Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

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: ...

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 ...

Find Robby Hoffman: Wake Up streaming alongside many of Netflix's best stand-up comedy specials.

Brittany Ross is an L.A.-based stand-up comedian, actress, and writer who gets her humor from her multicultural upbringing (Alaska, Scotland, Colombia, Texas, Chicago, Hawaii) and her Swiss husband’s ...

Wanda Sykes in 'I'm an Entertainer'; Jerrod Carmichael in 'Rothaniel'; Joel Kim Booster in 'Psychosexual.' It can be really hard to laugh during such difficult times like these for queer people.

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 ...

Stand-up comedian and writer for The Onion, Conan, and After Midnight, Skyler Higley sat with Newsweek to talk about satire in the modern era, the art form of the viral tweet, and writing for others ...

Face to Face guest host Tiar Wheatle sits down with comedian Sherry McKay, an Anishinaabe woman raised in Winnipeg.