The Definitive Guide to Comedy
First things first: The best performances from Wednesday night’s debut New Faces showcases in Montreal came from Taylor Tomlinson, Martin Urbano, Preacher Lawson, Sam Jay and James Austin Johnson. Secondly: The early showcase Wednesday (Group 1) was otherwise solid from top to bottom, despite a lackluster opening by host Sugar Sammy, …
Here they are, they’ve auditioned multiple times, many of them for multiple years, to get here. A coveted spot in Montreal’s “New Faces” at Just For Laughs. What used to just showcase stand-up comedians aiming for the big time from comedy club bookers, casting agents and development deals from the …
Remember when seemingly every comedian who ever called him or herself a comedian taped half-hour submissions earlier over the winter? They started finding out from Comedy Central last week, and here’s the full list of stand-ups recording what’s now being called Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… These first 14 half-hours also …
“I got a hundred likes on the pictures, so this doesn’t really matter right now.” That’s Sam Jay making her late-night debut on Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. She jokes about how we should lean into our stereotypes, and despite everything, still be nice to old white men. Roll the clip!
Comedy Central and The New York Comedy Festival have expanded their annual “Comics to Watch” showcase this year, adding a second night to the events happening next week — and also distributing jokes from the selected comedians via Snapchat and Spotify to give you more ways to watch and hear them. …
