Capital City Comedy Club

Cap City Comedy Club attracts some pretty awesome comedians to Austin. Some big names that have recently graced Cap City with their presence are D.L. Hughley and Joe Rogan. We came to the club to see Mike MacRae of FrankTV. The show was hilarious, we laughed through the entire thing. The two comedians who opened for MacRae were also surprisingly really good, we enjoyed then almost as much as MacRae. One was a guy who worked for Cap City, the other was Paul Oddo. The club has a 2 menu item minimum. The food is pretty blah, so we recommend sticking with 2 drinks.

A clip of Mike MacRae on Letterman:

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Coldtowne Theater

We came to Coldtowne Theater to see a free performance for Free Night of Theater. We saw "Cage Match," which normally costs $5. Cage Match is a face-off between two improv comedy groups who are competing to be the champion. The audience gives a suggestion at the beginning of the sketch, and each group has 20 minutes to impress the audience. At the end, you vote for whichever group you think should go further in the competition. It was a fun show, and the theater is very small and casual- several of the seating options are couches.

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Hideout Theatre

The Hideout Theatre is a coffehouse and theatre. The two stages in back show pretty much all comedy shows, as far as I know. Some improv, some non-improv, and they even have improv classes. We came to see their improv show "Start Trekkin'," in which Austin improv comedians create a Star Trek episode incorporating audience suggestions. The cool thing about Hideout is that you can grab a cup of coffee, or beer, or a smoothie at the shop in the front and then bring it into the theatre with you.
The show was $10. It was pretty entertaining- I think more so for Ryan since he's watched old school Star Trek.

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