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Bernie Mac, one of the "Original Kings of Comedy," has died from complications of pneumonia. Mac was only 50. Mac appeared in the groundbreaking documentary film, The Original Kings of Comedy, which rebooted stand-up comedy. He had his own successful FOX sitcom, appeared in the three Oceans movies with George …
Mike Birbiglia’s new one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me, has found a venue and a start date for its Off-Broadway run. Previews begin Oct. 17 at the Bleecker Street Theatre. Nathan Lane is helping out, at least in name. For more info, go to the show’s site and sign up for …
If you missed last night’s finale of Last Comic Standing, then you also missed the melodramatic conclusion of the ancillary Last Comic Driving contest, which forced 10 other stand-up comedians to tell jokes to paid actors while sitting cramped in a hot car without air conditioning, as nice Brit Lady …
Longtime friends and comedy colleagues Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter will tape their TV pilot in New York City tonight for Comedy Central, called Michael and Michael Have Issues. Free tickets already offered and distributed (sorry for my delay in possibly aiding and abetting your live audience needs). It’s …
That’s right. Iliza Shlesinger is your sixth winner of Last Comic Standing. Congrats, Iliza. You get a pile of cash, a development deal, and a new car, right? Wow. Here is a clip! Marcus finished runner-up. Did you have TV/DVR issues last night? If you were in the New York …
This is shaping up to be the screwiest finale in Last Comic Standing since the whodunit that ended season three’s "all-star" challenge round. For one thing, will anyone in the New York City area find out who won? NBC says the finale airs tonight from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., …
A sixth Last Comic Standing will be named tonight on NBC (well, that’s the plan, anyhow), so let’s check my comedy club calendar and see what the first five winners are up to this weekend… Dat Phan is at the Improv in Temecula, Calif., tonight through Saturday.John Heffron is taping …
So, yes, Robin Williams is heading back out on the road for an official stand-up comedy tour this fall, starting Sept. 25 in Minneapolis and ending two months later in Boston. He has quietly been working on new material between breaks from movie making, including surprise drop-ins in New York …
The 92nd Street Y once again brings comedy to the Upper East Side as only the 92Y does it, announcing a slate of upcoming programming for the fall, including: Sept. 9: Warren Adler and Stewie Stone on the influence of the Borscht Belt comedians on mainstream American humorSept. 15: Alan …
Bob Odenkirk laid down the news tonight that he and David Cross have decided to scrap their own HBO pilot that played with sitcom conventions, called "David’s Situation." Although they all thought the pilot succeeded, they felt that the format they had created, well, why don’t I just let Odenkirk …