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 ...

Comedian Samay Raina has made a thunderous comeback on YouTube with his latest stand-up special, Still Alive. It has become the most-watched full-length stand-up comedy show worldwide.

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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: ...

What industry contraction? Platforms from Hulu to Amazon are spending wildly to woo comedians like Nate Bargatze and Bill Burr and put a dent in Netflix’s dominance. By Lacey Rose, Alex Weprin At the ...

The time has finally come: We’re back with our year-end list on the emerging comics you need to know. It’s been another hugely dynamic year for comedy, with 29 stand-up specials from Netflix, 12 ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...