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Sep 29, 2016 birbiglia, who graduated from georgetown university in 2000, returns to the washington area this week with the road version of his last offbroadway oneman show, thank god for jokes, which. He wrote and directed 2016s dont think twice, a look behind the scenes of a fictional improv troupe. Rather, he tells stories, mostly about himself, which usually end with him. He has italian, irish, and more distant english and german, ancestry. Its ensemble cast featured, among others, birbiglia, keeganmichael key, kate micucci, and chris gethard. After workshopping his latest comedy show in approximately 100 cities and running it offbroadway for 4 months, mike birbiglia has now brought thank god for jokes to small screens around the world. Feb 12, 2016 in 2008, when mike birbiglia brought his oneman show sleepwalk with me to new york, he was still somewhat under the radar and had a lot to prove. Mike birbiglia thank god for jokes the music hall friday september 30 clock icon 7. His featurelength directorial debut sleepwalk with me 2012, based on his oneman show of the same name and in which he also. Birbiglias show was subtle but a perfect look in to what makes us laugh, and at the heart of it the sometimes very real risks that comedians take to make us. Review thank god for jokes cements mike birbiglia as. Mar 09, 2017 with a craftsman this assured, we could definitely thank god for jokes in general, or we could cut out the middleman by just thanking birbiglia for the jokes he chooses to tell. Now, a string of successful movies has given his star some extra sparkle.
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