The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The fourth annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival now has dates and shows, so you can mark your calendars accordingly for next month’s festivities in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Behold! Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 An Evening of Science featuring StarTalk Live with Neil deGrasse Tyson plus Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and John …
A lot of big names in comedy familiar to past editions of the New York Comedy Festival will be returning to headline the 2011 edition this coming November. Louis C.K., Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes, Russell Peters, Kathy Griffin and Norm Macdonald are among the …
If you’re in the UK, August means time for Edinburgh Festival Fringe, four weeks in which comedians from around the world descend upon this Scottish city and compete for your attention, money and laughter. The 2011 Fringe would tell you, through its searchable database, that there are 26 comedy shows …
Comedy Central is producing a “Comics to Watch” showcase for the second consecutive year this November as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Comedy Central probably already does have a short list, but it’s not short enough just yet, so they’re holding two auditions this Wednesday and next (Aug. …
More and more music festivals are adding comedians into the mix, and November’s FunFunFun Fest in Austin, Texas, is another example of such. The lineup for the four stages at FFF 2011 — Nov. 4-6 — were announced today, with the prospect of additional names to be added. Here’s a …
Andy Kindler carried his notes plus the book “How to be Funny” under his right arm — “It’s a classic!” Kindler told The Comic’s Comic as he walked into the Grand Salon of the Montreal Hyatt to deliver his 2011 State of the Industry address to the Just For Laughs Comedy …
Paul F. Tompkins has it just about right, albeit with a few words that make this video NSFW, in introducing Andy Kindler before Kindler’s State of the Industry address on Friday afternoon at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival and conference. Roll the clip!
You may have seen some lists floating around with the 2011 crop of New Faces for Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in 2011, but they forgot about the third batch. That’s right. In addition to two groups of stand-up comedians showing off their best sets for Montrealers and industry scouts, …
