The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The student is now the master? Former Splitsider writer (now Vulture Senior Editor) Jesse David Fox and his colleagues at New York magazine have acquired Splitsider. Since launching in 2010, Splitsider had been part of The Awl Network of blog sites, which recently ceased operations. Now it will “be integrated …
Sacre bleu! Just For Laughs Group (Groupe Juste Pour Rire), responsible for throwing the biggest comedy festival in the world each July in Montreal, as well as fests in Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney, television specials, series and tours, has new owners. Howie Mandel and ICM Partners top an investor group …
Last year, Larry King had Dennis Miller on as a guest on King’s s Larry King Now which airs on ORA, Hulu and RT America. This year, they’re hitting the road together for a storytelling and stand-up comedy tour called “The King and The Jester.” Their tour kicks off June 2, 2018, at The Comerica Theatre …
Rory Albanese used to work behind the scenes with Stephen Colbert as an executive producer on the old Daily Show. Now here’s Albanese front and center performing stand up, wherein he imagines what it’d be like to perform a citizen’s arrest in 2018 in New York City, and enjoys dating …
Rachel Feinstein feels like she must apologize for her mother, who is so aggressively liberal she attempts to bond with the immigrant cab drivers of New York City. Feinstein explains in this stand-up performance on Monday night’s Conan. You can see more of Feinstein in season 2 of The Standups, …
A month ago, the new Dynasty Typewriter venue welcomed a surprise drop-in guest for its fifth show ever. Adam Sandler performed for 90 minutes, new stand-up material interspersed amid several songs with an accompanist on piano, and a camera crew in tow — not only workshopping material for his upcoming …
Bill Hader was nominated for three Emmy Awards for acting during his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, has written for South Park, lent his voice to animated hits such as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Inside Out, and served up memorable supporting roles …
Almost an hour into her performance of Nanette at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City, Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby pauses before she pivots. “You’re culturally unprepared for someone to be angry….and funny…in the same breath,” Gadsby informs us. Truth is, though, she can no longer tell her story without …
Mike Allan MacDonald joked onstage that he was “the King of Canadian Comedy,” but to many in Canada, he was royalty. Unlike the other great comedians to come out of Canada, MacDonald stayed. He stayed ’til the end, dying Saturday from heart complications. He was 63. 62 according to his …
A decade after an eight-season run on NBC, Will & Grace is proving even more popular for the network in its revival — already earning a two-season renewal into 2020. The cast and creators announced the news Saturday during a previously planned celebration of the sitcom at PaleyFest in Beverly …
