Stand-up comedy has long been a boy's club, but thankfully, that's starting to change.I'm not saying you still can't enjoy ...

The Times recently spoke with six women who started stand-up comedy later in life. Their big takeaway: Stand-up comedy is a unique artform because anyone can do it as long as they’re funny.

Ask any female stand-up, and they’ll have a version ... for a TV exec wanting change to make a case that having more women on comedy shows makes good business sense. Women in comedy have a ...

It’s no secret that the Los Angeles comedy scene can be brutal and unforgiving. But for these older women, comedy offered an outlet for self-discovery at an age where they say women can become ...

Mao added that she hoped that women would continue to get more opportunities in stand-up comedy. “More female comedians mean more discussions about women’s struggles and issues,” she said. “We may not ...

For this special, Rawlings opens up about dating women much younger ... U.K. version of The Office and a stand up legend in his own right, Ricky Gervais’ comedy legacy is largely secure.

In 2000, she was winner of Ladies of Laughter, a stand-up comedy competition. Additionally, we welcome up-and-coming, NYC based comedian MOLLY KORNFELD The daughter of two comics, she is ...

Comedy has always been a tool for Black women—an instrument to tell uncomfortable truths, uplift cultural narratives, and connect generations through laughter. But behind every punchline is a ...

This weekend, the group is presenting The FAWK Hmong (+Friends) Super Show, featuring local and national Asian stand ... we use comedy as a way to cope, and even sometimes to bring up topics ...

Comedy has become a way for women to skewer ... was one of the first Chinese comedians to demonstrate the possibilities for women in stand-up. The daughter of pig farmers in Hebei Province ...

Born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1897, Moms Mabley was the godmother of stand-up comedy for Black women. Taking to the stage in the 1920s, she became the first female comic to grace the stage at Harlem ...