Roger Feeney says this time the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase really will be open by the end of the month in its new space in the basement of 212 S. Fourth Ave. He has scheduled acts beginning with Andy Pitz the last week of September, with the Lucas Brothers and Kristin Key to follow.
Feeney vacated the space under Seva last winter and hoped to open in the new space without missing a laugh. Several opening dates came and went. The problems involved “architectural corrections they had to make to strengthen the foundation,” he says. “Then they had such a harsh winter, they had trouble pouring the cement for the floors.” The main staircase was moved, and the basement excavated down several feet to make an amphitheater.
The new Comedy Showcase will also have a separate bar seating twenty to thirty that may eventually be open every night, not just when comedy acts are booked. The show room, like the old one under Seva, will seat about 270, he says, and “you won’t get the bar noise.”
Comedy Showcase, 212 S. Fourth Ave. aacomedy.com
