[ATTENDED: March 3, 2018] Andy Borowitz
When we saw Darlingside at SOPAC, the director announced that New Yorker columnist Andy Borowitz would be performing in March. It was just before Sarah’s mom’s birthday so that seemed like a fun present for her (and us).
I obviously know Borowitz from the Borowitz Report, but I didn’t know anything else about him. We wondered if he voice would sound weird (it didn’t), we wondered if he would be awkward on stage (he wasn’t) and of course we wondered if he would be funny (he was).
He began the night with some general introductory material about himself and his life. He made some good anti-Trump jokes and then explained that even though he was preaching to the choir, if he could encourage the choir to get other people to vote in the upcoming election then he had done his job.
He also had merch for sale, and 100% of Andy Borowitz’s profits from merchandise sales benefit The International Rescue Committee to aid refugees around the world. The merch was simple and straightforward. Shirts and hats in blue that stated: MAKE AMERICA NOT EMBARRASSING AGAIN. (more…)
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