Steven Kravitz
Stand-up specials
Broad, aggressive club comedy executed with a trained mime's physical precision.
Steven Kravitz treats the stage like an open mat. He does not stand static behind the microphone. He throws his frame into a punchline, using sweeping movements to act out a premise. If a joke calls for him to look flustered, he doesn’t just widen his eyes; he drops his shoulders, angles his neck, and plays the emotion from his feet up.
He is a direct product of the 1980s comedy boom. After coming up in San Francisco, he moved to Los Angeles and toured as one of Sam Kinison’s Original Outlaws of Comedy. He operates as a veteran of a loud era of standup, representing a time when a comic had to be physically imposing to steamroll a late-night crowd.
His act relies on performance rather than text. A premise that looks basic on a transcript works because he commits entirely to the act-out. He stretches simple observations into frantic pantomimes, keeping the room engaged through physical stamina.
He does not lean on dense wordplay. The joke is usually the shape his body makes while he delivers the punchline.
That control comes from strict formal training. Before starting standup in 1981, Kravitz earned a theater degree and studied mime in Paris under Jacques Lecoq and Étienne Decroux.