YOURS TRULY taking a pic after the sold out comedy show. In the background is co-headliner Kym Whitley meeting and greeting her fans.
Los Angeles-based comedian Andre Lavelle in his element on stage. (Photo courtesy of Midcoast Media)
Headliners Sherri Shepherd and Whitley coming out to the stage before their set as the crowd stands on their feet.
St Louis based comedian, Larry Greene (FAR RIGHT), who opened the show, is introduced after the show as Shepherd, Whitley, Chris Denman (of Midcoast Media, the company who produced Two Funny Mamas FAR LEFT) and comedian Rafe Williams (THIRD FROM LEFT).
The comedians who performed pose for a group pic. FROM LEFT: Greene, Williams, St Louis native comedian B-Phlat, Andre Lavelle, Whitley, Shepherd and Shanie D.
Outside of the Alliance Theatre where Yours Truly attended the hit stage play, HOT WING KING, there was a pianist playing the piano outside of the theatre. The pianist name was Dudson Jean-Baptiste. He is currently attending college and looking to get into TV and film scoring according to a report from HotPynkRadio
YOURS TRULY in front of the Center for the Civil and Human Rights Building in Midtown ATL
YOURS TRULY had a chance to order some Slutty Vegan in Edgewood Atlanta. All I can say is when will they expand to St Louis. The food was delicious!
MAAT TAKES. So, lets start with The Two Funny Mamas Comedy Show that had taken place Friday, March 10 at The Grandel Theatre in Midtown St Louis. Yours Truly checked out the show to see the co-headliners Kym Whitney and Sherri Shepherd (Who was re-added to the bill after it was advertised that she was not going to be able to attend). While waiting in the lobby, there was a camera guy who was taking video of the crowd and YOURS TRULY had taken advantage of the opportunity by shouting out the show. Apparently, Yours Truly was the only one who done the shout out. Yours Truly discovered that the camera guy was part of Midcoast Media, the St Louis based company who produced the show as well as Shepherd and Whitley's NAACP Image Award winning podcast, Two Funny Mamas (It was also discovered that the company will post a video of the affair on their podcast).
So, when the doors opened for the show and everyone was seated, the house was packed (The capacity of the venue is 600 seats). Welcoming everyone was the Two Funny Mamas producer, Chris Denman and Whitley as the crowd started to sheer for them (Shepherd walked out soon after in her street clothes and sneakers to do a bit of her getting ready and then walked off the stage).
The first comedian was St Louis based comic Larry Greene who was quite funny under certain circumstances of being first. His 10 minute set was mainly observational and one joke that was remembered was about him wearing tight pants which was quite funny.
The next comedian was Dowell, Illinois native comedian Rafe Williams who performed more of a self depreciating set that was also about 10 minutes. His memorable joke involved a dog named Blackie and him giving comedian Greene some love for being a stud.
Next up was Detroit based comedienne Shanie D who was gracious in her set where she talked about getting back home after the show and performed a killer poetry set that ended her 10 minutes.
Next was Los Angeles based comic Andre Lavelle, who is also a regular guest on Two Funny Mamas Podcast, had a funny set where he talked about him being a freak in bed and told a hilarious joke about fear of monkeypox and snot in bed. He performed about 20 minutes or so.
Up next was St Louis native comedienne B-Phlat who also has a podcast under the Two Funny Mamas Podcast umbrella called Tighten Up Tuesdaze. She was the highlight of the nite! Her 30 minute set was extremely energetic and funny from the beginning to end talking about menopause, her marriage late in life and why men find her attractive because of her deep voice.
There was then a 15 minute intermission and Yours Truly scouered the crowd to see who was there and saw Miss Robbie from Welcome To Sweetie Pies, Mr Gary of the St Louis based Them Yo People TV Show and St Louis comedienne, Aretha Richardson.
After the intermission, it was time for Whitley and Shepherd who were greeted with a standing ovation. Thy took turns blazing the mic and testing material that was filmed for the possibility of shopping for a comedy special. Some of their solo material was a bit all over the place (in a good way), but they mainly ribbed on each other (Whitley talked about her pink ensem and Shepherd talked about her not being dressed for the show) and the most memorable moment was when they talked about their time in the hood in St Louis the day before the show where they attended a bar/nightclub KJ's for karaoke and how people there couldnt believe they were actual human beings. Also, the owner of that nightclub attended the show that nite and told Shepherd that he was married but was ready to mingle with her. Hilarious!
After the show, there was a meet and greet that had taken place on stage and much to the disappointment for the crowd Shepherd didnt stay for the meet and greet because she said she had a talk show and there was some stipulation involving that and was very apologetic for not being able to meet and greet. Whitley, however, was very hands on with the public, taking pics and she sold some of her merchandise outside of the theatre where people continued meeting and greeting and taking pics. Also meeting and greeting were the other cast of comedians.
NOW GOING BACK TO THE ATL, you can first check out YOURS TRULY's review of The Hot Wing King that had taken place at The Alliance Theatre,,. You can see the review at https://outstagin.blogspot.com/2023/03/hot-wing-king-cooks-up-winning-formula.html
There were also some random moments that had taken place the day after attending the play. Beside what was pictured above, Yours Truly attended a club called Whisky Mistress that evening. It was a 35 plus urban attendees, a little more above a hole in a wall but had a taste of elegance to it. They had a makeshift tent in front of the club where they had plush seats and heaters for the VIP seating was where couples were socializing. They also had a house band and singer perform some R&B covers for awhile, and then it was back to the old school R&B music. After about an hour, Yours Truly decided to head back to the hotel to crash and sleep.
On the last day of the ATL visit on that weekend, Yours Truly checked out the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN Area in a very crowded Midtown ATL intersection where both locations were and ran into a Hebrew Israelites rally where there was a convention going on (one guy handed Yours Truly a flier about their religion) and just when I was about to take a Lyft back to the hotel, I ran into a guy who needed help to get to the Greyhound Bus back to his hometown of Austin, Texas by ways of his born land Jerusalem, It was very random but was able to help him get a LYFT to his destination.
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