Ben Schwartz is sitting in the green room at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre with his shoes off, looking relaxed. The writer-actor-director-improvisor comedian appears to be far more zen than a ...

Recovering from open-heart surgery, Brian Copeland is emceeing San Leandro's Comedy in the Plaza for the nonprofit Davis ...

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I wasn’t expecting a painting of a naked clown to greet me when I FaceTimed Demetri Martin on a Monday afternoon in May. After the longest two seconds of my life, the comedian appeared in front of the ...

Michael Che made it clear right from the start of his semi-surprise show in Minneapolis on Tuesday that he was eager to break the constraints of network TV. “You raised my self-esteem,” he said to ...

When comedian Nate Bargatze started his career, he dreamed of one day selling out Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville. “Not that I even knew it would happen,” he says. “But it would be a ...

For what he says may be his last stand-up special, comedy icon Jeff Foxworthy is bringing back some of the material audiences know best while showing fans a side of his act they have never seen.