From seasoned pros like Chris Rock, Ali Wong, and Adam Sandler, to relative newcomers like Nicole Byer, Dusty Slay, and ...

Comedian Jessica Kirson discusses her crowd work, Hulu special "I'm the Man," and the impact of social media on stand-up ...

If you have ever performed stand-up comedy, you know it sends your senses into overdrive. Yet for many, once they have stepped up to the mic for the first time, they can’t stop stepping up. There is ...

Every Sunday in Austin, there's a comedy show called Banana Phone. Comedians do one minute of stand up material, then the crowd heckles and roasts them until they run out of insults.

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 ...