Rififi closing, again?!
by Every few months, it’s time for another Rififi-is-closing scare, and so we were due for a note like this one sent out to performers from …
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The Creek and The Cave: Full-time comedy in May
As people bemoan the evolution of the East Village and Lower East and wonder, where can independent-minded comedians and comedy fans congregate, have you considered …
Ochi’s Lounge: Now Monday-Thursday
Ochi’s Lounge, the basement venue of Comix, had its final weekend shows this past weekend, with a new schedule of shows running Mondays-Thursdays only. I …
About The Saturday Night Live Scholarships with The Second City, The Groundlings, The PIT and THe UCB
In the build-up to season 46 of Saturday Night Live, NBC announced that the sketch-comedy TV institution would be partnering with select comedy theaters and …
Welcome to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY
The long-awaited National Comedy Center opens its doors this week in Jamestown, NY, the birthplace of comedy legend Lucille Ball. Grand Opening festivities boast appearances …
Sacha Baron Cohen stars in new satire series, Who Is America? for Showtime
It makes perfect sense in hindsight. We hadn’t heard or seen much of anything out of Sacha Baron Cohen since The Brothers Grimsby movie premiere …
Reviewed: The best comedy specials of 2017
We saw a record number of hour-long stand-up comedy specials released on video in 2017. Were they all worth your time? Probably not. But I …
SF Sketchfest announces lineup for 17th annual celebration in January 2018
The biggest, longest comedy festival in the United States is coming back in 2018, and SF Sketchfest boasts an equally impressive lineup, to be presented …
Farewell, and all the POINTS! to @midnight with Chris Hardwick, grand comedian showcase masquerading as a game show
The ABC television network may make a major production out of reviving all of our favorite game shows from the 1970s in primetime this summer. …
2017 Emmy nominations for comedy and comedians on TV
I’ll get into all of this in detail later, but for now, just the facts, ma’am. Here are your nominees in the comedy categories for …