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1 week ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
There are few folks I’d rather go along with for a Flashback Friday than Charles McBee (Comedy Central, “Live at Gotham”). As the co-host of the “Are We Old?” podcast and a “professional millennial,” he spends a lot of time diving into the culture of the ’80s and ’90s for folks who miss the era of scented erasers, Easy-Bake ovens and Reebok pumps. His new hour of comedy, “You Had to Be There,” allows for a snuggle deep into this sleeping bag of an era with a longer nostalgia-tinged set.
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3 weeks ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
“My extended community is really going through a mental health crisis at the moment” isn’t the way you’d expect to be introduced to a comedy show. But the answer to the crisis by Half a Mind Comedy founder Shruti Datari is “Project Catharsis,” a blend of music (from Jessye DeSilva), drag (from Chito) and comedy (from Datari, Kathe Farris, Shelby LeCuyer and Liam McGurk).
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
What is there to do when school’s out and you want to get away? For some of us, the answer was found in cabins and around campfires. Nova Comedy’s newest show takes us on that journey, in some ways via the tagline alone: “Welcome to Camp Camp: The Summer Camp of Summer Camps: One Hell of a Summer: We Will Never Die.” The sketch revue takes on the tropes and trappings of the summer camp horror movie, fleshing them out with the comedy these films accidentally tread into.
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
What could have gotten Andy Haynes sent to detention? The New York Times called him a stand-up “whose ideas have sometimes pushed the boundaries of taste,” which says more about the Times than it does about Haynes – or any comic – and misses how he’s moved on from drug buys in Central America and being house comic for crypto bros investing in British football (“The team was bad, and the fans hated the owners”).
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
A hallmark of improv is the fact that no one knows what’s going to take place onstage until it happens. But what if someone did? “Psyched Out: Improv From the Beyond” may be the closest possible scenario to that truth, as a show finds its laughs by staging scenes based on audience members’ psychic readings.
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
The area’s inaugural Fringe Festival is upon us, and its convergence with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month has proven fortuitous for one group of writer-performers. The Asian-American Playwrights Collective is staging “Spiritual Advisors,” a collection of short plays (we’re talking four plays in under an hour!) as part of the fest Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday – and is using short pieces to make big statements about family history, representation and culture.
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1 month ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
Sex Week Boston kicks off May 11, focusing on “education, queer and trans joy, and sexual liberation” throughout the area. Amid events such as workshops on zine making, sexual health and romance writing lie a trio of comedy shows finding the funny in sex. “Mr. Tampon Man’s Menstrual Menagerie” kicks off the week at Rooted Armory Cafe, a menses-themed show and period product drive presented by Roya Hamadani (Pigeon City Sketch) and her flagship sketch character, Mr. Tampon Man.
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2 months ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Amma Marfo
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School’s (nearly) out for summer, and Orlando Baxter wants to celebrate with you. The former high school teacher has broken up fights, monitored detention (for a young man who took “crack a window” a little too literally) and, per the title of his Drybar special, served his time as a “Glorified Baby Sitter.” His jokes will resonate no matter the experience: as students, parents or especially those at the front of the room.
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2 months ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
Orlando Baxter’s ‘Teacher’s Appreciation Show’: No help to your GPA, but it’s great on a transcript by Amma Marfo | Apr 26, 2025 | Laugh | Orlando Baxter’s ‘Teacher’s Appreciation Show’: No help to your GPA, but it’s great on a transcript Christine PetersonSchool’s (nearly) out for summer, and Orlando Baxter wants to celebrate with you.
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2 months ago | 
cambridgeday.com | Amma Marfo
As a prolific reader, I find myself drawn to libraries and bookstores. As a comedy enthusiast, I’m always interested when comedy is “put up” in unconventional venues. And when the two interests can collide with the help of comedians who are just as likely as I am to be browsing the shelves of their local indie? That’s a beautiful connection. Luckily for me and for the area, Christina Ciampa sees that as well.
