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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes, Netflix comedy specials propel unknown comedians to even greater heights. It certainly worked out well for both Leanne Morgan and Mo Amer. Morgan and Amer are back on Netflix this month ...

Brett Goldstein may be behind two of Apple TV+’s biggest shows, but he really wants to talk about puppets. The comedian — whose breakout role as foul-mouthed football player with a heart of gold Roy ...

Before he became an Emmy-winning star playing the foul-mouthed soccer icon Roy Kent in “Ted Lasso,” Brett Goldstein had been a stand-up comedian for almost two decades. But if you’re looking for ...

2024 was a historic year for comedian Nate Bargatze. As the highest-grossing stand-up in the country, he set attendance records at several massive arenas. But a small gymnasium in Nashville – the home ...

Meet Ramon Rivas, a comedian from Cleveland who mentors other stand-up acts. Meet Ramon Rivas, a comedian whose work has been seen and heard nationally, but who primarily lives and works in Cleveland.

But on Sunday, when the Golden Globe for best stand-up comedy on television went to Ricky Gervais for the second time in three years, the win shook me out of my indifference. That his dismal, ...