Every day between now and when it closes, we’re going to be featuring a super cool item you can bid on in this year’s Moth Ball Auction! Today, you can see longtime Moth-favorite Mike Birbiglia on the most celebrated stage in the world.
Moth favorite Mike Birbiglia has performed his hit show, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, more than 300 times on three continents. This is your chance to see the final ever performance of the critically acclaimed production at the storied Carnegie Hall.
The New York Times called My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend “ridiculously enjoyable to listen to” andTime Out New York described Mike as a “seasoned pro who skillfully plays his audience like a fiddle made out of funny bones.”
What’s more, you will also receive a special Birbigs T-Shirt and poster!
Attention Edgar Oliver fans - we went to go see his new one-man show Helen and Edgar, based on stories he told at The Moth, last night and needless to say it’s amazing. But if the thought of Edgar Oliver telling his story isn’t enticing enough, how about some special guests that’ll be doing Q&As after the show, including…
Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish of Sleepwalk With Me this Thursday, 10/11
Our artistic director Catherine Burns on a special Moth night, 10/16
Jonathan Ames of Bored to Death on 10/18
The show is running through October 27th at Theatre 80 in the East Village, New York City. Get your tickets here! Quickly! Before it sells out!
It was around that time I had a dream I was in the Olympics for some sort of arbitrary event like dustbustering.
- Mike Birbiglia on this week’s podcast… which, by the way, was just made into a pretty amazing movie by our bros at This American Life! It opens this week in 20 cities around the country, so check out the Sleepwalk With Me site for showtimes.
This week’s podcast: Procrastination leads to devastating circumstances at the La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington.
As you may or may not be aware, Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass have made Mike’s story-turned-This American Life segment-turned-one man show-turned-comedy album into a movie!
Sleepwalk With Me opens on August 24th, and if this video doesn’t make you want to see it then we don’t know what will.
Awesome comedian and veteran Moth storyteller Mike Birbiglia teamed up with people over at This American Life to make a film version of Sleepwalk With Me… and the trailer just came out! Check it, y’all.
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