For local comedian Mike Shea, performing on stage is just one tool in the comic’s toolbox. While it’s probably the most important, it’s hard to become a successful comic without promotion. Shea was ...

The number of comics and comedy clubs in the city has exploded since the pandemic. Students, Joe Rogan fans and ideological misfits are sharing the spoils. By Reggie Ugwu Reporting from Austin Growing ...

The best fight scene in a comedy rejects traditional rules and is realistic, making it funnier and more impactful for viewers. The British brawl between Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver in Bridget ...

A new book argues that the isolation of a pre-social media era helped fuel a fertile Chicago ecosystem for offbeat stand-up comedians. By Jason Zinoman Paris in the 1920s. Hollywood in the ’70s.