Review: Hannah Gadsby, “Douglas” on Netflix
by If you want to know why Hannah Gadsby’s 2020 Netflix special is called Douglas, there’s reasons more than the basic one she gives about her …
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Hannah Gadsby wins the writing Emmy for “Nanette”
Congratulations to Hannah Gadsby, who tonight won the Emmy Award for writing for a variety special for her 2018 comedy, Nanette. It’s Gadsby’s first Emmy! …
Hannah Gadsby’s TED Talk 2019: “How I Broke Comedy”
“After quitting comedy, I became the most talked-about comedian on the planet.” That’s Hannah Gadsby, near the start of her TED Talk this month in …
2018 Peabody Awards winners include Hannah Gadsby, Hasan Minhaj, “Barry,” + “The Good Place”
Congratulations to Hannah Gadsby, Bill Hader, Hasan Minhaj, and everyone living in The Good Place for their new biographical notations as Peabody Award winners! Here …
Episode #240: 2018 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman of The New York Times
Before we turn our calendars to 2019 and start making jokes about writing 2018 on all of our checks that we no longer write because …
Hannah Gadsby addresses “the good men” at the 2018 Women in Entertainment Gala
Hannah Gadsby took to the podium this week at the 2018 Women in Entertainment gala. It’s been quite a year for Gadsby, and a year …
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Barry the big comedy winners at 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards
The best comedy on TV in 2018 centers on a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. If only reality could imitate art now. But …
Review: Hannah Gadsby “Nanette” on Netflix
I made a point not to go back and look at my review of Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette from when I saw it live onstage in …
Review: Hannah Gadsby, “Nanette” at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City
Almost an hour into her performance of Nanette at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City, Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby pauses before she pivots. “You’re …
Hannah Gadsby and John Robins share Best Comedy Show honors at 2017 Edinburgh Fringe; Natalie Palamides Best Newcomer
For the first time ever, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards declared not one but two individual winners of the Best Comedy Show at the Fringe, with …