Past shows have included: A Gay Mafia Christmas, Experimenting with The Gay Mafia, The Gay Mafia: Not the Marrying Kind, The Gay Mafia: Stripped Bare!, and The Gay Mafia Brokeback Mountain Show. Click here to read an article.
In January 2005, The Gay Mafia began a successful affiliation with queer stand-up comics and hosted The First Annual Gay Mafia Comedy Competition to sold-out audiences.
July 28-31 2005, The Gay Mafia hosted the First Queer Comedy Festival in America, Outlaugh! 2005. Featured Artist was Lea DeLaria. Outlaugh! 2005 and The Gay Mafia were chosen as LA Weekly’s Comedy Pick of the Week, The Advocate’s Hot Pick , and LA Alternative Press’ Featured Pick of the Week.
Outlaugh! (The Concert Film of Outlaugh! 2005) screened at LA’s Outfest in July 2006, Fresno’s Reel Pride in Sept 06, and in Austin’s Gay/Lesbian Film Festival in Oct. 06. Also, in Tampa FL, Hartford CT, New York, Montana, New Zealand, Australia, and Israel. Wolfe Video released Outlaugh! on DVD in 2007. Purchase it - or rent it on Netflix.
The Gay Mafia appeared frequently at The Grounds in West Hollywood. Margaret Cho and many other stand-up comics performed with us. Kurt Hall and Diana Yanez of the Gay Mafia toured with Margaret Cho, performing as Lisp and Havana, Margaret’s opening act. Diana and Kurt later were members of the cast of Margaret's "Sensuous Woman Show" off-Broadway.
The 2nd Annual Gay Mafia Comedy Competition was held in early fall 2006 to sold out audiences.
October 5, 6, & 7, 2006 The Gay Mafia again hosted Outlaugh, America’s first and continuing Queer Comedy Festival. Portions of Outlaugh 2006 are being broadcast on MTV’s LOGO Network, as "The Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack." The Gay Mafia appear in episodes 3,5, and 8. "The Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack" has aired continuously since January, 2007. All 8 episodes are available on iTunes.
The 3rd Annual Gay Mafia Comedy Competition was held at Club Tangier in August 07, and again proved to be an audience winner!
The Gay Mafia most recently appeared at Benvenuto in Weho and Tangier in Los Feliz, The Lounge theater in Weho, and headlined the ArtExplosion Festival in Florida. Click here to read an article.
May 29, 2008, The Gay Mafia performed during the 20th Annual LAMBDA Literary Awards at the Silent Screen Theater in the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, CA.
Mike Player signed a book deal with Alyson books for a nonfiction anthology on comedy and comedians entitled: "Out on the Edge: America's Rebel Comics." Book comes out November 1, 2008. and will feature contributions by all of the cast members of The Gay Mafia, as well as many great stand-up comedians.
Check our homepage and myspace pages for upcoming shows. The Mafia also looks forward to Outlaugh 2009 in Lake Tahoe!
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