Earlier this evening I went with some friends to see “How to Kick People,” which is perhaps best described as a combination of comedic short story reading and variety show. I say ‘comedic’ rather than ‘comedy’ in an attempt to do justice to the idea that the show is not preoccupied with generating laughs in the style of an out and out comedy revue, and yet it was still remarkably funny.
One of the organizers and performers is my friend Todd Levin, who writes prolifically at his Web site Tremble.com, was/is the brains behind Squat and writes the funniest — or second funniest — emails that manage to get past my spam filters. Tonight’s show also featured Tom Shillue and Von Von Von, each of whom anyone could benefit from seeing at least once. It was also the first performance in a monthly run at the Red Room — go see the next one on the last Wednesday of March.
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