No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Legendary stand-up comedian Lenny Schultz has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 91. Schultz’s son told The Hollywood Reporter that his father died of natural causes at his home in ...

Despite film and TV jobs not being what they once were and some comedians leaving Los Angeles, these stand-ups say LA is ...

Lovers of stand-up comedy will want to mark their calendars for 7 p.m. Friday, April 24 as the Rachael Willis Comedy Showcase ...

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

Stand-up comedy in India has seen a meteoric rise over the past decade. What once was a niche art form has now become mainstream entertainment, filling auditoriums, festivals, corporate events, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Mayer reflected Thursday on his short-lived stand-up comedy career 10 years ago, explaining that he stopped because, frankly, ...

What is it that has made Nate Bargatze one of the most popular comedians of his time? Some might argue it is the Tennessee native and family man's likable everyman quality, while others might say it ...

Comedian Kelsey Cook offered her thoughts on why more and more people are flocking to podcasts for their information, as well as what has contributed to the meteoric rise of stand-up comedy in recent ...

Chelsea Handler is returning to what made her famous: stand-up comedy. And the seven-time New York Times bestselling author is bringing her national comedy tour to Chrysler Hall in Norfolk on Feb. 15.

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...