ARISTOTLE ATHARI, LYNNE KOPLITZ, AND JEFF LEACH HIGHLIGHT AUGUST 2023 LINEUP AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS COMEDY CELLAR INSIDE RIO ALL-SUITE HOTEL & CASINO
Iconic comedy club features performances nightly at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $22 for Las Vegas locals
The world-famous Comedy Cellar has announced the August 2023 lineup for its first West Coast location, an exact replica of its New York club, at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Known for its distinctive “showcase format,” featuring television-headliner comedians performing their best 15-20 minute sets, the renowned comedy club brings the unique vibe from the legendary, underground Greenwich Village club, including the iconic brick wall, stained glass and low-ceiling design.
Comedy Cellar performances are held nightly at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $32 or $42 plus applicable taxes and fees. Limited tickets are available for $22 plus applicable taxes and fees using the code CCVEGAS. All tickets can be purchased online at Caesars.com/shows or ticketmaster.com, by phone at (702) 777-2782 or (855) 234-7469, or in-person at any Las Vegas Caesars Entertainment Box Office.
UPCOMING SHOWS:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 (SHOWCASE):
Dean Edwards, Aristotle Athari, Monique Marvez, Jaye Devan, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Dean Edwards (“Saturday Night Live,” the movies “Spider-Man,” “Goyband,” and “New Wave”), Aristotle Athari (“Saturday Night Live,” “Hacks,” “Silicon Valley,” “JFL New Faces,” “Goatface”), Monique Marvez (Three SHOWTIME specials: “The Latin Divas of Comedy,” “Snoop Dogg Presents the Bad Girls of Comedy” and her own one-hour special “Not Skinny Not Blonde”), Jaye Devan (“Laughs” on FOX, Amazon Prime), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
MONDAY, AUGUST 7 (SHOWCASE):
Brian McKim, Lynne Koplitz, Pardis Parker, Michael Yo, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Brian McKim (“Last Comic Standing,” “Late Late Show”), Lynne Koplitz (Hour special on Netflix, Joan & Melissa Rivers’ reality show “Joan Knows Best?” the IFC Channel’s “Z Rock,” host of WB’s “Life & Style,” host of “Change of Heart”), Pardis Parker (creator and star of Comedy Central’s “Mideast Minute,” NBC, Amazon, ABC, CBS, CBC, Showcase and Family Channel, 6-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee, 3-time performer at Ted, writer for New Yorker, New York Times, McSweeney’s), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 (SHOWCASE):
Brian McKim, Lynne Koplitz, Pardis Parker, Michael Yo, Dustin Ybarra, and Kathleen Dunbar
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Brian McKim (“Last Comic Standing,” “Late Late Show”), Lynne Koplitz (Hour special on Netflix, Joan & Melissa Rivers’ reality show “Joan Knows Best?” the IFC Channel’s “Z Rock,” host of WB’s “Life & Style,” host of “Change of Heart”), Pardis Parker (creator and star of Comedy Central’s “Mideast Minute,” NBC, Amazon, ABC, CBS, CBC, Showcase and Family Channel, 6-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee, 3-time performer at Ted, writer for New Yorker, New York Times, McSweeney’s), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,” recurring role on FOX’s “Gotham,” NBC’s “The Player”), and Kathleen Dunbar (Winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 (SHOWCASE):
Brian McKim, Lynne Koplitz, Pardis Parker, Dustin Ybarra, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Brian McKim (“Last Comic Standing,” “Late Late Show”), Lynne Koplitz (Hour special on Netflix, Joan & Melissa Rivers’ reality show “Joan Knows Best?” the IFC Channel’s “Z Rock,” host of WB’s “Life & Style,” host of “Change of Heart”), Pardis Parker (creator and star of Comedy Central’s “Mideast Minute,” NBC, Amazon, ABC, CBS, CBC, Showcase and Family Channel, 6-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee, 3-time performer at Ted, writer for New Yorker, New York Times, McSweeney’s), Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,” recurring role on FOX’s “Gotham,” NBC’s “The Player”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
MONDAY, AUGUST 14 (SHOWCASE):
Jeff Richards, Forrest Shaw, Jackie Fabulous, Michael Yo, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Jeff Richards (“Saturday Night Live,” “MadTV,” “Conan,” “Real Bob,” “Lights Out with David Spade”), Forrest Shaw (writer from “The Jim Jeffries Show,” “The Conor Moore Show,” “Poor Decision,” “Conan”), Jackie Fabulous (“The Tonight Show,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing”), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 (SHOWCASE):
Jeff Richards, Forrest Shaw, Jackie Fabulous, Michael Yo, and Rocky Dale Davis
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Jeff Richards (“Saturday Night Live,” “MadTV,” “Conan,” “Real Bob,” “Lights Out with David Spade”), Forrest Shaw (writer from “The Jim Jeffries Show,” “The Conor Moore Show,” “Poor Decision,” “Conan”), Jackie Fabulous (“The Tonight Show,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing”), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Rocky Dale Davis (Epix Comedy Special, “Dating No Filter” on E!, “Hart of the City” on Comedy Central, “Greatest Party Stories Ever” on MTV).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 THROUGH SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 (SHOWCASE):
