In his one man show The New One, now at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre, Mike Birbiglia struggles to come to terms with being a parent. It’s not always pretty, with the comedian both struggling to find a place in his new, larger family and to relate to his wife and child in a way that’s both effective and compassionate.
With the Ahmanson run coming to an end and The New One hitting Netflix on November 26, The A.V. Club took some time to sit down with Birbiglia to talk about how the show has morphed over its run, how his view of parenting has changed in that time, and why he’s better than Paul Rudd.
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We saw this at the Ahmanson a couple of weeks ago; it was pretty great. It also contains the best mid-show surprise I’ve ever seen. Definitely recommended.
Fuuuuck I can’t wait until you guys find a reason to cancel him. Self-satisfied comedians are the worst.
who cancel who? WTF you talkin’ about idiot?
Don’t worry about it. You put up an article about any comedian, and you get the haters. They are either people who don’t get comedy and are angry about it, or think they get comedy and feel like they have the ability to judge it. (Or, if the comedian is a woman, it’s just misogyny.)Now who wants to get a game of wiffle ball going? Where’s Tony?
Or the comedian sucks. Usually one of those three.