Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

Each year, Bullseye looks back on the year in stand-up comedy by presenting listeners with an annual end of year stand-up comedy showcase! The Bullseye team combed through dozens and dozens of albums ...

Wow, 2025 — in the race to dismantle civilization, you certainly outdid yourself. And it took some brilliant stand-ups this year to take our problems big and small and turn them into jokes that ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

This month her Netflix special Wake Up, which was directed by John Mulaney, was added onto the streaming service. Since then, ...

Netflix has been producing and distributing original stand-up specials for well over a decade, with no indication that they are slowing down. In 2024 alone, the streaming service released more than 40 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Starting Friday night some of the city's most prestigious venues will be used for the annual New York Comedy Festival. It's the brainchild of Carolina Hirsch, who is sometimes ...

One of the most beloved comedians who died too soon is Patrice O'Neal, who passed away at the age of 41 in 2011 due to a stroke caused by his Type 2 diabetes. He never shied away from joking about his ...

Nearly every Tuesday night at Gambit Brewing in Lowertown, professional comedians headline the open-mic comedy show there. But which headliner is the funniest? A contest this week will decide — and ...

Gaby Huddart: ‘There’s something truly terrifying about the prospect of standing up in front of complete strangers with the sole mission of making them laugh’ - Grey Hutton As a burst of laughter ...