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 ...

Looking for a good laugh without leaving your couch? Some of the best stand-up specials in comedy history are right on Netflix! Whether you love edgy humor, observational genius, or emotional ...

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 ...

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 ...

He's not asking for much.

The New York Comedy Festival has unveiled its lineup for the “New York’s Funniest Stand-Ups” showcase, a new spin on a long-running tradition to find the next great voice in stand-up comedy. “This ...

Jay Leno, one of the biggest names in stand-up comedy, late-night TV and all-things cars will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Hobart Arena in Troy.

Nashville-based comedian John Crist has grown his stand-up comedy routine from a pizza place to two nights at The Opry House.

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

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 ...