Read Deadline's Comics to Watch piece for 2026 to learn about the 20 stand-ups we think you should be keeping an eye on in ...

The best comedy of 2025 includes specials by Frankie Quiñones, Andrew Schulz, Jordan Jensen, Sebastian Maniscalco, Bill Burr, ...

While the past decade has brought an exponential rise in streaming services, none compare to Netflix’s catalog of stand-up specials. The streamer has become the go-to destination for the most popular ...

Vanessa Ragland, co-owner and co-artistic director at Dynasty Typewriter, gets ready to celebrate five years of comedy in November at the Wilshire venue. (Chris Behroozian / For The Times) For the ...

She’s gotten Brooklyn to make some noise — and plenty of laughter. Now, the Park Slope comedian Claire Berger is here to make you think, and perhaps to inspire your next career move .Last month, the ...

Connecticut’s always been a reliable stop on the touring circuit for major comedians. The state’s proximity to the comedy mecca of New York City definitely helps, as does having casinos and ...

There’s nothing funny about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, but that doesn’t mean Ukrainian comics caught in the war zone are bombing. Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin began his ...

Discourse Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3 (June 2020), pp. 319-338 (20 pages) This article explores the comedic construction of national identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. By national identity, I mean ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

One unexpected effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the comedy industry is the boom of diverse, inclusive and quality shows that fill up the calendar of L.A.’s comedy scene. That’s thanks in large part ...