Blog – JAMES BEWLEY

April 29, 2019

Another Season of Deep Night with Dale Comes to a Close

On Weds, May 15th at 8pm, the latest season of the podcast/talk show Deep Night with Dale comes to an end. With an all-star lineup of amazing guests, including a certain Seever family member making her Deep Night debut – this one is not to be missed. If you like the terrific show The Tick, we’ve got Griffin Newman who plays Arthur – the heart and soul of that fine show. The very funny comedian Emmy Blotnick is making her return to the program after many years. Emmy was one of our earliest guests when we used to do the show in a prop shop basement along the Gowanus. What will things be like now that we’re above ground? Lindsey Broad made a name for her self by almost breaking up Jim and Pam on TV’s The Office! SCANDAL! Now she’s on a brand new show, In The Dark – and it just got renewed, so maybe we can finally talk about other stuff! And Sammus, the brilliant, dazzling rapper/performer/phD is coming up from Philly to blow Dale’s mind. Will she bring that giant mega-man arm she sometimes performs with? Again – so many questions. Get tickets here: http://www.slipperroom.com/event/1845263-guest-event-deep-night-dale-new-york/ and maybe get some answers!

In the meantime -we can all enjoy this beautiful poster artwork from illustrator Laurent Hrybyk. Laurent is in Baltimore and was able to capture Dale’s slow descent back into the timestream/Gowanus along with his trusty pigeon (finally reunited after a series of mishaps if you’ve been following the story of the posters this season). Anyway – we’re really happy to have Laurent’s image here and hope to see you at the Season Finale May 15th at The Slipper Room.

April 12, 2019

Back from the Desert and Ready for Parent’s Art Night 2019

Always exciting to let my alter ego drop in for an intimate show at Jalopy to celebrate Parents Art Night, a benefit and fun time produced for PS 29. This show is fun and the only way for me to make up for a disastrous auction appearance from a year ago. Will I be able to redeem myself in the eyes of drunk parents eating free chips sitting in old church pews in a tiny space along the Columbia Waterfront? Who knows. But look at it this way, free chips.

So yes, we flew back from a work trip to Palm Springs and Joshua Tree to make it back in time for this show – so if you’d like to attend – you totally should. Drinks, song, a little comedy, and the aforementioned chips. Plus lots of jokes about parenting that I can’t really do anywhere else. You want to hear a tight five on how much I hate slime and youtube stars? This is the show for you.

Here’s the info:
This art night brings parents together to celebrate their creativity! We’ll enjoy 2 hours of comedy, musical performances, readings, and good old fun all served up by the talented parents and alumni of the PS29 community! Tuesday, April 16th @ Jalopy Theatre, 8-10pm.

Purchase tickets here for $40 per person, includes 2 drinks and light snacks. (So I guess the chips aren’t exactly free, but still – chips!)

And ohmygod, we had a good time in Palm Springs, Phoenix, and Joshua Tree. I posted way too many pictures of cacti over on instagram. But I’m still putting one here, because look at that thing. Amazing.

March 5, 2019

Next Deep Night is Live 3/13/19

One of the most delightful aspects of producing Deep Night with Dale, is working with my talented guests and finding amazing illustrators to design the posters for the shows. Now, usually these posters get circulated digitally, but I often print up a few and keep them in the Deep Night archives. This month’s Deep Night poster features artwork by New York-based artist Katherine Lam. She sent a few rough ideas, and I loved all of them (from moody interiors of modern apartments to Dale looking out into a rainy night) but the one that lept out at me was the one featured here – with the large pigeon looming in the background and Dale looking like the next star of True Detective.

Dale might not be solving any crimes (or will he?!) on the next live show on Weds, March 13th at The Slipper Room – but you should definitely come out to see the show which features an amazing lineup of comedians and writers that I have been eager to get on the show for years. Join Dale and his guests Todd Barry, Monroe Martin, Mallory O’Meara, and Alex Song. Plus Cornelius Loy will be playing the theremin and 96B will be filling the tiny stage with movement. Tickets are available here: http://www.slipperroom.com/event/1828043-guest-event-deep-night-dale-new-york/

For more on Katherine Lam, visit her website: http://www.katherinelam.com/

January 7, 2019

Deep Night with Dale Launches 2019 with Coast to Coast Shows!

