NEW YORK ‒ In 2013, Michelle Buteau laid out a five-year plan for herself: have two kids, her own TV show, and a backyard in Brooklyn for composting. Although she now lives in the Bronx, the “Survival ...
Larry David will star in and executive produce a new half-hour sketch comedy series centered on American history at HBO. The limited series, which doesn’t yet have an official name, hails from the ...
“The Studio” (and Seth Rogen) are on top. At the Primetime ceremony, Apple TV+’s “The Studio” won 13 Emmys, breaking the all-time record for most wins for a comedy series, in addition to already ...
Austin’s was one of the first places I went and felt comfortable,” says comedian Joe Censabella. As for the new location, ...
Inflation and the availability of specials on streaming services are creating challenges for comedy clubs. Black-owned venues are especially strained. Fewer than 10 in the U.S. dedicate their stages ...
What’s a Borscht Belt joke? Comedy historian Lenny Dave shares this classic told by the famous Catskills entertainer Myron Cohen. A Jewish grandmother is taking her grandson on a walk on Coney ...
A comedy performance today at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck prompted me to look back at an era in Houston’s stand-up comedy history that seems thin if measured by active legacy clubs. But Houston was once a ...