The Definitive Guide to Comedy
One of the three largest annual celebrations of comedy in the world isn’t happening this year due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The folks Down Under at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Australia just pulled the plug on the 2020 edition, which was set to begin March 25 and run …
PRESS STATEMENT BY JANE ROSENTHAL, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, TRIBECA ENTERPRISES “We founded the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to heal our community after the devastation of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. We were determined to overcome our fear and anxiety by joining together. It is in our DNA to …
Daytime talk shows based in New York City such as The View and Wendy Williams began filming episodes this week without a regular studio audience as a precaution for the COVID-19 coronavirus. And now the late-night comedy talkers are following suit. Starting this week with Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, …
The live, all-star benefit NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AMERICA UNITES FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS planned for April has been postponed. HBO just made the announcement, taking precautions as New York City and the rest of America and the world try to keep the coronavirus (COVID-19) from becoming even more of …
On Tuesday’s Conan, Conan O’Brien playfully imagined what it must’ve been like for the comedian booked aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, stuck in the San Francisco Bay Area waiting for the United States to let it dock anywhere, all thanks to the coronavirus. Of course, someone actually does get …
Each year, StandUp NBC (known to old-timers as the contest, StandUp For Diversity) holds auditions and regional competitions in search of new, up-and-coming talent. Recent winners have included Mike E. Winfield, Kiry Shabazz, JR De Guzman, and Dulcé Sloan. This January, NBCUniversal named co-winners in Franqi French and Rene Vaca. …
Is owning a dog similar to raising a child? The Sklar Brothers, twins who also are fathers of their own children, say no. Definitely no.
Vanessa Gonzalez taught preschool after getting a theater degree and before becoming a full-time stand-up comedian, and as she explained on Lilly Singh’s late-night show on Monday, Gonzalez found her talents came in handy while trying to bond with preschoolers. Gonzalez just released her debut comedy album, “My Birthday’s Tomorrow,” …
This coming Thursday night, the 38-year-old mayor of South Bend., Ind., will guest-host Jimmy Kimmel Live. But why? Sure, “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg ran for the Democratic presidential nomination this year, only to bow out two days before Super Tuesday to help the establishment of the Democratic Party rally behind former …
Fans of Louis CK who saw the comedian perform over the weekend at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., were abuzz on Reddit, not just over his new hour of material, but also because camera crews documented the whole thing. CK last put out a stand-up special three years ago, …
