In 2016, the last time C.K. was in Madison, he topped Overture Hall’s best-seller list that season, averaging 2,238 seats sold per show, or 99% capacity, for his two nights in the theater.
Meanwhile, Colleen Bos, owner of Bos Meadery on 849 E. Washington Ave., is hosting BABE-APALOOZA! with female comedians and a female emcee Sunday, the night C.K. opens his three-night Madison run.
Bos said she plans to have security at the show after getting negative private social media messages.
She said the gist of the messages has been “Why are you hosting a virtue signaling event with these horrible women?”
“They’re mostly just expressing anger that we’re hosting the event. I guess it caught me off guard,” she said. “That’s never happened for one of our shows before. So, we’re just using an abundance of caution.”
Bos said she didn’t get any supportive messages, but has gotten lots of calls from “people eager to attend.”
The Bos Mead Hall capacity is 99 and there were still a few $10 tickets left as of Friday afternoon.
Comedian Sasha Rosser, one of the BABE-APALOOZA! performers, considers Comedy on State, 202 State St., her “home club” and has been performing there since she began doing stand-up comedy in 2019. She often hosts the open mics, and hosted the grand reopening weekend in April.
