“And though she be but little, she is fierce”. William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a far cry from where I found myself this night, but I couldn’t help […]
A funny thing happened on the way to Sunday afternoon’s NFL NFC Championship game between the (losing) San Francisco 49ers and the (way victorious, on their way to the Super […]
The last time that stand-up GOAT, Dave Chappelle, returned to Saturday Night Live as its host on November 12 – Chappelle’s third time hosting NBC’s SNL – he brought with […]
The phrase “comedian’s comedian” usually leaves me cold. The tired tag usually implicates a smart aleck-y brand of inside jokiness that never spreads its joy, outwards, to mere mortals. That […]
One of the most surprising things to come from the post-Christmas holiday week was the announcement that stand-up comedian, actor and storyteller Bill Cosby – the one-time dad-to-America-turned-convicted-rapist – would […]
From the sound of things – be it her first stand-up comedy special, “Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple” or this conversation right before Christmas – comedian […]
Two weeks ago, I interviewed stand-up comedian and actor Jay Pharoah for Philadelphia Weekly. One of the things that Pharoah brought up, when discussing the concept of influence was the […]
The first thing you should know about stand-up comedian Steve Hofstetter is that he was born on September 11, and that, as a self-proclaimed gallows humorist, that tragic date is […]
Currently touring in New Zealand before making her return to the United States, stand-up comedian, actor and author Amy Schumer has left America with a parting gift for the holidays, […]
This year’s Apple Music Artist of the Year and newly-minted multiple 2023 Grammy nominee, Bad Bunny, is way more than the sum of his parts. Which is why we are […]
Last week, when the National Academy for the Recording Ars and Sciences dropped it annual noms for Best Comedy Album for its Grammy Awards, there was a handful of safely […]
