Comedian Mike Birbiglia has paid his dues. The funnyman has taken the stage in more than 70 cities around the world, contributed to numerous episodes of National Public Radio’s “This American Life” and inspired laughter in dozens of late-night television audiences. All that time spent with his nose to the grindstone seems to be paying off: Don’t Think Twice, the 2016 feature film he wrote and directed, hit big screens across the country this summer, and the New York Times’ Neil Genzlinger lauded Birbiglia’s current routine, “Thank God for Jokes,” as “an admirable piece of writing, so funny and yet so smart.” Check out Seven Days’ arts blog, Live Culture, to see what Birbiglia has to say ahead of his upcoming Flynn MainStage show.
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