Mike Birbiglia's show, written with his wife about experiences with their infant daughter, will be available to stream days after closing at the Ahmanson.
Michael Ritchie, the artistic director of Center Theatre Group, has brought exciting theater programming, but why hasn’t he made Los Angeles a greater player in the national conversation?It’s a period Birbiglia has been discussing onstage since “The New One” debuted off-Broadway over a year ago. His memoir, “The New One: Painfully True Stories From a Reluctant Dad,” will hit shelves in May.
“Yeah, I’m done talking about parenting,” he joked. “My statement for all of time is, basically, nobody knows anything, and all you can do is your best.” Netflix aired Birbiglia’s 2017 special, “Thank God for Jokes.” The streaming service’s comedy archive houses standup sets alongside specials like Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King,” Colin Quinn’s “The New York Story” and John Leguizamo’s “Latin History for Morons” — one-man specials that are structured similarly to Birbiglia’s work.
“The only game in town for years for comedy specials without commercials was HBO,” Birbiglia said. “But their sensibility of what they programmed didn’t really fit with what I do. I’m not edgy, I don’t curse a ton, and I do more of a long-form storytelling thing than stand-up.“That they’re interested in something that’s more free-form and less defined, it’s great in terms of getting my shows out to the universe,” he said. But then he realized what he had just admitted on the record.
“That’s literally something I’ve never said to anyone, and I’m happy to say it, but it actually also gives me terrible leverage for my next negotiation,” he said with a laugh. “I’m basically saying, ‘There’s actually no one else I want to make my special, so you can just give me a dollar next time.’ ”
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