The Definitive Guide to Comedy
And just like that…stand-up comedians are booking arena gigs again in 2021. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic still rages in parts of the world. Is anyone anywhere shocked that it’s Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan booking the arenas? Chappelle and Rogan continued performing throughout 2020, mostly taking their shows outdoors …
Rose Matafeo is a comedian, writer and actor from New Zealand who began her comedy career at age 15. In 2018, her stand-up show Horndog won the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she subsequently recorded Horndog in posterity for HBO Max in 2020. She has become a …
Starting tonight…Tiffany Haddish and co-host Deon Cole will be your hosts for a weekly weekend double-feature of movies and conversations on TBS. Friday Night Vibes kicks off with guests Snoop Dogg and Tina Knowles Lawson, plus screenings of Creed and Creed 2., as they chat about Juneteenth and Father’s Day …
In 2019, rapper and movie star Will Smith crossed stand-up comedy off of his “Bucket List” by performing at a gig for his Facebook Watch series. Later that year, Smith also met up with several stand-ups to hang with them for a would-be Quibi series, This Joka, which has yet …
Kabir Singh broke the fourth wall in the interviews leading up to his audition for America’s Got Talent 2021, reminding us just how difficult it was financially for stand-up comedians in 2020. This year should look brighter for Singh. Singh, who won the 2014 San Francisco Comedy Competition, might have …
Originally set to premiere in the spring of 2020, the Atlantic Theater Company is pleased to announce new dates for The Bedwetter, a highly-anticipated new musical based on the bestselling memoir by Sarah Silverman, written with Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews), and featuring a sensational final score by the late Adam Schlesinger …
A year ago, most comedy clubs had shuttered for the pandemic, leaving stand-ups to go to whatever lengths to find live audiences, from parks to rooftops and anywhere in between where they could set up a microphone, an amplifier, and spaced seating. This summer? We haven’t outlasted the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Josh Johnson is a stand-up comedian and writer from Louisiana who began his comedy career in Chicago. Since moving to New York City, he has performed on late-night TV via Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City, Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup, and a half-hour special …
The 10th anniversary of the Moontower Comedy Festival will happen in person this September. Produced by the Paramount Theatre and sponsored by Cap City Comedy Club, which itself is preparing to resurface this fall in a new location after shuttering its longtime home during the pandemic, Moontower 2021 has a …
Weird timing for this, but here we are… Today, Montreal-based comedy festival Just For Laughs unveiled the concept and lineup for their first-ever curated travel experience, Just For Laughs Escapes – Cancun, taking place Nov. 3-7, 2021. Collaborating with leading travel company Pollen Presents, Just For Laughs will be taking over Barcelo …
