This month her Netflix special Wake Up, which was directed by John Mulaney, was added onto the streaming service. Since then, ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Ricky Gervais is a multi-talented comedian, actor, writer, producer, and filmmaker. He co-created and starred in groundbreaking sitcoms such as The Office, Extras, Life’s Too Short, Derek, and the ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

Comedy Central has been producing absolute gems since the '90s. Here, we rank the 15 greatest shows the network has produced over the years.

Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

This year has brought its fair share of gloomy news headlines, so it’s no surprise that people might be needing a solid laugh ...

The New York Comedy Festival has unveiled its lineup for the “New York’s Funniest Stand-Ups” showcase, a new spin on a long-running tradition to find the next great voice in stand-up comedy. The show ...

Live comedy thrived in 2025, with scores of outstanding shows making the way around the Australian festival circuit and ...

AM. Pittsburgh’s funniest, mostly queer, comedians want to hear your problems. On Thursday, December 18, Amir Megherhi, Cassi Bruno, Ellen Lundie, Roy Gloeckl, ...