[ATTENDED: May 4, 2025] Varietourpia with Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins is one of my favorite comedians and I would happily see him do anything. Although this is the first time I’ve been able to see one of his Varietopia shows.
As the name suggests, this is a Variety show like they had in the old days: comedy, music, interaction, magic. All in one show. He’s been doing this since 2002 (!) and it sounds like when he does the show in L.A. anyone who is funny or entertaining shows up.
For our show, we had Medusa the Gangsta Goddess and Artoun Nazareth. Not household names by any means.
Medusa the Gangsta Goddess is an underground hip-hop legend whom I’ve never heard of. She was fun and is referred to as the godmother of west coast hip hop.
Artoun Nazareth is a magician who I thought was really good and very funny. I was gobsmacked by a trick in which writing appeared to move across a page and turn into something else.
Nazareth is also an actor, so it makes sense that he was such a good performer. He did fun crowd work and was good enough that I immediately followed him on Instagram. (more…)
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