For the 11th year, the festival will present the Just for Laughs Awards Show, hosted by Alonzo Bodden, honoring some of the biggest names in comedy. This year’s ceremony will be held at 3 p.m.
July 27 in the Grand Salon Opera of the Hyatt Regency Montreal.
Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch (pictured top)
Comedy Writers of the Year, “Glow”
Even across a crowded writers’ room, we saw each other as like-minded brains,” Mensch says of her chemistry with Flahive, her co-creator on the hit Netflix series “Glow.” They met as playwrights in New York 10 years ago, but started talking about doing a show together while working on “Nurse Jackie.” The particular idea for the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling came about after they watched the Brett Whitcomb documentary looking back on the original show. “I think, ultimately, it felt like a world that would be a great container for all of...
July 27 in the Grand Salon Opera of the Hyatt Regency Montreal.
Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch (pictured top)
Comedy Writers of the Year, “Glow”
Even across a crowded writers’ room, we saw each other as like-minded brains,” Mensch says of her chemistry with Flahive, her co-creator on the hit Netflix series “Glow.” They met as playwrights in New York 10 years ago, but started talking about doing a show together while working on “Nurse Jackie.” The particular idea for the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling came about after they watched the Brett Whitcomb documentary looking back on the original show. “I think, ultimately, it felt like a world that would be a great container for all of...
- 7/18/2018
- by Tara Bitran and Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
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