Hot Mic is a weekly column by Leah Abrams documenting, spotlighting, and reviewing live comedy in NYC. This week marks 12 years of Lena Dunham’s Girls, a national holiday for annoying, dramatic ...

It was a banner year for stand-up fans in 2023, with the number of hourlong specials released clearing more than 200 titles. Why such record-breaking output? For one, following the 2021 reopening of ...

For years, the gatekeepers of British comedy were familiar faces: BBC Radio, TV stations like Channel 4, and most coveted rooms at the Edinburgh Festival. If you wanted a career, you pitched a script, ...

Canadian Indigenous broadcaster APTN is continuing its push into unscripted with four new series as part of its spring programming slate. Two of the new titles will premiere on the broadcaster’s ...

ELKHART — The DIY Comedy Café presents “24 Hours of Comedy Telethon” at 8 p.m. Sept. 9 at 2432 Bypass Road. A fundraiser and grand opening for the comedy club, the event features a non-stop 24-hour ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the record: 11:59 a.m. Dec. 28, 2023: An earlier version of this article stated that Luenell’s stand-up special aired on Max.