Mike is hilarious as always
by Doog on 4/1/24Paramount Theatre - DenverI have been following and listening to Mike Birbiglia since early on in his career. He has always cracked me up and once again he didn’t disappoint. I couldn’t be a bigger fan.
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Mike Birbiglia is a comedian, writer, director, and actor who has performed his award-winning solo shows worldwide--from the Sydney Opera House to the West End of London to Broadway. His five solo shows Sleepwalk With Me, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Thank God For Jokes, The New One, and The Old Man & The Pool enjoyed successful runs on and off Broadway and became hit Netflix comedy specials. The shows merge storytelling and comedy in a way that The New York Times has called "Birbiglian." Birbiglia also wrote, directed, and starred in the films Sleepwalk with Me and Don't Think Twice. As an actor, Birbiglia has appeared in the films Trainwreck, The Fault in Our Stars, Popstar, A Man Called Otto as well as TV roles in Orange Is the New Black and Billions. He hosts the podcast Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out.
I have been following and listening to Mike Birbiglia since early on in his career. He has always cracked me up and once again he didn’t disappoint. I couldn’t be a bigger fan.
We've seen Mile Birbiglia several times now and it is always a blast. His humor keeps you laughing during, and after the show. Highly recommend seeing him when you have the opportunity.
Mike B. presents a very good show. We thoroughly enjoyed his routine. The venue, however, was terrible. Universal knew that hundreds of people were coming in time for the show, yet they failed to provide adequate security screening. Only three of the ten stations were open. We were directed by security to a line. After waiting 20 minutes without progress, we were told that the line we were in was not being admitted. We had to go to another line. After speaking with two supervisors, all they said was "sorry."They refused to make appropriate accommodations for the people who were lied to. By the time we got through the security check point for Universal we had to race to the Hard Rock. Upon arriving at that door, we were put through security screening again. After arriving an hour prior to show time, we were late for the show. Once inside we had to sit on the most uncomfortable seats that were crammed together making it difficult to even move. A very bad experience indeed. We highly recommend the Mike B. show - but NEVER at the Hard Rock Universal.
Mike Birbiglia is a storyteller comedian, and if that is your style, there is none better. This is the fourth show of his that I have seen in person - out of six total. For his last show, "The Old Man and the Pool,"we saw a "working it out"version of the show in a small club in Orlando when it was just thoughts and jokes in a notebook. There was a theme but no narrative spine. We then saw the finished show on Broadway a couple years later and it was incredible. Everything was perfectly crafted, it built upon itself, and it was both hilarious and profoundly moving. We saw this show in March 2024, and it is still early in the development of "Please Stop the Ride."Mike shared during the performance that he works on shows for 3-4 years, and he mentioned on his "Working It Out"podcast that this show was still in the "try things and see what works"phase. It felt a bit further on than the small club show, which is good because this show was at the Hard Rock - definitely not a small club. But there isn't his signature well crafted through-line yet, though most of the prepared material was around a common theme. The 70 minutes also included a good bit of crowd work and ended with a story from "The Old Man and the Pool."I would imagine that stuff will become a smaller part of the performances as the main show comes together. All that to say, if you love Mike, you will be thoroughly entertained. If you are checking this out because you have seen one of his finished shows and are looking for the same experience, maybe wait and catch the tour in late 2024 or early 2025.
Just not sure if enduring the ridiculously long walk and fighting huge crowds to sit on folding chairs squeezed into an auditorium are worth it to see a really funny guy!
Though the event started 30 minutes late, Birbiglia and Gary Simons (opening act) were very good. The venue, not so much. This was my first time at Hard Rock Orlando and I was disappointed in the seating. They were simply chairs and, while comfortable enough, were crammed together. Leg room was fine, but we were sitting elbow to elbow. Sitting between 2 larger gentlemen, I had to sit somewhat sideways. Doubt I will go to this venue again.
Mike Birbiglia typically has a more subdued act online but this was a very unexpectedly lively night much to our surprise. Lots of fun and lots of laughs. Highly recommend catching him live.
Rescheduled the show a month very late to the original show date, and ticket resale was never opened, so I lost the cost of the tickets.
Hard Rock is great place to see comedy or concerts, I like the venue.
It was a great time. Mike was awesome, his warm up guy I think his name was Dave Simon was really enjoyable too.
The Venue is terrible. Having to enter thru Universal park and exit the same way took away from the enjoyment of the show. Mike was good , but slightly dis-jointed. Apparently this is where he tries out new material for his Broadway performances and TV specials. As a person who has lived in Brooklyn my wife and I totally appreciate the 'loss of heat' story, however it may not resonate as well with native Floridians.
Mike Birbiglia is an amazing story teller and a special kind of genius. He has you laughing at every day events while he brings your emotions all over the place. He’s one of a kind.
Hilarious, genuine, real. Can’t wait to see him again!
I have been a fan of Mike Birbiglia’s since o first saw him on Comedy Central in 2006! He has the rare ability to be humble, self-deprecating, optimistic, vulnerable and hysterically funny! He can make me laugh really hard and then make me feel like I am on the verge of tears when he talks about his wife, Jen, or his daughter, Oona. I have seen him live twice now, and this time I was in the 6th row where I could see his facial expressions and the glimmer in his eyes when he knew he was hitting the target with his audience. I sincerely intend to get tickets any time I know he will be coming back to Seattle! Hope to be in the front row next time!
The show is good. Mike tells funny stories that are relatable but at the same time seem like a new perspective. And he retold his story about Walla Walla at the end of the show since he was going to perform there a few days later after leaving Seattle. The Moore Theater seems like a nice older theater. I've never been to a show there. But, the entry management was awful. We arrived at 8:30 when the doors were to open for the 9pm show, and we did not even get in the building until 9:15. At that time the place was only maybe half full. The show finally started around 9:30. I think he had a show earlier in the evening, so maybe they could not open the doors earlier. But they need to find a way to get people in more quickly. The line literally went all the way around the block from the entrance back to the entrance. I heard many others walking by to the end of the line saying they had been to the Moore many times and never seen anything like the crazy long line. Maybe it was just a fluke. Hopefully they can learn from it and improve the operations.
We thoroughly enjoyed Mike Birbiglia on Saturday night’s early showing. He was more animated then we’ve seen him before. He’s relatable and hilarious. We enjoy his perspective and that he steers clear of politics and dirty talk. We’ve heard enough of that. We would give him 5 stars but the opening act was awful. Gladly he was only on for a few minutes.
The standup for all of us. Never has empathetic humor that warms the heart been more needed. We all need to laugh at ourselves more in this age of rage.
We enjoyed the parts of the show that we could hear. The sound was very faint in the second balcony, and Mike’s pacing often resulted in him continuing the show over loud bouts of laughter. Slower pacing to wait for the crowd to quiet before moving on to the next piece of the show would have helped. We missed fairly large parts of the show for this reason, and would not have attended if we knew this would occur.
This is the first time I have ever been to a comedy show. It was the best experience ever! I like the location of the venue and the size of the audience. I will definitely go to another show there.
From the event staff to the performance, a total 10/10 . There's a reason everyone loves Mike. Best storyteller. Catch this tour!