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 ...

A weekly pickup basketball game in Manhattan is populated almost entirely by professional funny people from all corners of the comedy landscape — stand-up comedians on their way up, comics past their ...

Up-and-coming Nashville comic Aaron Weber says we’re in the middle of a major comedy "boom" right now. Just ahead of the debut of his comedy special, "Signature Dish," the 32-year-old Alabama native ...

Party List 2026 expands with a bigger second draft of after-hours events, meetups, concerts, and fan parties. Browse nightly ...

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: ...

The time has finally come: We’re back with our year-end list on the emerging comics you need to know. It’s been another hugely dynamic year for comedy, with 29 stand-up specials from Netflix, 12 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This indie series by Cheyenne Ewulu (a.k.a. Cheyenne the Geek), which came to life thanks to a successful Kickstarter, follows a ...

In 2024, as the film and television industry looked to repair after the year of double labor strikes, comedy continued to explode. Emerging in recent years as the leader in the field, Netflix got the ...

Comic Store In Your Future Asks Dude, Where's My Absolute Batman? No, seriously, where is it? It was meant to be here already ...