Are you one of those Angelenos who fancy yourself a frustrated New Yorker at heart?
I know, I know, Los Angeles is the city everyone loves to hate.
But I challenge all of you haters to enjoy an evening at Largo and find your inner “I love L.A.” child.
Brimming with a talent pool that in March alone included musicians like, the Watson Twins, the Swell Season and She & Him, as well as comedians like Paul F. Tompkins and Janeane Garofalo, Largo will have you feeling like a smug insider in no time.
I had the privilege of seeing Tig Notaro with the cast of “Parks and Recreation” and found myself feeling like a guest at the world’s coolest party. Known for her work on “The Sarah Silverman Program,” Notaro is a comedian with her own special brand of deadpan.
In typical Largo fashion, Sarah Silverman just happened to be on hand to introduce Notaro’s set and got in a few chuckles of her own.
“Park and Rec”’s affable Nick Offerman sang a couple of hilarious songs about romance and religion that managed to be both sweet and strange.
Fellow castmates Aziz Ansari and Retta followed Offerman with some stand-up of their own and I had a whole new appreciation for them as actors and as comedians – their stand-up material revealing the person behind their indelible characters.
After the individual hijinks ended, Notaro played the role of interviewer, with the underrated and hysterical Amy Poehler and the uber-funny Aubrey Plaza joining Ansari, Offerman and Retta for a round of non sequitur-stream-of-consciousness-riffing.
They even took some questions from the audience, which resulted in a possible date for Plaza and a doppelganger for Ansari.
All in all an evening to remember and make me wonder why I don’t go to Largo every night.
Largo at the Coronet is located at 366 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information, visit largo-la.com.
Theatre: Comedy
Tig Notaro: March 13 @ Largo at the Coronet
By Angela Matano
Article posted on 3/22/2010
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