Comedian/monologist Mike Birbiglia has established himself as a bemused observer navigating the pitfalls of ordinary life like a contemporary Stan Laurel. In works such as Sleepwalk With Me, an account of his struggles with a sleep disorder written first as a one-man show and later reworked into a book and a film, Birbiglia has shown that his best subject is himself, artfully describing personal events as if slightly removed from them and capturing the mundane with a kind of gentle surrealism.…
Comedian/monologist Mike Birbiglia has established himself as a bemused observer navigating the pitfalls of ordinary life like a contemporary Stan Laurel. In works such as Sleepwalk With Me, an account of his struggles with a sleep disorder written first as a one-man show and later reworked into a book and a film, Birbiglia has shown that his best subject is himself, artfully describing personal events as if slightly removed from them and capturing the mundane with a kind of gentle surrealism.…