It was more structurally and tonally ambitious than most specials at the time, and Galifianakis was less well known than the ...

Comedy fans in 2024 have thousands of stand-up specials available at their fingertips. With dozens of new releases coming out each month across Netflix, HBO, Amazon, and YouTube, the competition has ...

Stand-up Comedy (After Dark) returned in February after a yearlong hiatus, drawing both seasoned comics and eager audiences ...

Jenny Slate was among the stellar comics that added to the greater gamut of stand-up excellence this past year, with “Seasoned Professional.” (Rebecca Rotenberg / Flickr) Sometimes I feel like a ...

A growing number of people in China feel their country’s future looks gloomy. Many young Chinese do not think their lives will be better than those of their parents, who enjoyed the hongli, or ...

Jonathan Van Halem launched his stand-up comedy career at the tender age of 18. “Growing up, I watched Jim Gaffigan and Dane ...

Jo Koy and Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias will headline the first stand-up comedy show at SoFi Stadium on March 21, with more than ...

Since breaking into DC’s comedy scene five years ago, Rola Zaarour has noticed a trend across all of the events she’s produced: When a couple or a group of friends attends a show, a woman usually ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Howie Mandel will perform at SKyPAC on April 3 with special guest Preacher Lawson. Mandel, known for his roles in “Gremlins,” “Little Monsters,” and as a judge on ...

Audience reactions are a staple of standup specials. But they’re a strange device when you take a closer look.

WRONGLY accused “killer” Amanda Knox is doing stand-up comedy as a way of “finding the ability to laugh at the bad things ...

Zanetta Miller, the new Director of Development at St. Jude House is thrilled about the event and its impact. “We are very ...