Tag: stand-up
Announcing the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a new venue and improv school in Williamsburg
Two comedians who helped launch and run the former Brooklyn branch of the Annoyance Theater have...
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Toward A More Perfect Comedian Union
If you had told me 10 years ago, when I launched The Comic’s Comic from a hotel room in Las...
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Team Coco’s Comedy Club animates stand-up routines on Snapchat
Matt Braunger’s routine about an elevator ride from hell has become the first animated...
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UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017
The flagship theater for the Upright Citizens Brigade is moving on up out of the basement of...
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Comedy Central renews Kevin Hart’s “Hart of the City” for second season
Before the first season wraps up this Sunday night, Comedy Central has announced a second-season...
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HBO Comedy rebooting new editions of Tracey Ullman sketch, Def Comedy, plus stand-up hours from T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes and Jerrod Carmichael
HBO’s comedy brand is offering something old, something new, something borrowed and...
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The definitive guide to comedy festivals for 2016
PLEASE GO TO MY NEWLY CREATED COMEDY FESTIVALS FOR A MORE TIMELESS LISTING OF ALL OF THE CURRENT...
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Comedian To Do List: Men vs. Women, by Sara Schaefer
The only thing more striking about Sara Schaefer’s recent Twitter photo of the differences...
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Anthony Jeselnik: “Thoughts and Prayers” (Netflix)
Anthony Jeselnik’s Comedy Central series only lasted six months, but he remains unapologetic as...
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Open call auditions for 2015 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up competition
Last year’s winner of New York’s Funniest Stand-Up, Ricky Velez, was hired this year...
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Aaron Berg, Jessica Delfino set out to break Steve Byrne’s record for stand-up comedy sets in one night
Aaron Berg is known for his muscles and muscling his way through any crowd work that comes his...
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Jon Stewart reminisces with Louis CK about The Comedy Cellar in final Daily Show guest segment
Jon Stewart welcomed Louis CK as his final official guest on The Daily Show for his penultimate...
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