The Big News Is Finally Here

Dynamite Kablammo's fifth show, "You Will Most Likely Die" is almost here! We open in a little over two weeks and we're very very excited to introduce our newest member, Meredith Rensa!

"You Will Most Likely Die"
July 29th - September 2nd
Tuesdays @ 8:30pm
4850 Lankershim Blvd.
NoHo, 91601

818-202-4120
$12

Exciting DK News Coming Soon

Matt and Greg have begun the preliminary workings for the new show (DKV), there's been some talk of some more shorts, maybe an audio CD, and there's a very exciting announcement shortly on the horizon... keep your eyes peeled.

Happy May Day!

We're Huge In Fresno!

Dynamite Kablammo had a rather... er... dynamite week in Fresno! Between February 29th and March 8th, the 8th annual Rogue Festival ran up there and DK was honored to be a part of it. We put up 6 shows, all our Best Of we ran over Thanksgiving, plus some new ones from "Are You Delicious?"... and we sold out almost every single show.

We had a great time, met some amazing people, and we're hoping to go back -- maybe get a show up at the Tower Theater! Oh yeah!

In the coming weeks, Matty and G will start working hard at DK5, whatever it will end up being called.

City Beat Begrudgingly Likes Us Too!

City Beat's reviewer, who apparently is fairly influential and tough to impress, had this little nugget to say about our new show, "Are You Delicious?"

"Director Greg Kaczynski, Dane Biren, Matt DeNoto, and Dana DeRuyck of the group Dynamite Kablammo perform a brisk hour of imaginative sketch comedy, with several repeating motifs and a finale that combines something from most of the previous sketches. It’s clever and amusing, if not quite Groundlings-level hilarious."

"Not quite Groundlings level hilarious"? We'll take it all the same.

Backstage West Adds To The DK Love-Fest

Another day, another amazing review. Wenzel Jones of Backstage West hit the DK with another incredibly positive, gracious review. You cannot miss this show, it's a Critic's Pick after all!

"Here's a delightful find, a collection of funny writer-performers who know when to put down their pens. This personable quartet of Dane Biren, Matt DeNoto, Dana DeRuyck, and Greg Kaczynski, operating under the moniker Dynamite Kablammo, skillfully packs just under an hour with almost 20 sketches and never once hits a note that's false or strained. Most important, the audience never finds itself trapped with a sketch that drags on long past its welcome. If, perhaps, the payoff of a piece is an embarrassingly bad pun, it's not a problem, and you've only invested about 12 seconds anyway. Kaczynski is to be commended for the crisp direction.

DeRuyck nicely holds her own against the three guys, essaying roles as diverse as a laundry room she-minx with a volatile temper in addition to a braces-wearing, laterally lisping scion of a retiring pirate, a child whose greatest wish is to be known on the Spanish Main as Captain Spazzbeard. Biren is a compact cutie whose characterization of God as a resort wastrel makes a marvelous callback joke. There is chemistry to spare among this group, and it's appealingly displayed during a sketch in which DeNoto and Kaczynski portray perhaps the stupidest kidnappers currently on a local stage, whose willingness to play Truth or Dare with their captive (they lose) is rather appealing in its utter guilelessness. The writing is tight and bright, and even the long-form pieces, such as the one in which the hornbook rule "You lick it, you own it" expands from property to people to real estate, keep building to a satisfying finish and then, blessedly, finish. It would be easy for this clever troupe's members to preen and flourish, but it's a temptation they resist. Even the rather well-trod territory of God expanding the original Ten Commandments is treated in a manner both whimsical (a commandment about birthday candle-extinguishing and wishes) and observational (just to mess with them, let's have men uncover their heads, and women cover theirs, in church!).

If bad experiences with sketch comedy have put you off the form, this is your opportunity to reconsider. You might find it delicious."

Please please please come out and help us continue our roll!

LA Weekly Approves!

