and the death of her mother — led her to deeply personal material. That connected with audiences and propelled her stand-up to new heights.

Now, as she ventures back out on the road, and continues to explore new film and television projects, and potentially recording a new special on this tour, she is once again at the threshold of something new. And she’s as interested as the rest of us to see where it goes.

“I kind of don’t know where I am with my stand-up, because I’m just maybe 10 shows into doing stand-up again,” she says. “I had this conversation with Stephanie before I left on tour where I was like, ‘Gosh, it could go any direction.’ I truly don’t know what’s to come. And that’s kind of a weird and exciting, but weird, but exciting, but weird, but exciting feeling.”

At the Chevalier Theatre, 30 Forest St., Medford, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets $35-$60. chevaliertheatre.com

Nick A. Zaino III can be reached at [email protected] .

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“Tig Notaro returns with a hilarious stand-up special in which she talks about her daily life, getting in embarrassing situations and tries to play the piano. From start to finish, Hello Again will make you laugh out loud.”

Tig Notaro is coming back with a new stand-up special. After Happy To Be Here in 2018 on Netflix and Tig Notaro: Draw n in 2022 on HBO, she is heading back to Amazon with Hello Again . This new special is Notaro’s first project with Amazon since the end of her Prime Video comedy series One Mississippi in 2017 .  Tig Notaro: Hello Again releases tomorrow on Prime Video.

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I love Tig Notaro’s dry humour. I had a great time with her previous stand-up specials. So, I was obviously looking forward to this one. And honestly, it doesn’t disappoint. Tig returns with a hilarious special! I laughed out loud all the way to the end. This is really my type of humour. While some American comedians are extremely vulgar in order to be funny, Tig doesn’t need that. She just has to tell a story about her daily life to make you laugh. In fact, she is able to find humour in everything. She is even able to draw humour from her former cancer and her other medical problems. I think you have to be a really talented comedian to be able to do that. This is how good she is.

My favourite part of this special is her stories about getting in embarrassing situations because she misunderstood what the other person said. Like with the “Make Believe Lounge” that is actually the “Mapple Leaf Lounge” or the conversation about heights with Reese Witherspoon. This is incredibly funny. Situations like this have already happened to me so I can definitely relate to that. On top of that, she has a way to tell these stories that make them even funnier. Undoubtedly, when it ends, you don’t notice it’s already been an hour.

THE PIANIST

At one point the staff brings a piano on stage so you may expect that she is a good player, but she warns you from the start she is not. Tig doesn’t know how to play the piano, she just touches the keys randomly while telling you she is getting ready for a song. Indeed, she uses this piano to tell more jokes and make fun of herself. While some comedians would bring an instrument on stage and actually play that instrument well, she does the contrary of that. I love how Tig is always ready to find surprising ways to amuse her audience. There is never a dull moment with her. It keeps going and going. I’m all here for it!

Tig Notaro returns with a hilarious stand-up special in which she talks about her daily life, getting in embarrassing situations and tries to play the piano. From start to finish, Hello Again will make you laugh out loud.

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Tig Notaro: Hello Again releases tomorrow on Prime Video .

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Tig Notaro on music, VIP couches with history, and saying ‘Hello Again’ at the Theatre at Ace Hotel

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Tig Notaro loves Van Halen. Like, really loves Van Halen. Not just Eddie, but Alex too.

Many people are probably familiar with Notaro’s 2012 album “Live” that begins “Hello, good evening, I have cancer,” and since has become one of the most iconic comedy sets in recent history. Her ability to bring levity to heavy moments is something that resonates with her audiences and rings through her comedy specials, as well as her sitcom “One Mississippi,” and the 2015 Netflix documentary “Tig,” chronicling her battle with breast cancer. But most people probably don’t know that Notaro has a music room at home with a drum kit and a Dolly Parton poster, a bedtime playlist routine, and managed to get the Indigo Girls to route their tour to Carnegie Hall just to share the stage for a song.

Now cancer-free, happily married, and the proud parent of twin boys and two podcasts: “Tig and Cheryl: True Story” and “Don’t Ask Tig,” Notaro takes the stage in L.A. at the Theatre at Ace Hotel this Saturday as part of her “Hello Again” tour. The show also doubles as a celebration of the release of her new album “Drawn” from her HBO special of the same name, which is the first ever fully-animated stand up special.

