A year ago, Lea’h Sampson felt like everything was crashing. Though she had been doing stand-up comedy for six years, she was hitting a wall. Her jokes weren’t getting her booked, even in local comedy ...

In Indianapolis, Cam O’Connor is a pioneer of placing stand-up comedy in nontraditional settings. O’Connor has told jokes and produced shows at bars, pizzerias and coffee shops since 2011, when his ...

There, a listless, middle-aged salaryman named Alex (played by Will Arnett) rediscovers himself as a stand-up comic. Based ...

Upward of 150 stand-up specials were released in 2023. That’s a lot — much more than a generation ago, when it was hardly guaranteed that a comedian would ever film one if they weren’t one of the top ...

Ponce City Market will add a guffaw-inducing attraction this summer with the opening of a new stand-up comedy club called ...

“DEI” may be a verboten term in the current presidential administration, but at Santa Monica’s second Bergamot Comedy Festival, it’s a mandate. The six-day event’s 2025 tagline insists, “Inclusivity ...