Why you need a little Whiplash
by The UCB Theatre in New York City has a tradition of offering great stand-up comedy showcases for free late-night Mondays. For a while, Aziz Ansari …
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The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival
Eugene Mirman has announced the planned lineups for his crazy-yet-true-because-it-is-Eugene-after-all comedy festival named for him, taking place Sept. 25-28 in Brooklyn. Mirman pretty much has …
Meet the Awkward Kings of Comedy
The Original Kings of Comedy tour and Spike Lee documentary film helped spur a new wave of business for stand-up comedy and comedy films, including …
Bumbershoot 2008 highlights changes in Seattle comedy scene
Labor Day weekend in Seattle means the biggest music and arts fest of the year there, aka Bumbershoot. A decade ago, the weekend attracted names …
Rififi: This is the end, the end my friends, the end
Why would anyone mourn a venue that’s essentially a dive bar with inconsistent air conditioning, horribly horrible bathrooms, a movie screen that had a massive …
Hannibal Buress: Live at Gotham (and Comix!)
Hannibal Buress helped open up for Arj Barker last weekend at Comix, and he had some great jokes about the magic of the Courier font, …
Live at Gotham, with host Daniel Tosh, Matt Braunger, Hannibal Buress, Owen Benjamin, Mary Mack, Nigel Lawrence, Adam Devine
Hey comedy fans, before you start weekends, know that Comedy Central has a new Live at Gotham to share with you tonight at 10 p.m. …
Music and comedy combine for F Yeah tour
Did you know a music and comedy and spoken word and art show began touring the country this week, and it’s called F Yeah? Now …
Shades of Black, the BET taping
Word has it that BET is working on a documentary special for this summer on black comedy. A crew interviewed the members of the Brooklyn …
Robin Williams drops in on, impresses young Chicago comedians
My friends at Chicago comedy chronicler, The Bastion, reported that Robin Williams made the scene at both the Lakeshore Theater and the smaller Town Hall …