Deep Night with Dale turns 10 this year, and to celebrate we’re kicking things off with back to back shows on both coasts! First up, we return for our sixth appearance at SF Sketchfest with a brand new spin on the format that started it all. While the podcast is only ten years old, Dale really started his career in comedy in the basement at Cafe Du Nord as part of the Killing My Lobster Kabaret, seventeen years ago. Variety shows are in his bones, so he decided he’d assemble an all-star roster of comedians and interesting people to put on a variety event like no other. With a focus on the future, Dale’s welcoming old friends and new for the first ever Deep Night with Dale’s Vortex Variety Hour as part of SF Sketchfest. Ticket and information lives over on sfsketchfest.com. The lineup includes a very special surprise guest, The Templeton Philharmonic, Francesca Fiorentini, Sureni Weerasekera, a new work from Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, a visit from the long-lost Comics of the Future, music from Agouti and an interview with future-expert, Rose Eveleth! Plus a short video from Cole Kush. Sunday, January 13th 8pm. At Piano Fight.

Then Dale returns to NY with the first live show of 2019 – an extraordinary episode of Deep Night featuring guests Maria Dizzia (Orange is the New Black), X Mayo (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), Katie Hannigan (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), and musician Vera Sola (new album Shades). Plus we have CUSHIONS playing music and movement throughout by The Deep Night Dancers, 96B Dance Theatre. Info on that one up on deepnightshow.com.

Artwork here for the show in SF, by the fantastic Maria Nguyen.
Full poster shown below:

October 26, 2018

Irons in that Fire

So…much…happening in these waning days of 2018. How does this part of the year speed up so quickly? Is it Christmas yet? Here’s some things that are happening. Tune in to MNN cable access to see Dale wreak havoc on The Special Without Brett Davis. Get ready for a brand new live edition of Deep Night with Dale on Nov. 14th. I’m going to have to get my eyes checked – so there’s that to look forward to, and I turned another whole year older. Never mind work, auditions, and uh…making sure we never run out of ice cream cakes for this season of birthdays.

We did manage to sneak off to the Catskills with the family and ate our weight in s’mores beneath the stars. Stars are good. It’s nice to be able to see them every once and awhile. I get it, nature freaks.

Oh, and somehow my entire site vanished in a single odd line of code, so now there’s this. Which I am still getting used to. Remember when people had blogs? Is that still a thing?

September 14, 2018

The Portal Opens on a New Season of Deep Night 9/19

Will this be the final year of Deep Night with Dale? Maybe! Dale says that every year, but every year there’s more amazing people he wants to talk to. So here we are, with another season. In the lead up to a decade’s worth of Deep Night, we return live to the Slipper Room in NYC for a season premiere unlike any other. Well…it’s pretty much the same, but now we have dancers!

So get some tickets, Wednesday, September 19th from 8-9pm for the live season 11 premiere of Deep Night with Dale, a cosmic talk show experience featuring Dale and his guests Sam Jay (Netflix, SNL), Taylor Ortega (Kim Possible, Succession), Fareeha Khan (After After Party, MTV), Chanel Ali (Night Train, NY Comedy Fest), and Lilli Stein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). Plus music from Shayna Dunkelman and movement (as promised!) by the phenomenal 96B Dance Theatre. Turtlenecks encouraged!

More info here: www.deepnightshow.com or to get tickets in advance: https://www.slipperroom.com/event/1751455-guest-event-deep-night-dale-new-york/

Photo of Dale through the multiverse by the great Mindy Tucker!

July 18, 2018

Summer Off

Getting around the to usual haunts this summer. Time in Ohio and Pennsylvania. If you’re in the Buckeye State, it’s worth it to check out Front, a new triennial exhibition https://frontart.org/ in Cleveland. Some really strong work and thoughtfully situated projects throughout the city. And the museum there is so big and so air conditioned, which is frankly all I can think about when it gets this hot and humid in NY.