Jeff Richards, Forrest Shaw, Jackie Fabulous, Michael Yo, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Jeff Richards (“Saturday Night Live,” “MadTV,” “Conan,” “Real Bob,” “Lights Out with David Spade”), Forrest Shaw (writer from “The Jim Jeffries Show,” “The Conor Moore Show,” “Poor Decision,” “Conan”), Jackie Fabulous (“The Tonight Show,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing”), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 THROUGH SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 (SHOWCASE):
Jeff Richards, Forrest Shaw, Jackie Fabulous, Marsha Warfield, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Jeff Richards (“Saturday Night Live,” “MadTV,” “Conan,” “Real Bob,” “Lights Out with David Spade”), Forrest Shaw (writer from “The Jim Jeffries Show,” “The Conor Moore Show,” “Poor Decision,” “Conan”), Jackie Fabulous (“The Tonight Show,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing”), Marsha Warfield (“Richard Pryor Show,” “Night Court,” “Empty Nest,” recurring role on “911” on Fox), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
MONDAY, AUGUST 21 (SHOWCASE):
Gary Cannon, Jeff Leach, Owen Smith, Michael Yo, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Gary Cannon (Audience warm up coming for Conan), Jeff Leach (“BBC Comedy,” “Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters,” “London Town & The Smoke,” host of “Savage Snowflake Podcast” and “The End of the World Show,” voice actor “Total War: Warhammer,” “Smite” and “Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock”), Owen Smith (writer and actor on “Everybody Hates Chris,” HBO’s “Are We There Yet,” and Comedy Central), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 (SHOWCASE):
Gary Cannon, Jeff Leach, Owen Smith, Michael Yo, and Rocky Dale Davis
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Gary Cannon (Audience warm up coming for Conan), Jeff Leach (“BBC Comedy,” “Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters,” “London Town & The Smoke,” host of “Savage Snowflake Podcast” and “The End of the World Show,” voice actor “Total War: Warhammer,” “Smite” and “Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock”), Owen Smith (writer and actor on “Everybody Hates Chris,” HBO’s “Are We There Yet,” and Comedy Central), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Rocky Dale Davis (Epix Comedy Special, “Dating No Filter” on E!, “Hart of the City” on Comedy Central, “Greatest Party Stories Ever” on MTV).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 (SHOWCASE):
Gary Cannon, Jeff Leach, Owen Smith, Michael Yo, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Gary Cannon (Audience warm up coming for Conan), Jeff Leach (“BBC Comedy,” “Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters,” “London Town & The Smoke,” host of “Savage Snowflake Podcast” and “The End of the World Show,” voice actor “Total War: Warhammer,” “Smite” and “Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock”), Owen Smith (writer and actor on “Everybody Hates Chris,” HBO’s “Are We There Yet,” and Comedy Central), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
MONDAY, AUGUST 28 THROUGH THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 (SHOWCASE):
Yamaneika Saunders, John Joseph, Dustin Ybarra, Michael Yo, and Mark Cohen
Time: 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Description: Yamaneika Saunders (Writers Guild Award Winnerm “The Tonight Show”, Comedy Central Presents, Showtime’s “Nasty Show”, “Grown and sexy” on VH1, “The Degenerates” on Netflix, LaffMobb/Laff Tracks on TruTV, Roast Battle on Comedy Central), John Jospeh (Comedy Central’s “Tough Crowd,” “The View,” Drybarcomedy Special “Was I Going Up Or Down?”), Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,” recurring role on FOX’s “Gotham,” NBC’s “The Player”), Michael Yo (Two-time Emmy nominee, AppleTV’s “Amber Brown,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Michael Yo Show,” new comedy special “I Never Thought”), and Mark Cohen (Comedy Central, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Louie”).
ABOUT COMEDY CELLAR
The Comedy Cellar discovered Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Jon Stewart, Dave Attell, Amy Schumer and Chris Rock. In addition to these household names, virtually every important comedian of the last 30 years began their careers at the iconic venue. These stars continue to use the Cellar as their home base; in other words, Comedy Cellar has the world’s best taste in comedians. As the most successful and longest-running comedy club in New York City history, the Cellar has been hailed by the toughest and meanest critics in the world, including the New York Times, who said the club has “a billion dollars’ worth of comedians.”
