Laughing for the Cure

If you can't beat 'em, laugh at 'em. That's how the school bully thinks. Teachers around? Just resort to ridicule and cruel jokes. Which is exactly how the Laugh It Up comedy show benefitting the Children's Cancer Fund at the Addison Improv is treating cancer. No chemo? Try gut laughs...

By Andrea Grimes

October 11, 2007

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If you can't beat 'em, laugh at 'em. That's how the school bully thinks. Teachers around? Just resort to ridicule and cruel jokes. Which is exactly how the Laugh It Up comedy show benefitting the Children's Cancer Fund at the Addison Improv is treating cancer. No chemo? Try gut laughs. The show's at 8:30 p.m. this Thursday at the Improv, 4980 Belt Line Road. Last Comic Standing semifinalist Paul Varghese headlines, and talented locals Aaron Aryanpur and Anthony Perez open. Tickets are $20. Visit childrenscancerfund.net.
Thu., Oct. 11, 8:30 p.m., 2007

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