Meet Me In New York: Dan Wilbur
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as...
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Tag: Jim Tews
Schtick or Treat: Stand-up comedy’s #tbt Halloween tribute
Seven years ago, dozens of New York City comedians converged in costumed tribute to stand-up...
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Last Comic Standing, Season 8, Episode 2 of “The Invitationals” RECAP
Hey, comedy fans! We’re back with the second episode (and third hour) of the eighth season...
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Meet the Top 100 comedians competing on Season 8 of Last Comic Standing
So who received invites to the televised comedy competition that is Last Comic Standing in 2014?...
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Meet Me In New York: Jim Tews
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as...
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Week At The Creek: A residency for headliners to work out new hours of stand-up comedy
When Colin Quinn needed a venue to work out his latest one-man show,...
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An Open Letter From a Decent, White Male Comic, by Jim Tews
This essay is republished with permission from the author. Jim Tews wrote “An Open Letter...
Read MoreBlogging the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival (prelims 3-4)
Not all contest preliminary groups in the Boston Comedy Festival are created alike. That's the first thing that has to be said for prelims 3-4 last night. In the late show, you could make a case for at least eight of the 12...
Read MoreJim Tews is “The Opener”
Jim Tews is a stand-up comedian from Cleveland looking to take the next step in his career, and this online video series with HBO Labs called "The Opener" documents that process. Sort of. Not really. But it’s a...
Read MoreI’m judging you, Boston (part three)
Prelim 4 is when everything you thought you knew about the Boston Comedy Festival contest went out the window and onto the bricks and cobblestones below. A much stronger field of contenders — perhaps five or six of the 12 comics...
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