2023 brought a slew of highly anticipated returns and splashy specials from some of comedy’s biggest names as well as a healthy injection of fresh voices to a form that can grow stale when it feels ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...

Kevin Hart is that rare breed of comedian who didn't just break into the mainstream — he set the tone for it. Coming out of Philly with a sharp wit and an unstoppable grind, he transformed his ...

A year ago, Lea’h Sampson felt like everything was crashing. Though she had been doing stand-up comedy for six years, she was hitting a wall. Her jokes weren’t getting her booked, even in local comedy ...

For all of the comedians who complained they couldn’t joke about anything anymore, that sure didn’t stop them and everyone else from joking about everything this year. When the calendar year finally ...