BETH LAPIDES: IT’S A LOT

It’s A Lot is the new show from comedian, author, innovator, and muse Beth Lapides. It’s about change, navigating through this overwhelming now, the nature of creating, and the possibility that everything is unfolding in divine and perfect order! Beth’s iconic blend of the soul searching, storying telling, meaning mining, moment making and revival tent inspiration, will be in full effect.

“The godmother of alternative comedy!” The LA Times

It’s a lot. And so is Beth.

“Nothing’s cooler!” Vanity Fair”

Beth is the critically acclaimed creator of UnCabaret, which Variety called ‘a progressive comedy institution’, and which launched the alt comedy revolution. Over the past 25+ years of live shows, TV, CD’s and streaming Beth has welcomed comedy luminaries like Margaret Cho, Bob Odenkirk, Jennifer Coolidge, Kathy Griffin, Julia Sweeney, Alec Mapa, Scott Thompson, Patton Oswalt, Janeane Garofalo and so many more.

“Magical life-giving mystique, hilarious storytelling!” Vulture

Beth’s latest book is the genre bending original audiobook, So You Need To Decide which was named one of Vulture’s best comedy books of 2022. It features Beth’s deep dive into stories and ideas about decision making and her conversations with cultural icons and storytellers like Isaac Mizrahi, Phoebe Bridgers, Scott Frank, Merrill Markoe, Sandra Bernhard and so many more.

“A potentially life changing treasure!” Variety

Beth has appeared on an in: Sex and The City, Comedy Central, Will and Grace, PBS’s Women in Comedy, NPR’s All Things Considered, Vulture’s Good One podcast, CNN, The Today Show, Politically Incorrect, Time Magazine, O Magazine, Elle Décor, LA Yoga, the cover of the LA Weekly etc.

“You need alt comedy swami Beth Lapides!” LA Weekly

Beth’s Infinite Creator program is a hotbed of creative transformation, designed by her her decades of experience teaching/coaching/musing performance, writing and creativity independently and at venues like Second City, UCLA Extension, Writer's Bootcamp, The LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Skirball Cultural Center, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Humber College and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.

“A comedy be in!” Rolling Stone

Mitch Kaplan is the It’s A Lot Musical Director. Beth and Mitch began working together on 100% Happy 88% of the Time and he is musical director and co-producer of UnCabaret. Mitch is an award-winning singer, songwriter and pianist who has worked with such iconic luminaries as Sandra Bernhard, Ana Gasteyer and Cady Huffman and is the musical director for Oh L’Amour the authorized Erasure musical. His songs have been performed and recorded by Chaka Khan, Thelma Houston, Sister Sledge, Sam Harris, and Martika etc. and have appeared in films such as Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild. His song, If I Travel Up, is the end credit song for the upcoming documentary film Studio One Forever.