
Tonight at the Improv ft. Nikki Glaser, Anthony Jeselnik, Jeff Ross, Jim Norton, Scott Thompson, Frazer Smith, and More TBA!
Sat, 2 May, 7:00 PM PDT
Doors open
6:30 PM PDT
Hollywood Improv (The Main Room)
8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046
Description
This show will be a phone-free experience. Use of cellphones, smart watches, smart accessories, cameras and recording devices will not be permitted in the performance space.
Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and smart watches will be secured in Yondr cases that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their phones at all times, and can access their phones throughout the show at designated Phone Use Areas in the venue. All phones will be re-secured in Yondr cases before returning to the performance space.
Anyone seen using a cellphone during the performance will be escorted out of the venue. We appreciate your cooperation in creating a phone-free viewing experience.
DO NOT PURCHASE TICKETS FROM ANYONE OR ANY OTHER SITE OTHER THAN IMPROV.COM
TICKET RESALE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
TICKETS SUSPECTED OF BEING PURCHASED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RESELLING MAY BE CANCELLED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HOLLYWOOD IMPROV.
EVENT INFO:
There is a two-item minimum purchase requirement in the showroom for all guests.
Seating is general admission, first-come, first-served, with the exception of groups and premium booths.
No cell phone use, photography or video recording is permitted during performances.
All sales are final.
MISCELLANOUS:
For group sales info, e-mail our Events Manager to learn about special menu options and reserved seating.
Additional questions may be addressed in our Frequently Asked Questions.
For further assistance, contact Hollywood Improv.
Event Information
Age Limit
21+

Comedy
Nikki Glaser
Nikki Glaser
Comedy
Nikki Glaser is one of the funniest female voices in comedy today. For nearly two decades at clubs across the country, and as the host of three hit podcasts, Nikki has been honing her shockingly honest, no-holds barred style of comedy. Her daily show, THE NIKKI GLASER PODCAST, launched in March 2021 through iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players Network. It is a daily companion podcast that is peppered with Nikki’s sense of humor and honesty to help keep listeners sane, well-informed, and laughing through life. In July of 2022, she headlined her first HBO comedy special, GOOD CLEAN FILTH, which has been nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Special. Nikki is currently on her nationwide and international comedy tour, THE GOOD GIRL TOUR, which kicked off in January 2023.
Nikki is also the host and executive producer of the hit HBO Max reality dating series FBOY ISLAND. FBOY ISLAND follows three women on a tropical island where they’re joined by 24 men – 12 self-proclaimed “Nice Guys” looking for love and 12 self-proclaimed “FBoys,” there to compete for cold, hard cash. The Washington Post hailed the series as “deliciously twisty” and TIME called it a “compelling and clever masterpiece” with “smart execution” noting that, “An advisor to the women and a gentle antagonist to the FBoys, Glaser, a comedian, brings just the right level of self-aware humor.” Season one of FBOY ISLAND had the biggest premiere weekend for an HBO Max Original reality series since the platform’s launch. The second season premiered in July 2022.
Nikki recently took her love of reality TV to the next level by starring in, and executive producing, the
E! half-hour reality sitcom WELCOME HOME NIKKI GLASER? Uprooted from her fast-paced Hollywood lifestyle, Nikki returns to her hometown of St. Louis where she embarks on a hilarious and often uncomfortable journey of self-discovery. Unfiltered, relatable, and unapologetically herself, Nikki navigates friends, family, and romance as a homegrown local celebrity. Previously, Nikki was flexing her over-sharing muscle as the host of Comedy Central’s first live daily morning show, YOU UP WITH NIKKI GLASER for SiriusXM, which ran from February 2018 to October 2020. Nikki’s recent Netflix comedy special, BANGIN’, was released October 2019. BANGIN’ was the most watched specials on Netflix when it premiered. Nikki hosted, co-created and executive produced the critically acclaimed and daring comedic show, NOT SAFE WITH NIKKI GLASER, for Comedy Central and NIKKI & SARA LIVE for MTV.
Nikki was a standout at the Comedy Central Roasts of Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, and Rob Lowe, which led to her guest-hosting JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! and hosting the inaugural edition of the 2021 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS: UNSCRIPTED, which earned her stellar reviews. She also had memorable film and television roles in Judd Apatow’s TRAINWRECK, NBC’s AP BIO and INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, amongst others. And in November of 2022 Nikki was a triumph coming in third place on the 9th season of the hit FOX series THE MASKED SINGER. Nikki has multiple stand-up specials and late-night tv appearances in which she jokes about her most humiliating moments as a woman in the modern world. Nikki’s past and current struggles with anorexia, depression, and anxiety are fair game in both her stand-up, and in-depth interviews with THE HOWARD STERN SHOW, WTF with MARC MARON, CONAN O´BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND
and THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE. She has become a complete open book on mic - and not just for the laughs, she’s also adamant on being the empowering voice for women that she yearned for as a confused adolescent.

Comedy
Anthony Jeselnik
Anthony Jeselnik
Comedy
Anthony Jeselnik is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian. Over the past 25 years, he has performed all across the globe and has written, produced, and starred in three Netflix comedy specials: Thoughts and Prayers, Fire in the Maternity Ward, and his latest, Bones and All. Jeselnik also wrote, produced, and starred in the comedy special Caligula and the stand-up album Shakespeare. In addition to his stand-up, Jeselnik is an Emmy-nominated writer who created, produced, and starred in the cult-classic television series Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik and The Jeselnik Offensive, alongside his breakout performances on The Roast of Donald Trump and The Roast of Charlie Sheen.

