Another sign that summer is finally over, despite the last gasps of sunshine and mild temperatures in October… Stand Up NY, the comedy club on Manhattan’s Upper East Side that put on renegade stand-up shows in Central Park, Prospect Park an…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been watching The Comedy Store docu-series this fall on Showtime, Carl LaBove brings the third episode to a heartbreaking climax. Director Mike Binder, himself a Comedy Store paid regular in the 1980s, explained how LaBove and Sam Kinis…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been watching The Comedy Store docu-series this fall on Showtime, Carl LaBove brings the third episode to a heartbreaking climax. Director Mike Binder, himself a Comedy Store paid regular in the 1980s, explained how LaBove and Sam Kinis…
Continue ReadingNegin Farsad began her comedy career while advising campaign finance policies for the city of New York, and over the course of the 2010s, she has mixed social justice and comedy on stage and on the road. She made and performed in a road-trip documentar…
Continue ReadingNegin Farsad began her comedy career while advising campaign finance policies for the city of New York, and over the course of the 2010s, she has mixed social justice and comedy on stage and on the road. She made and performed in a road-trip documentar…
Continue ReadingNew York Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club joined six small city theater venues in filing a lawsuit Friday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, arguing the city and state unfairly have kept them shut down this fall while allowing other entertainm…
Continue ReadingIn the build-up to season 46 of Saturday Night Live, NBC announced that the sketch-comedy TV institution would be partnering with select comedy theaters and schools across the country to offer scholarships. Now we’re starting to see how that̵…
Continue ReadingAffion Crocket has found a home for his first solo stand-up special, and it’s with Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud network. Affion Crockett: Mirror II Society will premiere Nov. 13, 2020, on LOL Network’s streaming and audio channels. Cro…
Continue ReadingWe may still be stuck staying away from large in-person gatherings, but that’s not stopping HBO Latino and the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) from mounting the second annual Latino Stand-Up!, a national competition designed to support emer…
Continue ReadingMelinda Hill moved 27 times as a kid before making her biggest move from Kansas to Los Angeles to make it as an actress. She studied with The Groundlings, where she performed as a tooth fairy alongside Kristin Wiig. She starred in a Creed music video. …
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