Music is a through line in so much of your work; can you talk about your connection to it?

Tig Notaro: It’s hard for me to look you in the face and tell you I’m a musician, but I can keep a beat and I know some chords! I actually came to L.A. to work in the music business, but I just love music and I was surrounded by it as a kid. I’m originally from southern Mississippi and my mother is from New Orleans — it’s just such a musical area. The way I respond to music or a favorite song or something I’ve never heard before reminds me so much of the way my mother responded to things. Every time I hear a song that she went nuts over it’s simultaneously the saddest and happiest moment. Now my kids are devouring music — they go to bed, listening to their little playlist that we put together and they make requests to hear different songs as they go to sleep.

Oh my God that’s so cute! They already have their own discerning music taste?

Yeah, it’s all over the place, everything from pop radio and boy band stuff to Bob Dylan and John Denver and James Taylor and Dolly Parton.

That’s awesome you’re encouraging your kids to explore music and culture and taste at such a young age.

Yeah. And it’s funny because I also have a [Dolly Parton] poster. We have a music room with drums and piano and guitars and stuff. And there’s a poster of Van Halen on the wall. I was a big Van Halen fan as a kid. And just the fact that my kids know who Eddie Van Halen is and Alex Van Halen brings me joy.

Are your kids funny?

Yes. I could do hours just talking about my children. And I always say that I live with a house full of writers. Our kids cuss, and they use the words correctly. In our house it’s me, Stephanie [Allynne], Max, Finn. We have three cats. Stephanie’s dad lives with us. One night, everyone’s all together watching TV and our son Max just gets up unprompted and walks off saying “I’m gonna get the hell outta here. All these damn cats!” and just leaves. And that was when he was 4!

Tig Notaro in season 2 of "One Mississippi."

On your TV show “One Mississippi,” your character has that awesome KCRW music and talk radio segment. If you had to program that today, what would you play?

John Denver’s “Sunshine on my Shoulders.” Stephanie and I walked down the aisle to it and it’s just a really beautiful song. And when I think about “One Mississippi,” I like to think that our characters would have gotten married. I would love to have re-created that moment.

When I suggested that song for our wedding, I told her that the line in the song that really made me think of marrying her, and [including] that song at our wedding day is the line where he says, “If I could give you a day, I’d give you a day just like today,” and for some reason, I just felt like, even though we hadn’t gotten married [yet], and I suspected how beautiful it might be, that that song would encapsulate all of it.

I very sadly lost my stepfather Ric recently . And I think that song would just, you know, be so important to add to that show.

That’s beautiful, and I’m so sorry about your loss.

Thank you. It’s been rough. And it was 10 years to the day after my mother died that I took him off life support. And he died of C. diff [ Clostridioides difficile ], which was the disease that I had. So it was intense. It was a few weeks ago, and it was unexpected. After my mother died, he just started coming out of his shell and growing and he just adored our kids. That song takes me back to so much love and so much beauty and just a near perfect moment in my life.

What brings you to the mundane in your comedy?

I think that mundane and boring is so funny. People can make the joke that every podcast is boring, but I would love to have a podcast where I interview a boring person. Whenever I get my picture taken, I always tell the photographer to please tell me a boring story, because that makes me happy and laugh. I’m just thoroughly amused by mundane, sometimes boring, or also irritating to some. I’m a big fan of nonsense, ridiculousness and earnestness somehow all mixed together.

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Speaking of nonsense and ridiculousness and earnestness, I loved your whole anticipation and build bit that you did with the Indigo Girls in your 2018 show “Happy to Be Here.”

That Indigo Girls bit! Some people are like, “I can’t watch that. That makes me so uncomfortable. Oh, my God.” I remember I was doing it in Florida one night, and this woman in the front row said, “I thought you were nicer than this!” I know. Like, this is not an attack on you. It’s a joke. I’m teasing a moment!

‘It’s just so smart. Because you’re giving the audience over to the joy of the moment of anticipation. Right? But then at the same time, it’s funny because I’m assuming you’re not bringing up the Indigo Girls up at every gig.

