August 11, 2016
Colin Quinn fans rejoice! This week, the comedian released the third season of his hilarious crime drama parody-series, Cop Show. Better yet, this season comes in […]
August 11, 2016
In 1976 the Comic Strip opened its doors on the Upper East Side on Second Avenue at 82nd street. Forty years later, the Strip is the oldest […]
August 9, 2016
When Saturday Night Live returns for its 42nd season, it will be without to veteran cast members. TV Line reported that Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah will not be returning to SNL for the new fall season.
July 29, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column right here, to find out what’s happening […]
July 25, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column right here, to find out what’s happening […]
July 22, 2016
New Yorkers love a movie or TV series that makes the city a character, and The Jim Gaffigan Show gives big love to the city, its […]
July 21, 2016
New York Live Comedy listings for the week of July 21 – July 27, 2016. Curated by Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen. Scroll down to […]
July 20, 2016
Yesterday, after reading that comedian and actress Leslie Jones had received a slew of hateful racist tweets, tens of thousands of social media users took to […]
July 14, 2016
Ones thing for sure…considering he’s a talented actor, Anthony Anderson doesn’t seem to have much of a poker face. Despite being nominated the year before, a […]
July 11, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column right here, to find out what’s happening […]
July 5, 2016
Keedar Whittle is set to headline his upcoming stand up comedy special Hear Me Out on July 9th at the El Portal Theatre in LA. […]
June 30, 2016
New York Live Comedy listings for the week of June 30 – July 6, 2016. Curated by Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen. Scroll down to […]
June 23, 2016
Chicago Institution Jokes and Notes Closes This Weekend The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Chicago is losing an important part of its comedy landscape. Legendary […]
June 21, 2016
Music streaming service Pandora is celebrating a milestone this week with five years having passed since it introduced its first ever dedicated comedy station. In that […]
June 2, 2016
She is Groundlings, He is Second City….”and together they made a beautiful improvisational baby.” This week Maya Rudolph and Martin Short brought the Variety Show back […]
May 27, 2016
Brian Volk-Weiss is the President of Comedy Dynamics, the largest independent producer and distributor of recorded comedy in North America. In our monthly series with Volk Weiss, we discuss issues that impact the comedy industry. This month, Brian wanted to talk about the issue of political correctness on college campuses.
May 27, 2016
This might be the most racist thing you've ever seen on TV, but why not call it even after Chris rock's Asian children joke at the Oscars. Okay, guys?? It's over now, you are squared!
May 19, 2016
New York Live Comedy listings for the week of May 19- May 25, 2016. Curated by Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen. Scroll down to submit your […]
May 2, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week Jeffrey covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, the Hi-Fi Lounge, Carolines and more.
April 27, 2016
By Mike Sgroi w/ Miguel Dalmau The insanity of an election year has only become crazier in the modern era of social media. If mudslinging was […]
April 23, 2016
Tickets to Pete Davidson’s two shows at NYC’s Skirball Center on April 30th are sold out, but the rest of us will still get to see the SNL cast member’s set. Comedy Central will film the shows to be released as Pete Davidson’s first hour-long stand-up special, “Pete Davidson: SMD”.
April 18, 2016
According to Comedy Hype, Chris Rock was brainstorming with J.J. Abrams about their dream collaborators during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Rock complimented Abrams’ intensity and the positivity he brought to working on the Oscars, and then speculated that he’d love to direct Denzel Washington in a comedy.
April 14, 2016
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this weeks […]
April 13, 2016
U2 frontman, Bono, spoke in front of U.S. Senators on Tuesday about the Syrian Refugee Crisis, and the violence that is erupting all over the world with the emergence of ISIS.
April 5, 2016
On April 1st, it was announced that Samuel Goldwyn Films had acquired the distribution rights to the 2015 documentary Can We Take A Joke?
March 31, 2016
New York Live Comedy listings for the week of March 24-30, 2016. Curated by Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen. Scroll down to submit your listings! […]
March 28, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week Jeffrey covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, The Stand, and new venue, The Comedy Loft.