at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (415 Comedy Club room) and will be hosted by Natasha Leggero during the three-day Colossal Clusterfest weekend from June 2-4. The live Up Next showcase features Comedy Central’s rising stars of stand-up and will take place on Friday, June 2 nd, at 7:00 p.m. But this round of applause is stopping only halfway around the circle.NEW YORK, – Comedy Central will present its annual stand-up showcase, Up Next, previously known as Comics To Watch, at Colossal Clusterfest, the brand new comedy and music festival experience created by Comedy Central and Superfly, the brains behind Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands co-producer Another Planet Entertainment. There’s something to be said for the old college try given by the “Bad Romance” singer. A skit about an oddball co-op board seemed to serve no purpose other than to showcase Gaga’s spot-on, and very specific, impression of Marisa Tomei’s performance in My Cousin Vinny.Īs Gaga reminded us at the opening of the show, she “came for the applause,” which is a coincidence, as we also came ready to applaud what should’ve been a thrilling and strong night for SNL. The vibe was especially apparent in sketches about a child-star acting camp and overzealous parents at a fourth grade talent show, which seemed to constrain Gaga’s talents with broad, stock characters.
Kelly and Lady Gaga simulating sex on stage, if that’s something you ever wanted to see.īut despite what was obviously a best effort, there was an unshakable feeling that Gaga and the SNL staff treated her work at 30 Rock as a sort of summer theatre camp, with the resulting product resembling a hastily patched together-and disappointingly amateur-showcase at the end of the week. Wearing a leotard with an oversized collar that seemed to bloom from her neck and starting with nothing but a piano and grin on her face, there was a fun, Elton John-like joy and silliness to her “Gypsy” performance, while the sweaty slow-burner “Do What U Want” was pleasantly spastic. “Do What U Want” and “Gypsy” are easily the two most straightforward, palatable pop songs from ARTPOP, an album that’s otherwise a cacophonous whir of tricks and ticks, some of which work better than others. She also made wise song choices for her two performances. Gaga acquitted herself extremely well throughout the night, without a hint of stiffness that plagues out-of-the-box hosting choices like Katy Perry or Charles Barkley. “Sorry, I’m more of a classic rock guy: One Direction.the Smiths, both Willow and Jaden.” It’s 2063, and senior citizen Gaga is desperate for a hint of recognition from the the superintendent of the building she apparently lives in.
In a nod to critics who think she cribs from a certain other female pop icon, Lady Gaga performed Madonna’s “Express Yourself.”Ī late-in-the-night sketch imagined what becomes of Lady Gaga decades from now when her glory days are over, a darkly comic look at what befalls a Fame Monster when there’s no more fame to thrive on. “Worst Cover Songs of All Time” was one SNL standard that just rotates through the cast’s celebrity impressions, this time with famous singers covering songs that are horrible fits for their voices: Rick Ross (Kenan Thompson) doing “Cups (When I’m Gone),” Adele (Aidy Bryant) doing the L.A. Gaga took some shots at her own public perception a couple of other times throughout the night.