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 ...

A candid and light-hearted moment between billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani and popular Indian-origin stand-up comedian ...

Stand-up comedian Bill Engvall’s albums have been certified platinum, which means the records have sold at least 1 million copies each. And some of those albums have received Grammy Award nominations.

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A weekly pickup basketball game in Manhattan is populated almost entirely by professional funny people from all corners of the comedy landscape — stand-up comedians on their way up, comics past their ...

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 ...

Rochelle Newman-Carrasco is the EVP of Hispanic Marketing for Walton Isaacson. Human nature is complicated. Why do we think that culture is any easier to understand? Rather than acknowledge the ...

Comedians Tig Notaro and Matteo Lane are set to headline civil rights organization Lambda Legal’s inaugural Stand Up for ...