Hot Tub is a weekly variety show hosted by Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal. The show features a mix of alternative comedy from unknown performers to more established comedians. In 2005, Hot Tub was voted “Best Variety Show” by Time-Out New York’s reader poll and has quickly become one of L.A.’s most popular live comedy events.[1] During the first seven years the show saw considerable success at The PIT[2] in Manhattan and Littlefield in Brooklyn, New York.[3] In 2013, under the helm of The Super Serious Show producers CleftClips, Hot Tub relocated to the West Coast at The Virgil in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.[4] In January, 2023, the show again relocated to Permanent Records Roadhouse in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles.[5]
| Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen | |
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| Also known as | Hot Tub Variety Show |
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| Producer | CleftClips |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, United States |
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| The Super Serious Show | |
Style
editHot Tub harbors comedy acts that are unusual, odd, experimental, and generally free-wheeling. The show is also a venue in which well-known comedians try out new material and more eccentric bits. There is a great deal of improv, absurd performance art, and audience interaction in many performances. Much of Braunohler and Schaal’s material is fostered by the chemistry that developed from their friendship and extensive professional relationship.[6][7][8]
Notable performers
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kurt Braunohler's kind of comedy hits streets, heights". Los Angeles Times. 14 April 2013.
- ^ Kharakh, Ben (25 October 2006). "Kristen Schaal, Comedian and Actress". Gothamist. Gothamist LLC. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Deliso, Meredith (14 December 2010). "Hot Tub comedy returns to Littlefield next Monday". The Brooklyn Paper. News Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Witty When Wet: A New Show Gets Into The Hot Tub". Los Angeles Magazine. April 2013.
- ^ "NEW NIGHT, NEW LOCATION, SAME SHOW!". CleftClips. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Daniel Ralston (31 July 2012). "Live: Kristen Schaal Bids Farewell To Hot Tub". Sound of the City.
- ^ "Comedian Kurt Braunohler on his new show and partnership with Kristen Schaal". avclub.com. 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Edinburgh festival comedy review: Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler". TheGuardian.com. 19 August 2008.