I know, I did a whole tour where I never brought them out. I just would end my show saying “who wants to see the Indigo Girls?” and people would raise their hand. And then I would say, “Well, then go buy tickets to the Indigo Girls!” And then I’d leave the stage.

I know your show at the Theatre at Ace Hotel this Saturday is a celebration of the physical record release of your HBO special “Drawn.” Can you tell me a little bit about that process?

I had this material that I had done that I didn’t do anything with. And I just thought, “Well, I don’t want to just ditch all this.” I thought an animation with Greg Franklin would be great. So I pitched it and we sold it the day or the day before the shutdown happened. And everybody thought that I had this brilliant idea to do an animated special because of the pandemic, but it really had nothing to do with it.

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Comedian Josh Johnson gives crowds a therapy session with a shot of bourbon for his new special

Was there really a spider?

There really was! I was mid-show and a spider came down. And I was like, “Oh, my God.” I thought about this later — how the three biggest human fears are spiders, public speaking and heights. So I wish I had done this special from, you know, a skyscraper.

What can people expect at the Ace this Saturday?

It’s an album release party for “Drawn,” so the first 100 people through the door get a free autographed copy of the album. There will be a lot of personal stories and observations about life and a whole lot of nonsense and a big fun surprise finale. It’s fun for me to do the show. A lot of silliness, real stories, things where people say, “Did you make that up? Is that real?” Yes. It’s real. It’s all real.

I’m very excited to do this material. And you know, I’ve workshopped it at Largo, which is where I do my regular monthly show when I’m in town.

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I know Largo is a really important place to you here in Los Angeles. Can you talk about why that is?

I started doing Largo through friends like Zach Galifianakis and Sarah Silverman [who] had their own monthly show there back when it was on Fairfax. It was always the room that was a blast to perform in. The audience is always so cool and smart and into it and it just became my favorite room in town. [After “Live”] I became one of the faces of Largo, not that they needed me. I live close enough to it that I can just swing by and work out whatever material I need to. And the other nice thing too is my mother and stepfather’s old couch — I didn’t know where to put it — I inherited it, but I had a hard time getting rid of it. So I put it backstage at Largo. And so now, my mother and my stepfather’s couch is back there in this part of the venue where the comedians sit before they go on stage. There’s a lot of pictures of comedians on this couch and it’s just great.

What is it about comedy that keeps you performing and writing?

It’s that feeling I think that anyone feels when something funny or interesting happens. And you think, ”Oh my gosh, I can’t wait to tell my wife. I can’t wait to tell my friend!” And that’s how I feel. I don’t walk around trying to find funny things. I’m just living my life and I have this extra sense that when something hits me, I go, “Oh my gosh, that’ll be so funny to explore or tell.” I love sharing a story with people; I love sharing an experience. It’s funny when I hear comedians saying, “Oh, I don’t know if I can tell that because nobody knows that singer” or “they don’t know my aunt” or — and it’s like, you didn’t describe them! I mean, it’s like when you tell anybody anything. I used to have this story about, again, a singer Taylor Dayne that I ran into numerous times, and it would bomb at first and people would say, “Well, it’s because nobody knows who Taylor Dayne is anymore.” And I’m like, “No, that’s not it. I have to rework it.” There’s something in the writing or delivery that’s not working because with comedy you can make anyone familiar with anything.

It’s just that excitement. I love sharing a story with people; I love sharing an experience. Everything can become relatable. I just love making that connection and connecting with a huge dark room.

Where: Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway, Los Angeles When: 7p.m. Saturday Tickets: https://acehotel.com/going-on/tig-notaro-hello-again/ More tour dates: https://tignation.com/

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Tig Notaro announces ‘Hello Again’ tour, including Chevalier Theatre stop

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While her latest venture in the comedy sphere this year happened to come in the form of animation, Tig Notaro is back in action in 2022, live and in the flesh.

As part of her national tour announcement on Tuesday (October 18), Notaro will bring her Hello Again trek to Medford’s Chevalier Theatre on Friday, January 21. With three years separating her last stop in Medford, and two years since her last stop in Massachusetts overall, It’s a welcomed return of the all-star comedian.

