The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Iliza Shlesinger has scored another book deal. After writing and publishing “Girl Logic” in 2015, Shlesinger now will produce a series of essays titled “All Things Aside,” through Abrams Books. Quote! “Iliza has emerged as one of the true talents of her generation. She’s able to call out, cut through, …
And now Iliza Shlesinger has her October 2020 booked with a new live tour of drive-ins across America, thanks to Monster Energy, which just announced Iliza’s Comedy Tailgate Tour. Tickets go on sale tomorrow through Iliza’s website and Eventbrite. “Party Goblin’s loaded up on Monster Energy and she’s coming to …
Iliza Shlesinger kicked off the second week of Jimmy Kimmel’s vacation by guest hosting Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and I liked what she had to say about cancel culture. To wit: “When the internet first started it was a whimsical way to chat with your friends, send your …
For her fifth Netflix comedy special, Iliza focused on her wedding, deconstructing the whole process for laughs. As I wrote last year: Having gone through the process of getting married, Iliza knows firsthand that nobody wants wedding advice, and yet as a comedian who has already “written four f—ing Netflix …
Iliza Shlesinger arrived in New York City last weekend, telling comedy club audiences she’s on the East Coast to work on a project, and now we know what that project is: Her very own sketch comedy series on Netflix! The streaming giant announced the news today. Netflix has ordered The …
Iliza Shlesinger has become such the comedy fixture on Netflix that, four specials in, you’re not even surprised that she’s continuing to go by just Iliza. Elder Millennial finds the comedian at a crossroads, in more than one demographic way. She’s not only in her mid-30s now, but she was …
The 14th annual New York Comedy Festival, now in partnership with TBS, has announced its headliners for this November! Among them: truTV’s The Impractical Jokers Starring The Tenderloins at Madison Square Garden; Bill Maher at The Theater at Madison Square Garden; Brian Regan at Carnegie Hall; Jon Lovett’s “Lovett or …
Iliza Shlesinger made no secret of wanting her own late-night talk show, and Tuesday night, she premiered Truth & Iliza on Freeform. It’s a weekly half-hour, each week built around a theme of Shlesinger’s choosing. For her debut, she chose “Well, What Can We Say.” The episode included an opening …
Iliza Shlesinger has made no secret of her desire to join the ranks of late-night talk show hosts. Come May, she’ll have her chance, starting with a six-week trial run of Truth & Iliza on Freeform. “I’m so grateful to Freeform for inviting me to create a show that occupies …
Iliza Shlesinger performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and delivered comedy on something we all can agree on, no matter our politics. A woman will keep applying makeup and changing her hair until her date arrives, no matter how much time that takes and regardless of whether …
