Modified On January 24, 2007
Robert L. Jamieson Jr., writing for the Post-Intelligencer, tells of turmoil in the PacNW, specifically of a mini-revolt among the Seattle comics.
A tiff in Seattle’s comedy scene is pitting the owner of the well-established Giggles club against comics who say the way the venue is run is nothing to laugh about.
Their biggest beef is what Rodney Dangerfield famously riffed about — respect, or lack thereof.
The delicious part comes at the end, when Jamieson introduces the wildcard, comic Beka Barry, who, with a partner or two, is opening the Mainstage Comedy and Music Club, across from Key Arena.
It will be a radically different landscape once Mainstage opens.
(Full disclosure: The Male and Female Halves are the co-heads the opening week of the venue. We’ll be there February 8,9 and 10 and we look forward to it. We haven’t played Seattle proper in quite some time. And it’ll be doubly exciting since we’re opening up a new club. There should be quite a bit of excitement in the Seattle media.)
From all indications, Barry isn’t blowing smoke. We expect to be treated like rock stars and we expect the operation to be run in a professional manner. And, of course, we expect to deliver the “killer shows” that Barry speaks of in the P-I piece.
Of course, we’ll keep you posted.