LA comedy calendar: Upcoming stand-up and comedy shows in LA

The steady stream of L.A. wildfire benefit shows has slowed somewhat, but the newly announced “Let’s Get L.Aid” promises to be a particularly fun night. The lineup of comedy and music superstars is led by “Weird Al” Yankovic, Margaret Cho, Maria Bamford, Reggie Watts, Rufus Wainwright, the Beach Boys’ Al Jardine, Bob the Drag Queen, Chris Fleming, Monty Python’s Eric Idle, Neil Hamburger, Paul Shaffer, Puddles Pity Party and Tim Heidecker, with even more talent to be announced. Proceeds will benefit wildfire relief, and tickets start at just $70—more than reasonable for a lineup this impressive.

Think men could do a bit of a better job listening when it comes to dating? This Bachelorette-style game show runs with that conceit as its one rule: The four men competing for a date can’t speak. Instead, they’ll nod and doodle while host Allison Goldberg searches their phones and dials their moms. You can usually find Love Isn’t Blind staged monthly (and you can even apply to participate in it); look out for the next edition at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room on March 29

Ansari shot quickly through the stand-up ranks following his start on MTV’s Human Giant and career-making turns in Judd Apatow’s Funny People and NBC’s Parks and Recreation; the stand-up soon found himself headling arenas with tales about 50 Cent and his cousin Harris and starring in his own lauded Netflix show, Master of None. After retreating from the spotlight and staging a thoughtful comeback, the comic is stopping at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach as part of his Hypothetical Tour.