The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy fans may have noticed the latest Katt Williams skirmish with civilians and news headlines, which culminated with Williams daring to call out Kevin Hart in some sort of million-dollar joke-off, or something. Then he called it off. But Jay Pharoah found it the perfect excuse to imagine a black …
Neal Brennan knows it’s odd to give John Legend top billing as the presenting executive producer of his new show, 3 Mics, which officially opened its Off-Broadway run Thursday night at the Lynn Redgrave Theater (45 Bleecker). Brennan could poke fun at Legend with a zinger. He could tell a funny anecdote …
Lance Bangs has become today’s go-to director for comedians filming their stand-up specials, road shows, showcases and documentaries. His credits since 2013 alone include directing Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron, Chelsea Peretti, Jen Kirkman, Kyle Kinane, John Hodgman and Bridget Everett. He followed Todd Barry on his Crowd Work Tour, hopped …
For all of the talk about Amy Schumer this year, it’s worth noting that Schumer joked throughout this summer’s Oddball Festival about how little money she made off of her own blockbuster hit movie, Trainwreck. And truth be told, Schumer — nor any woman — are to be found on …
Dave Chappelle began a multi-night stint at New York City’s Gramercy Theatre last night with all-star opening acts that included Saturday Night Live‘s Michael Che and Pete Davidson, plus his former Chappelle’s Show co-star Donnell Rawlings. But how’s Chris Rock for a show-stopper?! Rock dropped in for a surprise set, …
DJ Trauma is urging the audience to stand and wave their arms in the air, as if they don’t care that they’ve waited in line, then sat through a half-hour of pumped-up jams, racially sensitive jokes from “Ashy Larry” and more remixed dance anthems from the 1970s and 1980s. He could …
Imagine if nobody in the audience in Philadelphia last year had captured Hannibal Buress on their cell phone camera, performing his bit calling out Bill Cosby as a hypocrite. Cosby certainly would like to imagine it. But it’s not just about him, or about Buress, but about all stand-up comedians …
The 33rd edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival will continue to cement its position as the world’s biggest congregation and celebration of comedy this July, with awards and performances heralding Dave Chappelle, Mike Myers, Kevin Hart, Patton Oswalt, Ellie Kemper and Armando Iannucci. The festival announced today they’ll be …
The Dave Chappelle comeback is now complete. After touring with Funny or Die’s summer Oddball Festival amphitheater tour, holding down a residency at Radio City Music Hall and more than a year of theater dates across North America, Chappelle recorded his stand-up for a special over the weekend at Austin …
Marc Maron jokingly wondered this summer if anyone ever had looked him up after seeing him on TV in Canada via one of the many comedy “Galas” produced each summer by Montreal’s Just For Laughs. Joke no more. Especially since some media reports described JFL’s new YouTube Channel as releasing …
