Comedy in recent times has become a breeding ground for anger rather than laughter as the landscape changes around stereotypes and the line blurs between satire and blatant insults. Stereotypes have ...

A recent study conducted by researchers from Aberystwyth University and the University of North Carolina came to a controversial conclusion that confirmed an age-old stereotype: Men are funnier than ...

Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley's sibling comedy is laden with iffy jokes - UKTV Play Does everyone in Ireland drink too much? Following on from The Dry, ITV’s comedy-drama about a thirtysomething ...

On July 4, we’re expected to celebrate the holiday to mark U.S. independence from British rule. But for many Americans, that date in no way meant the end of colonialism. “I grew up on the Bishop ...

If jokes about the reproductive capabilities of Mexican women or the number of day laborers it takes to change a lightbulb is your idea of humor in 2020, chances are the inaugural Ha Comedy Festival, ...

The Irish Comedy Tour has spent the past 13 years leaning into Irish stereotypes. On Feb. 23, the quartet will bring humor and music — and a fiddler dressed as a leprechaun — to Longview’s Columbia ...

"The comedy scene here is quite different with most of the jokes in Swahili and it’s about tribes, stereotypes." Elsa Majimbo, a 19-year-old South Africa-based Kenyan comic, has impressed many with ...

“The Geisha Next Door,” written and performed by up and coming writer/actress Miki Yamashita, premiered Sept. 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. in the Rooke Theater at Mount Holyoke College. The one-woman show, ...

Several members of the Bloomers cast including Amanda Bello (left), Morgan Singer, Hope Brindle, Alex Goldstein, and Alison Yarto (right) perform a bit as part of the Bloomers spring show. Credit: ...

The ensemble of Concrete Content's No Trailer. From L: Cielo Santiago, Angelica Julia Dávila, Elizabeth Nungaray, Dani Suárez, David Zepeda Credit: Anthony Arroyo Over nine short pieces unfolding in ...

Nicole Blaine previously executive-produced the Westside Comedy Theater’s annual Comedy Showdown competition for nearly a decade. There were some good parts to the position, like helping talent gain ...

This story is part of a USA TODAY series looking at the evolution of comedy and what the industry’s future looks like in a changing world. Comedy in recent times has become a breeding ground for anger ...