The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Liza Treyger is a New York based stand-up comic by way of Chicago, who grew up in nearby Skokie after immigrating from Russia when she was 3. Treyger has her own Comedy Central half-hour special and album, GLITTERCHEESE, and a more recent half-hour special on Netflix as part of The …
Last week, he was “America’s Favorite Houseguest.” This week, he’s finally an American citizen. Comedian Tom Green, fresh off a fan favorite cash prize after participating in the second season of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS, officially became a U.S. citizen during a group swearing-in Wednesday in Los Angeles. Green …
When they came for the comedians, we would not stay silent. Mohanad Elshieky certainly wouldn’t. Elshieky, named one of Conan’s Comics to Watch in 2018 as well as one of Thrillist’s Best Undiscovered Comedians in America last year, revealed that ICE agents boarded his Greyhound bus this morning in Washington …
Orlando Leyba was born in Puerto Rico but deported to the Dominican Republic with his mother when he was just a small child. Leyba and his mom eventually made it back to the United States, and he got his start in comedy in Miami. Through hard work and timing, he’s …
Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the age of 31, she decided to move to America. So immigration isn’t just the subject of her hit podcast, Maeve In America: Immigration IRL, but also a first-hand experience. She co-hosts Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk …
Immigration is front and center of America’s conversation right now. The biggest, saddest immigration story is happening in Texas, where the Trump Administration is building new concentration camps for the babies and young children separated from their parents when they are captured trying to cross the border without papers. Kumail …
Julio Torres, a Space Prince on Tumblr and a “New Face of Comedy” in Montreal last month, is in danger of losing his privileges to keep his funny face and the rest of him in the United States. “I have a bit of a problem,” wrote Torres, an El Salvador …
A summer heat wave seems almost too perfect a time to experience New York City through Colin Quinn’s eyes. You think this is something?! Shoulda been here for the Summer of Sam. Quinn was. Then again, you could pick any season and Quinn would find a way to put it …
