Podtalk: Comedian Liz Miele at Chicago’s Den Theatre, Oct. 22, 2023

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CHICAGO – Stand-up comic Liz Miele is a true comedy veteran, even in her current youth. She began her career at age 16 and has kept up with the evolution of both comedy and reaching an audience, as evidenced by her YouTube specials garnering millions of views. She brings her act to Chicago on October 22nd, 2023 (7:15pm), at the Den Theatre on Milwaukee Avenue. For tickets and info, click LIZ MIELE.


The thoughtful and provocative Liz Miele delights in her hilariously cynical riffs on (for example) ghosts, climate change, being attacked on the subway and her mom’s parenting style. LM was an early adopter of self-produced/self-released specials, including ”The Ghost of Academic Future” (her latest, 1 million views), “Emotionally Exhausting” (2.7 million views) and ”Self Help Me” (1.5 million views), and all are available free for streaming on YouTube. A touring headliner, Liz can be found on tour this fall across the U.S. For tour dates, click here.

Stand Up Comic Liz Miele
Photo credit: LizMiele.com

Liz Miele is a career comedian, as she began in New York City at age 16, and was profiled by The New Yorker Magazine two years later. In her early twenties, she appeared on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham,” and has made further appearances of NPR (“Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”), HULU (“Coming to Stage”) and AXS TV’s “Gotham Comedy Live.” Besides her stand-up specials, she has had several comedy bits go viral on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, including “Feminist Sex Positions” and “London Cops are Better Than American Cops.” She also hosts a Podcast (“2 Non Doctors”) and has written a book (“Why Cats Are Assholes”).

In PART ONE of a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Stand Up Comic Liz Miele dishes on her approach and philosophy in comedy …

In PART TWO, a bit about audiences and how the current society challenges the art of stand-up comedy …

By PATRICK McDONALD Editor and Film Critic/Reporter HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com