Comedian Mike Lawrence on Comedy Central Tonight; In Asheville Friday November 1st

Mike Appears on Comedy Central’s New Series @Midnight hosted by Chris Hardwick

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 ASHEVILLE, NC – Tonight at midnight, comedian Mike Lawrence, who is booked to appear live in Asheville at Asheville Brewing Company’s The Mill Room on Friday, November 1st, will appear on Comedy Central’s new series @Midnight hosted by comedian Chris Hardwick.

Comedian Mike Lawrence will appear in Asheville on Friday, November 1st for 2 professional comedy shows at Asheville Brewing’s The Mill Room in downtown Asheville. This show is part of the all new Funny Business Presents monthly comedy series in Asheville. Funny Business is the same agency that booked and promoted the Funny Business Comedy Club in downtown Asheville in the S&W a few years ago. Shows are at 7:00pm and 9:30pm and feature a special guest comedian from Atlanta, Tanner Inman, and local Asheville comedian Cary Goff as emcee.

Mike Lawrence is a New York City based comedian who has been featured as a stand-up on TBS’ Conan twice, and for Comedy Central appeared on “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” twice and had his own episode of the Half Hour. He wrote and performed a segment for FX’s Totally Biased and appeared as the focal point of an episode of Toy Hunter on the Travel Channel. He’s appeared on many notable podcasts including the Adam Carolla Show, WTF with Marc Maron, You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes and the Artie Lange Show. When he’s not working in NYC’s best clubs or headlining on the road he can be seen featuring for the likes of John Oliver, Marc Maron and Tom Papa, who shortly thereafter hired Lawrence as a writer for his pilot. He was one of the “New Faces” at the 2010 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and was back with Just For Laughs in 2012 doing their Festivals in both Chicago and Montreal, and recorded a set there for HBO Canada’s Funny as Hell. His debut album “Sadamantium” was released by Comedy Central Records in conjunction with the debut of his half hour special.

Funny Business and The Millroom are committed to establishing a new home in Asheville for regularly-scheduled, high-caliber, professional comedy shows. The Mill Room offers full bar service, along with a selection of Asheville Brewing’s locally-made craft beers. The adjacent Asheville Brewing offers the best pizza and beer in WNC before and after the comedy shows.