Off-Broadway review: Colin Quinn, “The New York Story”
by A summer heat wave seems almost too perfect a time to experience New York City through Colin Quinn’s eyes. You think this is something?! Shoulda …
Category: Reviews
First impressions: 2015 New Faces of Comedy, Characters
Don’t know how you feel yet about self-fulfilling prophecies, but it certainly seems as though Montreal’s Just For Laughs successfully read “The Secret” when it …
First impressions: 2015 New Faces of Comedy, Unrepped
There may have been stronger individual stand-ups to emerge out of Montreal’s New Faces showcases in years past, but as an overall class, 2015’s crop …
First impressions: 2015 New Faces of Comedy, Group 2
Very impressed by the number of strong, unique voices Montreal’s Just For Laughs has plucked for New Faces in 2015. Please note, as the headline …
First impressions: 2015 New Faces of Comedy, Group 1
Very impressed by the number of strong, unique voices Montreal’s Just For Laughs has plucked for New Faces in 2015. Please note, as the headline …
One year in: The Goddamn Comedy Jam rocks, raps and rolls through Montreal #JFLMTL
The Goddamn Comedy Jam began life on July 21, 2014, in Los Angeles, another of the themed comedy showcases that strive to wake up the …
Jeff Ross brings the Roastmasters Invitational to Montreal
For the past year and more, comedians have squared off in head-to-head competitions to match wits and trade insults at The Comedy Store in West …
Review: Dave Chappelle at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2015
DJ Trauma is urging the audience to stand and wave their arms in the air, as if they don’t care that they’ve waited in line, then …
Watch “Hungry,” a documentary on competitive eating, directed by comedians Barry Rothbart and Jeff Cerulli
Whether you watched today’s Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest and found it ridiculous — or refused to watch it precisely because it’s ridiculous — …
Interviews / Reviews / Video
Owen Smith shot his 2015 stand-up special using just 10 iPhones: “Good Luck Everybody”
Owen Smith bought 10 iPhones, filmed a stand-up hour with them, and then returned the phones the next day at the Apple Store. True story. …