Stand-up
Jeff Ross
Jeff Ross
Stand-up
Jeff Ross is a writer, actor and comedian known worldwide as The Roastmaster General. Currently, he is
touring his one-man musical play “Take a Banana For the Ride,” which he calls “a cathartic, comedic
experience” about love, loss, and human resilience. Jeff recently partnered with sports legend Tom
Brady to produce “GROAT (The Greatest Roast of All Time)," which will stream live on Netflix May 5,
2024. He has also spearheaded the wildly popular celebrity roasts of Justin Bieber, Alec Baldwin, Bruce
Willis, James Franco, Charlie Sheen, William Shatner, Flava Flav, Donald Trump, and many others.
Jeff’s television projects include producing and starring in “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle," which has
become an international phenomenon. He produced and co-starred with Dave Attell in their Netflix
series “Bumping Mics," directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Andrew Jarecki. Ross also produced and
starred in “Historical Roasts” for Netflix, a series which skewers some of the most important figures in
history including Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank, Freddy Mercury, Muhammed Ali, Martin Luther King,
and Cleopatra.
Jeff’s acting credits include a pivotal role in Amazon’s “Ricky Stanicky," directed by Peter Farrelley and
starring John Cena, Zac Efron and William H. Macy. Other recent acting credits include a series arc on
Amazon’s “Sneaky Pete,” the dark drama “Kingdom” now on Netflix, and the feature film “The Wedding
Ringer” alongside Josh Gad and Kevin Hart.
Jeff’s voiceover work includes Disney’s “The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse” and the series regular
role of 'Hook Foot' on Disney’s “Tangled” television series. Jeff has also voiced character roles in “Mr.
Peabody and Sherman,” “Future Worm,” “Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero,” “The Simpsons,” and “Family
Guy.”
Jeff has used his stand-up comedy specials to shine a light on social issues he cares about - now
streaming on Paramount Plus are “Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals” (filmed in a maximum security jail in
Texas), “Jeff Ross Roasts Cops” (centering around Black Lives Matter and the Boston Police Department),
and “Jeff Ross Roasts The Border” (filmed on both sides of the Mexican border fence in the Rio Grande
Valley).
Jeff constantly supports and fundraises for causes he cares about such as The U.S.O., Meals On Wheels
America, Planned Parenthood, The Scleroderma Research Foundation, the EB Research Partnership,
Stand Up For Heroes, American Friends Of The Hebrew University, Comedy Gives Back, and others.

Comedy
Jim Norton
Jim Norton
Comedy
Jim Norton is a stand-up comedian, radio host, actor, and a NY Times bestselling author. He hosts the podcast "Jim Norton Can't Save You," as well as "Sword Fight," the latter of which he co-hosts with his wife Nikki. His comedy specials can be seen on Netflix, MAX, Hulu, and Amazon. In addition to his stand-up specials, he has released 8 comedy albums. Throughout his career he has made multiple appearances on late-night talk shows, and has appeared in several tv shows and films, including Martin Scorsese’s, The Irishman. A longtime fan of mixed martial arts, Jim is also the co-host of the official podcast of the UFC, "UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton & Matt Serra." He lives in New York City.

Comedy
Scott Thompson
Scott Thompson
Comedy
Well known to fans as a member of the sketch comedy troupe, The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson is anything but your average comedic talent. After Lorne Michaels discovered them in the late eighties, The Kids in the Hall became a groundbreaking television series which ran from 1989 to 1995 on the CBC in Canada and on HBO and CBS in the United States. After the Kids left television in 1995, Scott and the boys went on to write and star in their own feature film, the cult favorite Brain Candy. In 2020, Amazon announced they would be bringing back an eight-episode order of the critically-acclaimed cult sketch series which made its premiere in May 2022. Scott currently recurs on the CBC/HBO Max hit series Sort Of playing the role of Bryce and starred as Dr. Pfeffer in the Arnold Schwarzenegger action-comedy project FUBAR which ran for 2 seasons on Netflix. From 1995 to 1998 Scott appeared as a series regular for three seasons on Garry Shandling’s revolutionary comedy series, The Larry Sanders Show playing Brian, the assistant to Hank Kingsley. In this period and afterwards, he made numerous guest appearances on various talk shows such as Politically Incorrect, The Late Show with David Letterman and was a regular fixture on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Thompson along with Paul Bellini, is the author of Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole, a hilarious memoir of one of Thompson’s most famous characters, bon vivant Buddy Cole. He has appeared in such feature films as Ron Ronnie Run, The Pacifier and Mickey Blue Eyes and such television series as Hannibal where he was a series regular for three seasons, Reno 911!, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Carpoolers, The Odd Squad, Man Seeking Woman, Touched by an Angel and Degrassi High. He has also voiced the titular character in the popular children's television series Roboroach, as well as guest voicing on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Simpsons and American Dad. Other TV appearances include Conan, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Have I Got News For You, This Is Not Happening, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Shoresy. He also released his very first stand album Not a Fan with Comedy Dynamics in 2018 and podcast, PTSDiva, in 2019 available on Stitcher Premium. On the podcast Scott talks to other comics about their lowest points, as well as surgeons, priests, and other experts on the human condition. Next Up, Scott will be starring in the new Jared Keeso project I KILL THE BEAR

Comedy
Frazer Smith
Frazer Smith
Comedy