The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
As seen on HBO’s Girls, Ophira Eisenberg hosts The Moth‘s monthly Story Slam in New York City, as well as various Moth events around the United States. You also can hear her weekly on NPR as host of the trivia game show, Ask Me Another. Her memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping …
Taylor Negron — stand-up comedian, actor, painter, poet and muse — died Saturday from cancer. Negron was 57. Born Brad Stephen Negron on Aug. 1, 1957, in Glendale, Calif., young Taylor already was performing stand-up comedy and appearing in episodes of The Dating Game by the time he matriculated at …
If you haven’t heard Adam Wade tell a story from his life, then you really must one of these days or nights. Wade is an 18-time winner of The Moth‘s StorySLAM. His tales often look back upon his romantic idealism and how it conflicts with and yet still manages to …
