With ticket sales tripling in the last decade, stand-up comedy is booming. But not all comics are feeling a tailwind. New comics are under pressure to adapt their work to social media. And those who ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Phoebe Robinson’s new comedy special dismantles girl-boss culture, questioning whether financial independence and ...

Ahead of the release of his second stand-up comedy special, "Nostalgia," Kountry Wayne sat down with Fox News Digital to talk through his rise to headliner status as a self-made star, the faith he ...

In 2006, when the company was still mailing DVD rentals, Netflix produced a stand-up special for a pre–The Hangover Zach Galifianakis called Live at the Purple Onion. It was more structurally and ...

How did comedians “getting real” become such a common trope in TV and movies? By Jason Zinoman Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A stand-up comic, tired of hiding behind jokes, jolts the ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

Marlon Wayans is coming to Phoenix for three nights of shows at Stand Up Live, Jan. 8 to 10, and he’s ready for every second. His recent comedy special “Good Grief” for Amazon Prime shot to number one ...

Bo Burnham sings into a microphone while wearing sunglasses in a starry background in Bo Burnham: Inside - Netflix Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some ...

Stand-up comedian Jessica Kirson sparks laughter when a job title gets hilariously misunderstood during the show.

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 ...