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

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

Pictured are Adam Manawala, DJ Demers, Opey Olagbaju and Josh Gondelman, comedians who will perform in a Stand-Up Comedy Showcase Friday at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts as part of the Lucille ...

With ticket sales tripling in the last decade, stand-up comedy is booming. But not all comics are feeling a tailwind. New comics are under pressure to adapt their work to social media. And those who ...

Some have said that tragedy is an important element to comedy but, for some of stand-up’s most acclaimed stars, tragedy saw the end of their career. Far too many of our favorite comedians passed away ...

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: ...

A funny thing happened on the way to the picket line ... A handful of comics put on a stand-up show in front of Fox Studios in Century City on Monday. Comedians aren’t used to waking up before noon, ...

Female comedians on Netflix offer a mix of seasoned vets and rising stars for endless laughs. Stand-up comedy has evolved through the years, with female comedians now taking the genre by storm. Fresh ...

As the first quarter of the 21 st century comes to an end, Billboard set out to determine the best of that A-list: the top 25 ...

Some have said that tragedy is an important element to comedy but, for some of stand-up’s most acclaimed stars, tragedy saw the end of their career. Far too many of our favorite comedians passed away ...