Read Deadline's Comics to Watch piece for 2026 to learn about the 20 stand-ups we think you should be keeping an eye on in ...

Many of the year’s best comedy specials share a reflective sense of mid-career reconsideration. The most striking of these is ...

The best 25 stand-up comedians of the last 25 years as chosen as chosen by the bookers and heads of top comedy clubs, ...

Finding new stand-up comedy specials on Amazon Prime can be challenging without a proper hub page. Searching for stand-up comedy will land you a random assortment of specials from years ago. But the ...

One unexpected effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the comedy industry is the boom of diverse, inclusive and quality shows that fill up the calendar of L.A.’s comedy scene. That’s thanks in large part ...

When Al Franken brings his “The Only Former U.S. Senator Now on Tour Tour” to the Balboa Theatre Saturday night he will proudly sing the praises of Republican Senator Ted Cruz and denounce the ...

She’s gotten Brooklyn to make some noise — and plenty of laughter. Now, the Park Slope comedian Claire Berger is here to make you think, and perhaps to inspire your next career move .Last month, the ...

There’s nothing funny about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, but that doesn’t mean Ukrainian comics caught in the war zone are bombing. Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin began his ...

Discourse Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2020), pp. 319-338 (20 pages) This article explores the comedic construction of national identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. By national identity, I mean ...

Did stand-up comedians help reelect Donald Trump? Not a joke, as outgoing President Joe Biden might say. Trump has been the butt of countless late-night monologues and “Saturday Night Live” sketches ...

Vanessa Ragland, co-owner and co-artistic director at Dynasty Typewriter, gets ready to celebrate five years of comedy in November at the Wilshire venue. (Chris Behroozian / For The Times) For the ...