Walking on top of a mountain in Missoula, Montana, I overheard an older woman telling an even older woman, that she’d like to retire, but she’s worried that if they repeal the ACA, she wouldn’t be able to afford insurance. So even in Montana, things are getting real. Missoula was beautiful though – and I highly recommend Black Coffee for a strong cup of coffee (with bee pollen!) and a seasonal strawberry toast. I love that you can get expensive single pieces of toast with stuff on it in almost any city now. Live it up, toast enthusiasts, this is your moment. Oh, and of course visit the Missoula Art Museum in between hikes. Is this a travel blog now? I dunno. I’m just telling you that some places are worth it and I’m fortunate I get paid to see them.

Big Car is an artspace in Indiana that is just endlessly inspiring. As long as you’re going to be in Indianapolis, right near the airport, there’s a crystal and I guess “New Age” shop (are we still in the New Age? How long does that last? Are waterbeds still a part of that?) called All My Relations. That’s also the name of a gallery/coffee shop in Minneapolis – so check your GPS directions before you head out. The point is, I loaded up on some crystals and incense to make the summer go a little quicker and in preparation for a fortuitous fall. New shows start soon. But it’s too hot to think about that. I’d rather think about elephant ears and swimming holes and walking tacos (you eat it from the bag!).

May 14, 2018

Deep Night Season Finale & More!

Over in the Deep Night, Dale’s wrapping up the final show of the tenth season with an all-star lineup for a supersized show. Dale’s welcoming a group of talented individuals and then offering them all weird advice to deal with problems they don’t even have. Good ole Dale! And he might debut a new look! SO CULTY!

Here’s the lineup: Dolly Wells (Doll & Em, Portlandia, Can You Ever Forgive Me); Joan As Police Woman (Damned Devotion, Let It Be You); Adina Verson (The Lucky Ones, Mozart In The Jungle, Indecent); Courtney Fearrington (MTV2, The New Yorker); Emily Panic (Pitchfork, Funny Or Die). Plus music from Ben Kling (ClickHole, BuzzFeed).

Details: Weds, May 16th 8pm Deep Night with Dale Live Season 10 Finale.
The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Street, Lower East Side
Tickets $12/10 – Get them in advance here: https://www.slipperroom.com/event/1678716-guest-event-deep-night-dale-new-york/

AND THEN…
Dale returns to Running Late with Scott Rogowsky
Tuesday, May 22 7pm
The host of HQ Trivia is bringing Dale back to his show for an update on Dale’s life! Will there be trivia? Maybe!
Plus Dale’s sharing snacks backstage with the other guests on the program, including Paul Rudd, David Cross, and Neko Case! Tickets for that show are almost sold out but you can try here!

Poster artwork for Deep Night by Justin DeVine.

May 7, 2018

The Swim is Long and Upstream

It sure feels that way after this weekend. Amazing that you can do something for 20 years and still be thrown off by a simple thing. Oh well. I liked these fish when we found them in a koi pond in Austin not long ago, so now you can see em, too. I’m sure it’s not easy for them either. I’m pretty sure they only came over to me because they thought I had food pellets. I didn’t.

File this under – I’m trying to post anything other than a promotional thing for my next show – which is coming up May 16th. And then? Who knows. Maybe I’ll just dive back under the water for a bit and see what happens.

March 12, 2018

Deep Night NYC – March 14th at The Slipper Room

Dale is back at it in NYC with a brand new episode of Deep Night with Dale – live from The Slipper Room in NYC. We’ve got a stellar-lineup of comedians and cartoonists and creature “experts” ready to help guide us through the strange and shifting terrain known as the Deep Night. Dale’s pressing his turtleneck and polishing his crystals for this amazing and affordable evening. Dale’s guests include New Yorker cartoonist and author, Emily Flake; comedian Kenice Mobley (2 Dope Queens); critter enthusiasts Andrew Tisher and Joe Rumrill; and comedian Julia Shiplett, who most recently seen on the new season of HBO’s Crashing. Tickets are $12 and available here: https://www.slipperroom.com/event/1652335-guest-event-deep-night-dale-new-york/.

Weds, March 14th, 8pm/Doors at 7pm. 167 Orchard Street, Entrance on Stanton on the Lower East Side. Set your portals and get there! Poster artwork featured here in detail by Erica Willey.

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