The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The trade magazine usually waits to time this announcement for late July, celebrating their “10 Comics To Watch” at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, but Variety is out with the 2022 list now! For anyone who hasn’t been keeping track, the Variety list is really more of who’s already hot, and …
The annual “Comics to Watch” list, published by Variety and assembled by folks inside the industry, usually comes out in late July so the trade magazine can fete the talent in person at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. That has necessarily changed since the pandemic. What hasn’t changed? The nature …
The “Comics to Watch” showcase at this year’s New York Comedy Festival proves that the talent pool has gotten younger and more diverse thanks to the digital comedy boom. Stand-up comedy not only has given rise to voices from all parts of our whole community, but also inspired kids to …
Last year’s Comics To Watch showcase was so successful, several of the stand-ups who performed for Team Coco eventually earned spots on Conan in 2018. Will this year’s crop prove just as promising? The ninth annual Comics To Watch at New York Comedy Festival happens Nov. 7 at Carolines on …
Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch” showcases, which had featured up-and-coming stand-ups in recent years at the New York Comedy Festival, is now rebranded as “Up Next” and will debut at Comedy Central’s own festival next weekend in San Francisco. These eight comedians selected to perform at Colossal Clusterfest also will …
Variety has announced its annual “10 Comics to Watch” list for 2016, almost two months before they’ll be feted at the end of July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. Without further ado, congratulations to… James Adomian and Anthony Atamaniuk for their “Trump vs. Bernie” mock debate tour and specials …
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. …