LA Weekly reviewer Sophia Kercher wants you to GO see Dynamite Kablammo's, "Are You Delicious?" This sexy positive review came out online today and will presumably be in print come Thursday. Hooray!

"GO ARE YOU DELICIOUS? The comedy troupe Dynamite Kablammo serves up wit and talent in a performance that opens on a note of horror. The protagonist (actor/director Greg Kaczynski) in an Edgar Allan Poe-like episode attempts to seal up his companion (Dane Biren) behind a layer of bricks; a moment later, said companion pops up out of a surprise window announcing his discovery of a nightclub — bump-'n'-grind music blasts, drunk horny girls call out to him. The series of sketches that follows continues to surprise. The troupe rattles the audience with tummy-shaking humor: A swashbuckling pirate asserts, "A fish fucked a rock and that's how turtles came to be"; a comedian (Dana DeRuyck) hires an "insecurity" guard to remind her of her shortcomings so she can use the material; things get a little hairy, literally, when a girl (DeRuyck) starts taking hormones and her boyfriend (Matt DeNoto) has to deal. There's even an unforgettable, perverse love ballad about divorce. A number of scenes inevitably dip into sitcom land, but with such a delectable array of fast-moving sketches, the show remains savory. Among the fine cast, standouts Biren, DeNoto and DeRuyck prove to be the kind of folks you want to be your b.f.f., to sit on your couch and make you laugh. Kaczynski's dynamic directing provides swift pacing, and sound/tech maestro Adam Neubauer puts the "ammo" in Dynamite Kablammo."

"Are You Delicious?" Opens!

Tonight, Dynamite Kablammo's new show spectacular, "Are You Delicious?" opened to a lovely, receptive crowd at the ZJU -- in the crowd was reviewers from BackstageWest and LA Weekly -- hopefully the reviews will come out good.

The show went fabulously and our 11th hour final sketch, "The Drug" went off not only without a hitch, but garnered many laughs as well.

Please come out and see our latest, greatest creation: "Are You Delicious?"

Zombie Joe's Underground
4850 Lankershim Blvd.
NoHo, 91601

8:30pm, TUESDAY NIGHTS (through 2/19), $12

818.202.4120 for reservations.

2008, Here We Come!

Wow, we kinda dropped the ball on keeping this news site up to date, but, you know, if more of you read it and shit, we'd take better care of it. Oh, never mind, it's a vicious circle.

Regardless, DK tied up 2007 in a huge way with our 3-day only Thanksgiving Weekend Best Of Spectacular. The people came out and had a good time while we played all of the favorite songs, returned to our greatest sketch hits - Spitbaby, The Tick, Bloodbath the Clown, Blind Cop, Bums... it was a good good time had by all.

But now, here we are in the death throes of this grand year.

We come bearing fantastic news: Dynamite Kablammo's most ambitious show yet will be hitting the ZJU January 15th and run Tuesday nights at 8:30pm. I can't divulge any details YET, but I will tell you there will be some amazing shit going down in that little North Hollywood theater at the top pf the new year. Seriously. Amazing. Blow your mind. And I am not afraid to raise expectations... we read the scripts this morning (Sunday), and yes, you must see this show.

Dynamite Kablammo MySpace Gone Missing

Yikes! Apparently MySpace doesn't like the DK as our MySpace page has gone missing. We've emailed the powers that be, but knowing MySpace, we don't expect to hear anything back for about three months. In the meantime, we've created an all new MySpace page which is actually a Comedy Page (which we've wanted anyway) - check us out here: http://www.myspace.com/dkablammo

Oh yeah, and friend us!

New DK Show Announced

It's official, Dynamite Kablammo will return on Thanksgiving weekend to bring you a kick-ass Best Of Show! We will be playing at Zombie Joe's Underground and for ONLY THREE DAYS! Tickets will go on reserve November 12th (818-202-4120), and you're going to want to reserve them because they are going to go FAST. There's been a lot of demand to bring some old favorites back... and they will be there.

Hollywood Trash EP Premiere!

