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Tig Has Friends
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| When |
Thursday, May 22, 2014
7:30pm
– 21+ 
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| Where |
366 N La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90048 Cafe Largo was founded by Jean-Pierre Boccara in 1989. Boccara had previously run the Lhasa Club in Hollywood from 1982 to 1988. The location of Cafe Largo was formerly known as Budapest, a Hungarian restaurant. Boccara chose the name Largo for its musical, expansive and adventurous connotation. While changing the menu to a more contemporary Italo-French fare and strongly supported by the local arts community Boccara turned the place into a focal point for live music (Peter Himmelman, Victoria Williams, Suzanne Vega, Syd Straw, The Love Jones, Julie Christensen, Hugo Largo, Grant Lee Buffalo…), cabaret (Philip Littell, Stephanie Vlahos, Lypsinka, Barry Yourgrau…), vaudeville (Les Stevens), comedy (Nora Dunn, Beth Lapides..) and spoken word (Tommy Cody, Eve Brandstein and Michael Lally’s “Poetry in Motion” notorious series). The LA Weekly named Cafe Largo “LA’s Best Supper Club” in 1990. The New York Times ran a substantive review ” A Place for Poetry in Land of Pictures” on July 12, 1989. The 1989 Reader review was titled “Cafe Largo mixes food and music-memorably”. More critical acclaim and reviews was received in Newsweek, LA Style, LA Times, Los Angeles, Buzz, Exposure, Movieline, The Edge, Details, Village View, Vogue, Interview, Playboy, and US Magazine. In March 1992 Boccara sold the place to Mark Flanagan and his wife Aimee Cain (of Star Search fame) who shortened the name to Largo. Boccara went on to open LunaPark on Robertson Blvd in West Hollywood and operated it from Halloween ’93 to Halloween 2000. The Flanagans began operating Largo in April of 1992. (In the 1960s, the Largo, owned by Chuck Landis, was a strip club on Sunset Blvd.) The club had a moment of notoriety in 1992 when the Jewish Defense League, threatened “trouble” if a planned concert on behalf of Palestinian causes was not canceled; for the safety of patrons, Flanagan reluctantly complied. In 1996, Flanagan re-established Largo as an intimate cabaret with live music mainly in the piano bar tradition. Largo’s original location on Fairfax Avenue had 100 seats with a maximum full capacity of 130, and regularly sold out, with frequent sightings of celebrity musicians and actors in the audience. The club had a strict no talking or cellphone use policy during performances, but surprisingly allows audience members to live blog on their laptops. Flanagan persuaded Jon Brion to take a regular Friday-night residence at Largo. Brion’s extensive friendships brought more talented singer-songwriters to perform at the club, notably including Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Fiona Apple (who included a song expressing her love for the club, ‘Largo’, on her fourth album), and Elliott Smith. Over the years, the list of semi-regular performers at the club has included Neil Finn, Mr. E of the Eels, Robyn Hitchcock, John Doe, Ben Folds, Grant-Lee Phillips, Rickie Lee Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Jakob Dylan, Teddy Thompson, t.A.T.u., Brad Mehldau and Colin Hay. |
| Other Info |
Tig Notaro was nominated for a Grammy Award for her sophomore comedy album LIVE. The album sold over 100,000 units in just 6 weeks, which is unheard of for comedy albums today. Louis CK is quoted as saying that it is one of the best stand-up performances he ever saw. During this album release, Tig was reviewed and profiled by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, GQ Magazine, Rolling Stone and Time Magazine amongst many others. During this campaign Tig also closed a book deal with Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins.
Tig’s project with Showtime, entitled, Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro, follows Tig as she performs in the actual homes, barns and cul-de-sacs of selected fans across the country. Tig also recently appeared in the Lake Bell feature, In a World, and is next slated to appear in the feature Walk of Shame opposite Elizabeth Banks, and Shreveport opposite Ryan Phillippe, both due out in 2014. Tig continues to host her weekly podcast, Professor Blastoff, which has consistently been in the top 10 iTunes comedy podcast charts. Tig remains a favorite on both NPR’s, This American Life, and on Conan. In previous years Tig has Guest Starred on shows such as ABC’s Suburgatory, NBC’s The Office and Community, HBO’s The Life and Times of Tim, wrote for The 2011 Emmy’s and 2010 MTV Movie Awards, and toured nationally and internationally at the most reputable comedy and music festivals. |
