Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mic looking out onto the stage of the crowd at East Austin Comedy Club. (James Gregg / For the Times) During Austin's evolution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veteran comic, writer and podcaster Marc Maron had harsh words for Austin's comedy scene earlier this summer on a widely viewed ...

It's a Wednesday night and these Austinites want to laugh. They stood in a line. They surrendered their smartphones and smartwatches (stashed away in locked Yondr cases). They climbed stairs to the ...

The last several years have seen a boom in the Austin comedy scene, and now there’s another entrant into this ever-growing market. Founded by comedians Raza Jafri and Andre Ricks, the East Austin ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival is combining forces with a Canadian comedy giant in order to help make Austin “the mecca for comedy in the United States.” Paramount Theater CEO Jim ...

Austin looked briefly like it was having a moment. Tech companies were relocating their workers to the capital in droves, and right-wing politicos and edgy comedians decided to make their homes in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Over the past year, people across Austin, Texas, the U.S., even the world, needed a laugh. "We're seeing a lot of really talented comedians move here to pursue comedy because they just ...

AUSTIN, Texas — During Austin’s evolution into a bona fide hub for comedy, Texas comics who told their L.A. peers to “move over,” “take a seat” and “hold our beer” probably didn’t think the Angelenos ...