Earlier this year, Notaro’s top-tier storytelling and dangerously sharp comedy chops were delivered in the form of a groundbreaking fully animated special, Drawn , which premiered on HBO in July. In addition to her critically acclaimed stand-up specials (including 2018’s Happy To Be Here and Boyish Girl Interrupted , which was filmed in Boston in 2015), the Mississippi native can most recently be seen as a lead role in Zack Snyder’s Zombie heist film Army Of The Dead , as well as her semi-autobiographical Amazon series One Mississippi , which ran from 2015 to 2017.

Score pre-sale tickets to Notaro’s return performance by using the code VANYA beginning at noon ET today, before public on-sale starts on Friday (October 22) at 10 a.m. EDT.

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Comedian Tig Notaro will welcome audiences back on her 2022 "Hello Again" tour. AP

  • Matt Levy | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

If you’re looking for the undisputed master of Taylor Dayne jokes, search no further; Tig Notaro has the title all to herself.

The comedian, who is known to crack wise about the famed 1980s singer-songwriter, also just announced she will take her unique brand of soft-spoken, soulful stand-up to stages all over the U.S. in 2022 on her “Hello Again” tour.

Over the past year, Notaro has managed to stay busy releasing the animated special “Tig Notaro: Drawn” and appearing in the Netflix film “Army of the Dead.”

Now, here’s how you can see her live in person.

Where can I buy tickets to see Tig Notaro?

If you’re hoping to see the “Star Trek” actress/”Professor Blastoff” podcast host/comic onstage in 2022, we recommend seeking out tickets on major ticketing sites like Vivid Seats , StubHub , Ticketmaster , SeatGeek and TicketNetwork .

Where will Tig Notaro be performing? What cities will she hit on her tour?

Notaro will say “Hello Again” to more than 35 different sets of audiences on her tour that opens in Toronto on Jan. 14 until she says her final closing line at New York’s Beacon Theatre on March 20 .

Midway through the tour, she will stop by Philadelphia’s Merriam Theater on January 29 .

The official schedule, with dates and times to see the sly, subdued Notaro,  can be found here .

Prices vary based on date and city.

Did Tig Notaro release a statement about the tour?

On her website, Notaro wrote, “Just want everyone to know how seriously I take the social distancing and home quarantine actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. All shows are subject to change as new details arise. Check with each venue and with my website before plans to attend any show. Most importantly- PLEASE stay safe and healthy so we can meet in the flesh. Every bit of love in the world to you, Tig.”

She also posted a lighthearted tour announcement video on Twitter as seen here:

NATIONAL TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! https://t.co/7iy79VPNCX pic.twitter.com/JvnRjrC97d — Tig Notaro (@TigNotaro) October 19, 2021

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Comedian Tig Notaro brings signature deadpan style to Honolulu show

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In her two-decades-long career, Tig Notaro has brought her comedic chops and signature deadpan style to film, radio, television, memoirs and podcasts. Listeners may know her already from her appearances on "The Moth" or "This American Life," or her own podcasts “Don’t Ask Tig” and “Tig and Cheryl: True Story.”

She’s known for her confessional style, talking about everything from her breast cancer diagnosis to the death of her mother on stage. Hawai‘i audiences will have the chance to see her live on her "Hello Again" tour. The Conversation spoke with Notaro ahead of the show.

Update: Tig Notaro's Aug. 12 show at the Hawaii Theatre has been rescheduled to Oct. 7.

This interview aired on  The Conversation  on Aug. 10, 2022. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.

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Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actor as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including “Ellen,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and “Conan.” Rolling Stone named her one of the "50 best stand-up comics of all time." Notaro currently appears in Zack Snyder’s "Army of the Dead" and “Star Trek: Discovery”; she wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show “One Mississippi” and hosts an advice podcast, Don't Ask Tig as well as the documentary film podcast Tig and Cheryl: True Story.

