There was a time when the path to comedy success was relatively fixed. Comedians would grind in clubs until they got an opportunity to perform on late-night TV, and then they’d get a development deal ...

Must-see Netflix standup specials: Chris Rock's "Selective Outrage," Ali Wong's "Single Lady," Patton Oswalt's "Annihilation, ...

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 ...

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Upward of 150 stand-up specials were released in 2023. That’s a lot — much more than a generation ago, when it was hardly guaranteed that a comedian would ever film one if they weren’t one of the top ...

Crowd work has grown more common, with some comedians now focusing their acts on it and sharing clips of their exchanges with audience members. But some comics say it takes away from the craft.

Richard Eagleton is ecstatic. The aspiring tech entrepreneur from Des Plaines, Illinois, has just shown off his great invention, KENN, the world’s first AI stand-up comedian, “powered by 5G for 100 ...

South Korea has a lot of suicides. The competition is fierce. That’s why I came here, where people are relaxed and happy.” On ...