Last night, Hollywood Trash (with drummer Matt DeNoto) partied at The Good Hurt to promote/celebrate the release of their new EP! The show was amazing and the bar was PACKED! Check out Hollywood Trash here: http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodtrash

NoHo Arts Festival

Today, October 6th, Dynamite Kablammo donated a show to the North Hollywood Arts Festival. We simply remounted our most recent show and had a HUGE audience. The biggest of our run! This was possibly helped by a printing of our picture in the Daily News! Hooray! DK is everywhere, bitches! You must succumb.

Dynamite Kablammo 3.0 Opens To Rave Reviews

The show opened this weekend to decent-sized crowds and the overwhelming reaction was "Bravo!" -- people seemed to like the show, more than one person claimed it was better than the last! We're running on all four cylinders here and the show has come together to be a beast of its own. It's varied, powerful, fast, and hilarious. Please please please come out to catch us. You've only got four more opportunities!

Dynamite Kablammo 3.0
Zombie Joe's Underground
4850 Lankershim Blvd.
NoHo 91601
Friday & Saturday nights - 9/21-29 - 8:30pm
ONLY $12

818.202.4120 for reservations.

Next weekend's going to be BIG, so if you're coming to the show, please make reservations. You don't want to be caught out in the streets of North Hollywood. Really, you don't.

Teaser For The Upcoming Show!

Hollywood Trash, August 9th On The Sunset Strip

Matt DeNoto's premiere band, Hollywood Trash, will be performing at The Cat Club this Thursday - go check 'em out! Details below:

This Thursday, Hollywood Trash once again rocks the Cat Club on Sunset. This time opening for Starfuckers (Featuring Eric Dover (ALICE COOPER / SLASH'S SNAKEPIT) with Dizzy Reed of GUNS N ROSES also Slim Jim Phantom of the STRAY CATS and Stephan Adika from DEE DEE RAMONE'S BAND. GUEST ROCKSTARS CHANGE WEEKLY!)!

BAND: Hollywood Trash
DATE: Thursday, August 9, 2007
TIME: 10:30 pm
PLACE: The Cat Club
8911 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA
COST: $7 with flyer (flyer coming soon)

Hope to see you there!

DK Details

All right, so the new show will be running September 14th-29th, Friday and Saturday nights, at the ZJU. You've got over a month to mark aside some time on your calendar, so we suggest you do it now. This show is going to be something else. There's some big changes in store for everyone. Keep your eye out for a teaser this weekend!

PLUS, our newest short, "Jesus Says It's Okay To Be Gay", adapted from our first show is now up on You Tube, please go see it, rate it, leave comments, love us.

That is all for now, keep your eyes peeled on this site for new info coming out!

New (Final?) Show Announced

It's official, the next DK show will be hitting the Zombie Joe Underground on September 14th, and will run Friday and Saturday nights from the 14th through the 29th. Rumor has it that this could be the final show with DK as you know it. So you better come and get it.

Dana DeRuyck Rocking The Shakespeare!

Dana DeRuyck (of the illustrious DK) will be appearing as Dogberry in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." It opens July 6th at the Gardner Stages in Hollywood (1501 N. Gardner St, corner of Gardner and Sunset). For reservations call 213-926-2726 or email declanadamstheatre@yahoo.com. The opening night show is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Dana might give you a big ol' smooch if you show up. You do not get to choose where she smooches you.

Greg Kaczynski - Fire Dancer

This Wednesday, June 27th, Greg Kaczynski will light up for the first time as a fire dancer. He has been studying with Fire Groove for the past month and a half. He also learned how to eat fire from the same company. The lighting ceremony is open to the public. It will be a special occasion for all of the first level burners to light up for the first time. It will be at 7pm at Dockweiler Beach - June 27th.

Rumblings Of A Third Show

There have recently been rumors of a third DK show in the works. Candi, Matt, and Greg have been witnessed having private meetings involving paper and pens several times over the past month. Keep you eyes and ears peeled for coming news.