The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s easy to just rattle off the headliners and say go to them. In fact, several of the biggest names performing this week at the 2019 New York Comedy Festival already have sold out their shows! Here are shows you still have a chance at seeing last-minute, as well as …
Turning a podcast into a TV special, let alone a four-part series, doesn’t make sense for most podcasts. But 2 Dope Queens isn’t any podcast. The hit WNYC podcast from Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams is part two-woman comedy duo, part improv, part chat show, part stand-up storytelling showcase. It …
Don’t be misled by the title or the movie trailers. The Comedian, a Taylor Hackford film (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) starring Robert De Niro as a former sitcom star and stand-up comedian still trying to ply his trade into his 70s, is actually a love story about second …
Why was 6 afraid of 7? You know the joke: Because 7 8 9! Say it aloud. Spell it if you have to. But here we are, in episode seven of a short-order of eight episodes for season nine of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and we’re cutting the field of …
We’ve reached the semifinal stages of Last Comic Standing, which means we have only a couple of hours to get the field of stand-up comedians narrowed down from 41 to our 10 finalists for Season 9. Actually, we only have this hour to cut 15 from 20 to make up …
Last Comic Standing‘s third of four “Invitational” rounds continues to cut, cut, cut — so much so that if you’re not making it to the semifinals, why bother showing us their audition? Eight of the 12 people featured in this hour will move onward. Besides, as even host Anthony Jeselnik …
Last Comic Standing returns for the start of season 9 tonight on NBC, and The Comic’s Comic already has told you who to keep your eyes peeled for among the Top 100 stand-up comedians invited to perform and compete this summer. So now’s the time to get excited. Excite yourself …
So who received invites to the televised comedy competition that is Last Comic Standing in 2014? Here are your Top 100 who auditioned for Season 8 of Last Comic. The season premieres Thursday on NBC. Not listed in order of finish or preference. Not yet, anyhow. How many of these …
The website Splitsider has released its second movie today, this one a stand-up concert film documenting one of New York City’s best weekly comedy shows — “Whiplash,” hosted by Leo Allen and produced by Jeremy Levenbach each Monday at 11 for free at the UCB Theatre in Chelsea. A Night …
Sheng Wang likes seeing ladies at his gym, but he’s not going to try too hard to impress them with his own strength and flexibility. For one thing, he has a girlfriend. Wang explains in this performance from Wednesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. With Valentine’s Day around the …
