Nearly two decades ago, Nic Novicki was another young comedian living in Queens, testing his mettle in the competitive New York City comedy scene. There, he shared not just an apartment, but a living ...

Real People is a one-hour live comedy show that features four skits. Real People is a Gen Z version of Saturday Night Live with a mix of nostalgia from Disney Channel's That's So Random. The show will ...

Stand-up comic Nimesh Patel sometimes asks his audience: Who is here because of TikTok? "The first thing I noticed was the diversity," he says. His TikTok videos brought out comedy fans in their 20s ...

Comedy Gives Back, the non-profit acting as the safety net of the comedy world, has announced a new annual fundraising effort, the Very Good Person Year-End Giving Campaign, intended to help bring ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — As Melanie Mackey walked into The Ideal Theater on Oct. 10, the personal stakes were high ...

The solitary sound rang out from the darkness hiding the audience after Emil Wakim’s five-minute set during an open-mic night in 2017. Not long after, he pulled the co-owner of The Comedy Attic, Jared ...

The bustling comedy scene in Philadelphia is helping people get through the brutal summer heat with several fun shows. As July turns into August, there are several events taking place. Helium Comedy ...

From headless horses to gravity-defying cats, this year's class of comedic pets is top-tier! Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with ...

Up-and-coming Nashville comic Aaron Weber says we’re in the middle of a major comedy "boom" right now. Just ahead of the debut of his comedy special, "Signature Dish," the 32-year-old Alabama native ...

In the crowd at a comedy show, three kinds of laughter can usually be heard. First up is the, “oh man, oh god, did they really just say that?” laughter — the kind that comes with a facepalm or a slow ...

Comedy events in the first half of August include a returning improvisational show inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, a show at Citizens Bank Park featuring a secret lineup and the next stage of the ...

"Seinfeld" and "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Thursday doubled down on her belief that political correctness is not impacting comedy, proclaiming that people in the industry are not being ...