The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The lineup for the 18th Del Close Marathon is up! As seen in the new documentary, Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon (read my review), DCM brings together thousands of improvisers for a weekend marathon of make-em-ups, centered in and around the Upright Citizens Brigade theaters. …
After a few warm-up shows in recent weeks at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, Louis C.K. is ready to launch his next prolonged stand-up comedy tour, starting tomorrow night in Baltimore and extending through the end of 2016. The tour will start with theaters this month, then jumping to …
It’s Friday the 13th on your calendar, which marked a dark day for several network TV series awaiting their fates for renewal or cancellation. But even for those sitcoms fortunate enough to earn a second season — or those pilots looking for their initial season orders by ABC, CBS, FOX, …
He was the first comedian ever to perform at Just For Laughs and mentored a teen-age Jim Carrey into stardom. He was Wayne Flemming. Friend to many comedians in Toronto and across Canada. Flemming died earlier this week from lung disease. Flemming’s promotional materials described himself as “the Canadian father of …
The endoscopy clinic in New York City’s Upper East Side where Joan Rivers died after a routine surgery went bad has settled a malpractice lawsuit brought by the legendary comedian’s daughter. In a statement, Melissa Rivers: The lawsuit concerning my mother’s death has been settled. In accepting this settlement, I am …
To mark yesterday’s world premiere of Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cafe Society, at the Cannes Film Festival, French comedic actor Laurent Lafitte jokingly compared Allen to another director, Roman Polanski. “You’ve shot so many of your films here in Europe, and yet in the U.S., you haven’t even been convicted …
This is a banner week for Michael Ian Black. Black has a new children’s book that he promoted on Late Night with Seth Meyers (you can pre-order A Child’s First Book of Trump now), his latest stand-up special, Noted Expert, premieres this Friday night on EPIX, and he’s been announced as host …
MTV will premiere a brand-new 30-minute hidden camera prank show Ladylike, on Thursday, June 9, 2016. How will this prank show differ from the others? Ladylike takes Girl Code out of the studio and into the streets. Led by Nicole Byer (currently seen on FOX’s sketch series Party Over Here, …
“A place for his stuff.” That’s how Kelly Carlin shared the news last night with friends. Carlin shared a lot more at a public event last night at the Paley Center for Media in New York City, where the National Comedy Center convened a special panel of all-star comedians to …
Mike Birbiglia’s winning movie about an improv comedy group, Don’t Think Twice, will get a nationwide theatrical run this summer, starting July 22, 2016, in New York City, and preceded by a 20-city “Improv Across America” bus tour complete with free improv workshops. Don’t Think Twice premiered in March at SXSW, …
