June 18, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at June 18, 2015

Brandon T. Jackson Getting Serious About Stand Up at Gotham This Weekend

Brandon T. Jackson returns to New York City to headline here for the first time as an adult. He's played a lot of clubs, and plenty of bars throughout the city, but tonight and this weekend, he's headlining Gotham, and it's a something he's ready and excited for. He was born in Detroit, lives in LA but he thinks of himself as a New York comic, because that's where he first started accumulating his comedy skills, so headlining here, at this point in his life, is an important moment.
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June 9, 2015
Published by Joe Engelbrekt at June 9, 2015

Zach Sherwin Looking to Bottle Lightning Again With His New Album “Rap!”

"Rap!" is the latest record by Los Angeles based rapper-comedian Zach Sherwin. Sherwin has been featured on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and The Pete Holmes Show, and he also writes and performs in the blockbuster YouTube series Epic Rap Battles of History. The new album drops today, June 9th and features songs about pill bugs, a funny dentist, and a track that samples the infamous YouTube video Charlie Bit Me. But though this record might transcend the "comedy-rap" genre, it's something that Zach Sherwin takes very seriously as he told me when we sat down to talk about the release.
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June 4, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at June 4, 2015

Innovators: This Comedy Management Team May Change The Business of Comedy

As part of our series on innovators in the business of comedy, we sat down with Rick Dorfman, Conan Smith and Steve Wettenstein from New York based management company Converge Media Group to find out where the business is going and how they are serving their comedy clients in the digital age.
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June 4, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at June 4, 2015

5 Things We Learned About Making a Great Comedy From Spy Director Paul Feig

Earlier this week Paul Feig stopped by SiriusXM's "Bennington" to talk with Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington about his new movie "Spy" which hits theaters this Friday. Feig talked about working with Melissa McCartney and why they have such a great working actor-director partnership, the return of strong women to the big screen, and why "chick flicks" aren't good movies (and why his movies aren't "chick flicks"). Paul also shared some of his secrets to a successful action-comedy movie, and we took careful notes. We chose five things we learned about how to make a great action comedy movie to share.
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June 3, 2015
Published by Amy Hawthorne at June 3, 2015

This Could Be The Summer of Joe List

Joe List is having a great year. After over a decade doing comedy in Boston and New York, he’s hit on a string of awesome, high profile opportunities to show the world what everyone in New York already knows - he’s a fantastic comedian. In 2014 he made his first appearance on Letterman and six months later was almost unanim
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June 1, 2015
Published by Amy Hawthorne at June 1, 2015

Sam Morril Recording His First Album Tuesday Night

Sam Morril is a tremendously funny young comedian who is a staple of the NYC comedy scene. After a brief stint in the controversy spotlight a few years ago over a rape joke, Sam’s poised to make a more meaningful impression on America, following his recent appearance on Adam Devine’s House Party with an upcoming Comedy Central Half Hour special and a new album. He’ll be recording the album Tuesday June 2 at The Village Underground. We spoke to him about being as funny as possible all the time and the death of journalism while he sat poolside on a road gig in Arizona.
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May 29, 2015
Published by Dan Murphy at May 29, 2015

Jim Breuer’s Extreme Makeover For His New Special

The great comics have the ability to turn tragedy into comedy. On paper, a set that touches upon a mother’s descent into dementia and an elderly father’s inability to control his bowels doesn’t seem to be a laugh-a-minute affair, but Jim Breuer owns it and makes it work.
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May 26, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at May 26, 2015

Lisa Lampanelli Gearing Up for 92nd Street Y Talk and New Special

Lisa Lampanelli has undergone a real transformation. In the past two years, she has not only changed her physical appearance, shedding more than 107 pounds and cutting her hair short, but she's also changed her entire way of thinking, living and performing. She ended an unhappy marriage, and has gone from the "queen of mean" to wanting to focus on service, happiness and gratitude. On June 22, she's going to be talking about it all when she sits down "in conversation" with Ron Bennington at the 92nd Street Y.
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