There was a time when comedy lived in small, smoky rooms and on crackly vinyl records you played after dinner. Across the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and into the 90s, a handful of stand-up comics slowly pushed ...

Some have said that tragedy is an important element to comedy but, for some of stand-up's most acclaimed stars, tragedy saw the end of their career. Far too many of our favorite comedians passed away ...

There’s a quote that is often used to describe comedy: “We must laugh to keep us from crying.” Napoleon Bonaparte first said it, but over time, the words evolved, but the meaning remained the same: ...

Comedy fans in 2024 have thousands of stand-up specials available at their fingertips. With dozens of new releases coming out each month across Netflix, HBO, Amazon, and YouTube, the competition has ...

As Wonder Project expands beyond faith-based films and television into stand-up comedy, comedian Sterling Scott says the ...

During the quarantine of early pandemic, stand-up comedy quickly began to find a larger audience as Americans stuck indoors began to crave the ideas of laughter, entertainment and escape, which led to ...

Kubbra Sait has begun her stand-up comedy journey, earning an enthusiastic response while embracing the spontaneity, honesty ...

Did stand-up comedians help reelect Donald Trump? Not a joke, as outgoing President Joe Biden might say. Trump has been the ...

Meadowlands Comedy Club founder Joseph Loesner says New Jersey's comedy scene is growing.