What if a stand-up comedian walked onstage only to find the audience was 50 bald men? Or 50 clowns, or nuns, or bikers or ...

The jump from comedy club stages to the silver screen isn’t an easy one—but some performers make it look effortless. Before ...

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

It was more structurally and tonally ambitious than most specials at the time, and Galifianakis was less well known than the ...

There is no genre more near and dear to my heart than comedy. The skills necessary to make others laugh -- whether live and in-person or through a screen -- are a unique and beautiful combination that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lucrative concert touring has become more than a side hustle for global talent gathered in Montreal to show studio scouts, streaming execs and club bookers how their comedy connects with audiences. By ...

Kountry Wayne discusses his new special 'Nostalgia,' his clean comedy identity, unshakeable faith and how his 10 kids fuel ...