
On a chilly Wednesday night in late April, less than 100 comedy fans politely move from the bar at the Lincoln Lodge in Bucktown into the theater. No one had been camping out in line or jockeying for position for better seats; just a casual migration from one room to another.
It’s a different vibe for the evening’s emcee and celebrant — stand-up comic, actor and director Bobcat Goldthwait (“Police Academy” 2 through 4, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”).