for some of stand-up’s most acclaimed stars, tragedy saw the end of their career. Far too many of our favorite comedians ...

Case in point, Ellen DeGeneres and Deon Cole recently dropped comedy shows on Netflix that didn’t win over the audience. That ...

These are some of the funniest people we miss the most. At his final stand-up show, Bill Hicks reflected on his career as a comedian whose goal to “illuminate the collective unconscious and help ...

Stand-up comedy has returned to China’s TV screens after a yearlong absence, with a new generation of outspoken female ...

The ‘Poppa’s House’ star on being a ‘happy loner,’ drinking his dad’s beer and bombing his first stand-up routine.

George Lopez recalled traveling for his comedy special while filming 'Lopez vs. Lopez' and said it was tiring, so now he is ...

Actor and comedian Jana Bernard pulled together a diverse line-up of stand-up comics for a show in New York City to benefit ...

Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up ...

"Couples Therapy" has roots in Youngstown. The two-person show stars Brandy Johanntges and John Cox who play married marriage ...

Seinfeld said that he’s ‘officially’ taking back his previous comments, regretting his statements and saying that what he ...

In the third year of the full-scale war with Russia, stand-up comedy, relatively new to Ukraine, is having a moment.

Some nations elevate their novelists or poets to positions of cultural eminence; Venezuela has long viewed its comedians as among its most important societal expositors. Now, with nearly eight million ...