The camp has given people a chance to live out their stand-up dreams. They come from a variety of backgrounds -- a grandmother, a fraud investigator an attorney -- but together they all had one goal ...

Mohan Gupta had never dreamed of becoming a comedian. Born in India and educated in the UK, he trained as engineer and, later, a monk. "I never in my life thought I would make anyone laugh," he says.

The Times recently spoke with six women who started stand-up comedy later in life. Their big takeaway: Stand-up comedy is a unique artform because anyone can do it as long as they’re funny. Performing ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

Jenny Slate was among the stellar comics that added to the greater gamut of stand-up excellence this past year, with “Seasoned Professional.” (Rebecca Rotenberg / Flickr) Sometimes I feel like a ...

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 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 ...

For all of the comedians who complained they couldn’t joke about anything anymore, that sure didn’t stop them and everyone else from joking about everything this year. When the calendar year finally ...

There is no genre more near and dear to my heart than comedy. The skills necessary to make others laugh -- whether live and in-person or through a screen -- are a unique and beautiful combination that ...

Hundreds of Beavers is an inventive comedy movie that generated a lot of buzz in 2024. Hundreds and hundreds of stand-up comedy specials?! That’s a lot to chew on, even for the most ardent comedy nerd ...