The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival kicks off its 2011 edition tonight in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and as it has become an annual institution, it has remained steadfastly unique among comedy festivals in celebrating the fact that it’s festive, but not in an industry-focused, star-making, pressure-packed way. Each year’s fest has …
A photo circulated the other day of Jeremy Piven, he of the hairdo that grows with age, walking his three Emmy Awards in a baby stroller and pouch, and people wondered, was he making some bold statement in protest of not receiving a nomination this year? Nope. Piven, Kristin Chenoweth, …
Artie Lange might not be back on Howard Stern, but his comeback is in full effect. Lange has been performing stand-up comedy regularly at The Comedy Cellar and appearing at other comedy clubs in New York City over the past couple of weeks, and today, Nick DiPaolo announced that he …
British comedian Bill Bailey is starting a brief North American tour of his one-man show, “Dandelion Mind,” and The Comic’s Comic has a few pairs of free tickets if you’d like to see him perform it in New York City over the next couple of nights! Please let me know …
Something old, something new from Baron Vaughn on last night’s episode of Conan. Not to worry, though: nothing borrowed, nor nothing blue. Wait. Is somebody getting married in this item? No. Just fun with words. Words with friends. I like the part when Baron Vaughn is on my TV. Roll …
Social media sure is bringing us all together more than ever, isn’t it? Yesterday, the New York Times announced that it was moving Sam Sifton off of his food critic beat to become the paper of record’s national editor. Think of that what you will. The comedy comes in here. …
Talk about a vote of confidence from the network… NBC announced today that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — with The Roots and all — will broadcast live from Indianapolis following Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The show also will tape episodes in Indianapolis from the Hilbert …
It’s not easy being a woman in a male-dominated profession, and comedy is no different. Except that it certainly feels different. Because even when women in comedy are funny and try to make fun of this situation, it can go awry. Like, oh, I don’t know, take today’s offering on …
Kevin Hart’s fans turned out for him in the opening weekend of his new stand-up concert film and documentary, Laugh at My Pain, scoring $1.91 million at the box-office. It’s the best opening-weekend performance for a stand-up comedy movie since Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat pulled in $7.37 million in August 2002. …
Living in New York City, it’s difficult to get through a September 11 without thinking about what happened that day in 2001, and yet I hadn’t planned on mentioning it here. Then I saw that two-hour documentary on CBS, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which saw two brothers filming the FDNY’s …
