The Definitive Guide to Comedy
**** 1/2 (out of 5) Arj Barker is big in Australia. How big? He’s starring in a new feature film, The Nut Farm, just released in this nation’s movie theaters, where he plays a Bay Area crypto dud who inherits a farm full of nuts in Australia. Did Barker become …
**** (out of 5) Grogan sounds like a word describing a real tough guy; Down Under, more like tough shit. Luke Heggie‘s new hour finds him in dreaded territory as a dad. His kids are now old enough rebel against him. He’s no longer a hero. And as a middle-aged …
**** 1/2 (out of 5) Easter weekend and Ramadan coinciding with the start of the Melbourne festival felt fortuitous for visiting American stand-ups Joel Kim Booster and Zainab Johnson, who are co-headlining a run for the first half of the fest. It also helps that Booster and Johnson have both …
**** (out of 5) Based in Mumbai, Urooj Ashfaq‘s show has taken on new meaning since winning Best Newcomer at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe. Before, you might think “Oh No!” at how open she is about her religion, her childhood growing up with divorced parents in India, or her mental …
**** (out of 5) A late-night showcase at a festival tends to find its most success when it has a strong grip on its premise while maintaining the loosest flexibility to go with the flow, even when and especially if the flow turns into a spill requiring the hosts to …
Rob Haze is a comedian from Atlanta who currently makes his living in Los Angeles performing stand-up and writing for comedy shows on TV — among his credits are Sherman’s Showcase, the ESPY Awards, Kevin Hart’s year-in-review specials for Peacock, sketch comedy for Bleacher Report, stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy …
Cara Connors grew up in Chicago but began her comedy career in Toronto, where she studied with The Second City, created and starred in original series for CBC, provided social media humor for the series Workin’ Moms, and earned herself a New Faces slot with Just For Laughs. Since moving …
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Caitlin Peluffo is a New York City-based comedian who played soccer in college and explored a degree and career in the art world before diving into stand-up comedy. A decade later, Peluffo has performed on three different late-night shows on CBS — The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late …
Bill O’Neill is an actor and clown from Los Angeles whom you may recognize most readily from his frequent appearances in commercials as a Wendy’s employee. But O’Neill’s career goes back to his early teen years, when he scored a major speaking role in the 2008 film, Drillbit Taylor. A member …
