Open mic at Boomers Bar has been going on for three years and is hosted by Donnie, a comedian himself. While the venue is mostly comedy but other genres of talent are welcome, I am told, the night I was there everyone on stage only did standup. It’s possible this has become informally a comedy-only room. Boomers has limited parking. Inside, the room seats about 46. The stage is an eight inch platform stage with a single mic. Boomers is a full bar, but no blended drinks. To one side a lonely vending machine displays bags of chips, almost crying out, “Look at me.” Two TVs played but had nothing to say. Two pool tables offered any recreational activity, save for drinking and comedy. Mostly, people came for the show. It’s first come first choice. There are no language restrictions. Talent gets five to seven minutes. I am told Donnie does not necessarily go by the order of the list, but he did let me have the spot I signed up for, second. The signup sheet came out 9:15pm. I was the first person to signup. By 9:30, there were six signups. By 10pm there were 16 people in the room. By 10:10pm there were ten on the list. They have a live DJ who kept the energy up, and as a reward got to go up first after Donnie opened and welcomed everyone. We got off to a late start, beginning at 10:22. The room had 21 people by 10:30pm. I went up second, and I swear I never saw the light. I say that because I never got the light. While I was killing on stage, you intuitively know by a certain number of jokes into the routine you’re at the five minute mark give or take, then the seven minute mark. I was going on and on and having a good time, but also wondering when I was going to be lit. Eventually, I stopped my set and asked how much more time more the light, and he said, “I already lit you.” That got a laugh. As it turns out I never saw Donnie light any of the talent, and I sat quite close to him. He pretty much let comedians decide when they wanted to get off, and for the most part all the talent was good about keeping it at around seven. Maybe a couple comedians abused the time. Overall, guys, this room was solid. The energy from Donnie and the DJ did not let the audience drift. There was camaraderie not just among the comedians but the audience. I noted one woman was a comedian groupie, because I saw her the next night at another venue, just watching comedy and enjoying it. There were periodic applause breaks, and talent often tagged the comedian who just went up. My friend had a good time, just enjoying the show. I had a good time, because my set resonated with the audience. If you looked up the word “supportive” it would say, “See Boomers.”
Open mic at Boomers Bar has been going on for three years and is hosted by Donnie, a comedian himself. While the venue is mostly comedy but other genres of talent are welcome, I am told, the night I was there everyone on stage only did standup. It’s possible this has become informally a comedy-only room.
ReplyDeleteBoomers has limited parking. Inside, the room seats about 46. The stage is an eight inch platform stage with a single mic. Boomers is a full bar, but no blended drinks. To one side a lonely vending machine displays bags of chips, almost crying out, “Look at me.” Two TVs played but had nothing to say. Two pool tables offered any recreational activity, save for drinking and comedy. Mostly, people came for the show.
It’s first come first choice. There are no language restrictions. Talent gets five to seven minutes. I am told Donnie does not necessarily go by the order of the list, but he did let me have the spot I signed up for, second. The signup sheet came out 9:15pm. I was the first person to signup. By 9:30, there were six signups. By 10pm there were 16 people in the room. By 10:10pm there were ten on the list.
They have a live DJ who kept the energy up, and as a reward got to go up first after Donnie opened and welcomed everyone. We got off to a late start, beginning at 10:22. The room had 21 people by 10:30pm.
I went up second, and I swear I never saw the light. I say that because I never got the light. While I was killing on stage, you intuitively know by a certain number of jokes into the routine you’re at the five minute mark give or take, then the seven minute mark. I was going on and on and having a good time, but also wondering when I was going to be lit. Eventually, I stopped my set and asked how much more time more the light, and he said, “I already lit you.” That got a laugh. As it turns out I never saw Donnie light any of the talent, and I sat quite close to him. He pretty much let comedians decide when they wanted to get off, and for the most part all the talent was good about keeping it at around seven. Maybe a couple comedians abused the time.
Overall, guys, this room was solid. The energy from Donnie and the DJ did not let the audience drift. There was camaraderie not just among the comedians but the audience. I noted one woman was a comedian groupie, because I saw her the next night at another venue, just watching comedy and enjoying it. There were periodic applause breaks, and talent often tagged the comedian who just went up. My friend had a good time, just enjoying the show. I had a good time, because my set resonated with the audience.
If you looked up the word “supportive” it would say, “See Boomers.”