Comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. With the regime that stifled dissent under former President Bashar al ...

Over the last decade, standup comedy has never been more in demand. But though the art form is now bigger than ever, today's leading stars owe a debt to generations of comics who came before them.

Comedian Demetri Martin is known for incorporating drawings into his stand-up specials. With his first solo exhibition of paintings and drawings, he hopes to make you laugh without any words at all.

Welcome back to another round of our stand-up favorites! Over the past 24 hours, the Odd News team put together 5 of the ...

Before Michael Kosta was on the 'Daily Show', he was a competitive tennis player whose losing later informed his comedy ...

Britain’s military forces are being taught stand-up comedy and improv. Serving personnel and veterans are taking part in the 12-week scheme in Plymouth, designed to ‘build confidence, develop new ...

It’s a “Graduation Night” performance that marks the completion of an eight-week course that the club offers to teach the basics of stand-up comedy, the fundamentals of funny. “It’s ...

Stand-up comedy superstar Nate Bargatze is opening up about the importance of his Christian faith. In an interview with Esquire published Monday, the Nashville native talked about how influential ...

For the first time ever at Cedar Point, the Sandusky amusement park is offering a new form of live entertainment with a stand-up comedy show known as “Hoots & Hollers," which features nationally ...

Surprise Me is a very good name for a comedy special, especially one that combines stand-up and magic. The title is a nod to an early standout joke from the hour about how the Dunkin’ app ...

Media consumption today is so plentiful and so specialized that it’s easy to never encounter comedy outside your ... the outside world takes notice. Stand-up is the art of using what you believe ...

The stand up "clean" comic notably doesn't swear in his routines — or in real life Paul Mobley Nate Bargatze has been called the "nicest guy in comedy" — and he doesn't hate it Bargatze is ...