Greg Barris is an American Comedy Scene Darling and served as a staple in New York’s downtown stand-up scene for years. A frequent Time Out New York Critic’s Pick, much loved by BrooklynVegan and hailed as "Excellent" by The New Yorker, Greg created and hosted the 20 year long-running comedy variety show "Heart of Darkness". Greg and guitarist / visual artist Dima Drjuchin (Corrupt Autopilot) teamed up to form the Wigmaker's Son. Together they created a Zappa-meets-Lonely Island pop fantasy comedy album, ‘Greatest Tits’ which also featured friend Reggie Watts. Greg released his debut stand-up album 'Shame Wave' on aspecialthing Records and will be releasing a new comedy album on the label in the near future. Greg now lives L.A. where you can find him on stages across the city and beyond.

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Tig Notaro will stop by Cleveland’s Agora for a show on Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

  • Annie Nickoloff, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Comedian Tig Notaro has announced a 2022 tour, and she’ll stop by Cleveland’s Agora for a show on Jan. 12.

Tickets to the performance cost $39.50-$49.50 and are currently available on AXS .

The show may be updated or changed due to the pandemic. The comic posted a note on her website to share her thoughts on the matter:

“Just want everyone to know how seriously I take the social distancing and home quarantine actions during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the note states. “All shows are subject to change as new details arise. Check with each venue and with my website before plans to attend any show. Most importantly- PLEASE stay safe and healthy so we can meet in the flesh.”

Notaro is well known for her standup comedy shows, and her HBO standup special “Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted” was nominated for both an Emmy and a Grammy. She’s released three other specials, including 2021′s HBO Max special “Drawn.”

The performer is also known for her roles on television, creating and starring in the Amazon series “One Mississippi” and as Jett Reno in “Star Trek: Discovery.”

You can find more information about Notaro’s upcoming tour at tignation.com .

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Tig (affectionately named by her brother as a child) was born in Jackson, MS and raised by her single mother in Pass Christian, MS. During hot summer days, her artistic and free-spirited mother would feed the children all three meals at once, then hose down their diapered bodies in highchairs to cut back on cooking and cleaning, leaving more time for her to paint donkeys on the outside of their house. The family eventually moved to Texas, where they gained a step-father who provided structure and alas… a house with no donkeys painted on the walls.

While serving time in a Texas high school, Tig failed three grades by entertaining classmates rather than entertaining the notion of a successful academic career. She decided to drop out of school in 9th grade and move to Denver, where she worked briefly in the music industry before moving to LA to lodge herself firmly into the world of comedy.

This year, Tig and her wife/writing partner Stephanie Allynne sold the screenplay First Ladies to Netflix, with Jennifer Aniston attached to star as the first female President of the United States, and Tig starring as the First Lady. In 2019 Tig will also appear opposite Octavia Spencer in the Paramount Pictures comedy Instant Family.

For two seasons, Tig wrote, produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical Amazon series One Mississippi, which she co-created with Oscar Award winner Diablo Cody. The series yielded several award nominations, including WGA, GLAAD and The Critic's Choice Awards.

In 2013, Tig was nominated for a Grammy Award for her sophomore release, Live, the number one selling comedy album of 2012. Tig was also nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award for her 2015 HBO special Boyish Girl Interrupted. She received a GLAAD Award nomination for the Netflix Original Documentary Tig. Her memoir, I’m Just a Person, is a New York Times Bestseller.

Tig is a favorite on numerous talk shows, including Ellen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Conan. She is also a frequent public radio contributor. Tig continues to tour internationally, selling out Carnegie Hall in 2016. In her time off, Tig enjoys bird-watching with Stephanie, their twin sons, and cat, Fluff, at home in Los Angeles.

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Saturday, January 22 at 7 pm Main Theatre   Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor and actor as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including “Ellen,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and “Conan.” Notaro currently appears in Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” and “Star Trek: Discovery”; she wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show “One Mississippi” and hosts an advice podcast, Don’t Ask Tig as well as the documentary film podcast, Tig and Cheryl: True Story. Warner Club will be held.

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The Gist: Green’s hourlong special is the first of six to come out on Dropbox under the Dropout Presents  label.

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As he quips at one point: “I’m trying to get an A in cancer. This is all extra credit.”

What Comedy Specials Will It Remind You Of?:  If you watched Keith Robinson’s new Netflix special ( “Different Strokes” ) about his recovery from multiple strokes, then Green’s special hits some similar notes, although from a vastly different perspective and point of view. Man of comedy (Robinson) vs. man of science (Green).

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