On Friday, Oct. 11, UNC student Spence Whitman headlined his debut comedy performance, “Problem Solved,” at the Varsity Theatre on Franklin Street. This sold-out show attracted a mix of fans familiar ...

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to The Problem with People, a comedy co-written, produced by and starring Paul Reiser (Stranger Things). Also starring Colm Meaney ...

In October 2005, Stephen Colbert invented a new word: truthiness. In a short monologue for The Colbert Report, a satirical show where the comedian played a caricature of a conservative blowhard cable ...

Ricky Gervais in his newest Netflix comedy special, "SuperNature." "Please welcome to the stage a man who really doesn't need to do this." That's how Ricky Gervais introduces himself in his latest ...

Sketch comedy is taking center stage this month at Lansing’s Riverwalk Theatre with “Lanstronauts, We Have A Problem.” The ensemble show, reminiscent of sketch comedy mainstays like "Saturday Night ...

From the inception of television and the earliest variety shows to present-day sitcoms and stand-up specials, comedy has woven itself deeply into the fabric of American broadcasting. From slapstick to ...

In stand-up comedy, crowd work is an important skill to have, especially when starting out at open mic nights. Matt Rife went viral for his crowd work on TikTok — especially among women. Some found ...

NEW YORK -- Fans of television comedy are stuck in a time warp. TV viewers are watching more sitcoms each week than they did a decade ago, a new study concluded. Unfortunately for broadcast networks, ...

Let’s solve this women-in-comedy “problem” once and for all…with Twitter. A couple of weeks ago, the South by Southwest Festival got into hot water for booking only one female comic out of 31 ...

“Two Arabian Knights,” at the Paramount, was a comedy—at least the advertisements said it was a comedy and we might as well believe what we read. It had to do with a couple of doughboys who were in a ...

"Please welcome to the stage a man who really doesn't need to do this." That's how Ricky Gervais introduces himself in his latest Netflix comedy special, "Ricky Gervais: SuperNature." The line is ...