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 ...

Greg Fitzsimmons started his stand-up career at the same time and place as Joe Rogan in early 1990s Boston. Their paths diverged and converged again multiple times since they graduated from the open ...

There’s a quote that is often used to describe comedy: “We must laugh to keep us from crying.” Napoleon Bonaparte first said it, but over time, the words evolved, but the meaning remained the same: ...

Heard the one about the Jewish stand-up comedian helping the Germans laugh about the Nazis? In 2022, American Raanan Hershberg opened for Louis CK on his European tour, and found the German audiences ...