The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The New York Comedy Festival certainly hopes that New York City is back (as this week’s concert series across the boroughs boasts), announcing its slate of headliners for in-person shows at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall and other halls across Manhattan this coming Nov. 8-14, 2021. So who’s performing where? Here’s …
Well, isn’t this special?! Perhaps because I was the only person to actually review 2021’s New Faces of Comedy (check out my Substack, it’s called Piffany!), the folks at Just For Laughs decided last night to start posting the showcase sets individually to YouTube. This is unprecedented. Usually you had …
Former Last Comic Standing winner Josh Blue joked about living with a disability in his quarterfinal performance tonight on America’s Got Talent. Blue joked about how the disabled community is the largest minority group in the world, because all disabilities are lumped in together in the same pile. “You’re just …
Musical comedy act Johnny Showcase didn’t win over two of the judges tonight, as both Simon Cowell and Howie Mandel buzzed the big X during their original song, “The Octopus.” But it’s your votes overnight that’ll determine if they make it through to the next round.
Late Late Show writer Fumi Abe made his network TV debut Monday on The Late Show. Abe joked about growing up Japanese-American in Ohio, where he was “a sample size of one,” as well as topics as serious as the pandemic and as normal as dating in your 30s.
Phil Wang was one of only two comedians from outside the United States to be invited to perform as part of Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup series in 2018. Born in England but raised in Malaysia until he returned to the U.K. at age 16, Wang graduated from the University of …
Happy 50th birthday to Jackie Fabulous, who celebrated with a performance on The Tonight Show! The pandemic almost broke her, though, as she moved in with her mother and had to consider getting a real job when comedy gigs went away.
While on a walkabout today at my local waterfront park, I realized I’m on the verge of not just a milestone birthday, but also two landmark anniversaries in my life. It was just about 25 years ago now that I auditioned for and received an invitation to join my first …
Gina Brillon also advanced this summer into AGT’s quarterfinals rounds, performing live on Tuesday’s episode. Will your votes in the next hours put her through to the next round? Hear her joke about trying to get a formal job with a Rosie Perez accent, and the joys and pitfalls of …
The Summer Olympics are over, so America’s Got Talent is back on NBC primetime, and we’re into the live quarterfinals performances. Kabir Singh is among them! He joked Tuesday about his mom’s texts. Will Singh make it through to the next round? Your votes will help determine his fate tonight …
