Digital platforms are reshaping comedy, offering new opportunities while traditional venues remain essential for growth.

The Chicago-born comic is performing a benefit show in Altadena as part of Netflix Is a Joke festival to raise money for ...

Argentine American comedian Daniela Inés Calvo didn't see an avenue to perform stand-up in Spanish, so she created the "No ...

On the afternoon of April 9, 2026, partisans of the Alberta separatist movement—who rally for the landlocked province’s ...

Joe Kwaczala is a Los Angeles-based comedian and the writer-star of the mockumentary American Comic, which follows two ...

The series also incorporates audience interviews and real-time feedback from the crowd, exploring how different demographics think and react to specific types of humor. It’s described as blending the ...

Nothing good happens after midnight — except flat nachos, braised short rib hash, a cosmopolitan and late-night comedy at your local diner. Whether you’re planning a lively date night or just looking ...

Since breaking into DC’s comedy scene five years ago, Rola Zaarour has noticed a trend across all of the events she’s produced: When a couple or a group of friends attends a show, a woman usually ...

Blair Socci grew up surrounded by older boys in her San Juan Capistrano neighborhood, and she quickly learned that if she didn’t figure out how to deliver a joke, she’d end up being the punchline. “I ...

You know the audience reaction shot — that shift in focus from the comic telling a joke… …to the crowd laughing. It’s such a common part of comedy specials ...

Stand-up comedian Mark Normand talks the way he performs: fast, loose and irreverent, with a punchline lurking around every corner. With a baby at home and a new Netflix special on the way, Normand ...

PORT HURON, MI — A new comedy festival organized by a Port Huron native will bring four nights of stand-up, roast battles and competitions to downtown next month. The inaugural Blue Water Comedy ...