The Peabody Awards begin announcing recipients of their 2021 honors, and chief among them in the comedy realm, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Here are their citations and acceptance speeches, with appear…
Continue ReadingAnd just like that…stand-up comedians are booking arena gigs again in 2021. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic still rages in parts of the world. Is anyone anywhere shocked that it’s Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan booking the arenas? Chappelle…
Continue ReadingRose Matafeo is a comedian, writer and actor from New Zealand who began her comedy career at age 15. In 2018, her stand-up show Horndog won the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she subsequently recorded Horndog in posterity for HBO Max in …
Continue ReadingStarting tonight…Tiffany Haddish and co-host Deon Cole will be your hosts for a weekly weekend double-feature of movies and conversations on TBS. Friday Night Vibes kicks off with guests Snoop Dogg and Tina Knowles Lawson, plus screenings of Cree…
Continue ReadingIn 2019, rapper and movie star Will Smith crossed stand-up comedy off of his “Bucket List” by performing at a gig for his Facebook Watch series. Later that year, Smith also met up with several stand-ups to hang with them for a would-be Quib…
Continue ReadingIn 2019, rapper and movie star Will Smith crossed stand-up comedy off of his “Bucket List” by performing at a gig for his Facebook Watch series. Later that year, Smith also met up with several stand-ups to hang with them for a would-be Quib…
Continue ReadingKabir Singh broke the fourth wall in the interviews leading up to his audition for America’s Got Talent 2021, reminding us just how difficult it was financially for stand-up comedians in 2020. This year should look brighter for Singh. Singh, who …
Continue ReadingOriginally set to premiere in the spring of 2020, the Atlantic Theater Company is pleased to announce new dates for The Bedwetter, a highly-anticipated new musical based on the bestselling memoir by Sarah Silverman, written with Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews…
Continue ReadingA year ago, most comedy clubs had shuttered for the pandemic, leaving stand-ups to go to whatever lengths to find live audiences, from parks to rooftops and anywhere in between where they could set up a microphone, an amplifier, and spaced seating. Thi…
Continue ReadingJosh Johnson is a stand-up comedian and writer from Louisiana who began his comedy career in Chicago. Since moving to New York City, he has performed on late-night TV via Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the C…
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