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Four Comedians Walk Into a War ...new

Ray Hanania slayed them in Israel -- but his friends are costing him gigs back here in the States.
Chicago Reader  |  Michael Miner  |  02-26-2007  |  Performance

Conducting 'The Ride'new

Local comedy hopefuls hone their craft and work for the magic moment when they capture the audience.
San Antonio Current  |  Frank Hammel  |  02-14-2007  |  Performance

Video Killed the Improv Starnew

Secret Pants are using the Internet to find success and maybe even a TV show.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Jeffrey Barg  |  01-29-2007  |  Performance

Warm Earth, Cold Beds?new

In Kathryn Blume's The Boycott, women go on a sex strike to pressure political leaders into taking action.
Seven Days  |  Elisabeth Crean  |  01-25-2007  |  Performance

Saget on Segernew

Two icons. Two similar-sounding names.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Brian McManus  |  01-22-2007  |  Performance

A Tale of a Few Strippersnew

Social climbing at Jumbo's Clown Room.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Cole Coonce  |  12-22-2006  |  Performance

Real Comedians, Please Stand-Upnew

Up-and-coming comedian Marc Shuter tells us why being funny is serious business.
Weekly Alibi  |  Amy Dalness  |  12-05-2006  |  Performance

Laugh Riotnew

On the road with the club warriors and alt-comics of Seattle's stand-up Olympics.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  11-27-2006  |  Performance

Rebels Without Their Clothesnew

The Suicide Girls have spent the last five years taking the Internet by storm -- now they've got a touring live show too.
Weekly Alibi  |  Marisa Demarco  |  11-14-2006  |  Performance

Through the Uprightsnew

Upright Citizens Brigade and its offshoots keep selling New York City's brand of comedy to the masses.
New York Press  |  Brian Heater  |  11-02-2006  |  Performance

Sickness in Short Ordernew

Neil Hamburger is served up with a side of yucks.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Will York  |  10-11-2006  |  Performance

Hell's Bellenew

Satan's Angel has taken her flaming tassels out of retirement, to the delight of a new generation of burlesque fans.
Phoenix New Times  |  Benjamin Leatherman  |  10-02-2006  |  Performance

Insulting Injurynew

L.A.'s emergency unit of black comedy, performance art and softcore puppetry, Art of Bleeding, hits the big time -- laughing all the way.
L.A. Alternative  |  Lucinda Michele Knapp  |  09-27-2006  |  Performance

FEVA Dreamnew

The Howl festival collapses amid mudslinging, debt, and broken promises.
The Village Voice  |  Jessica Winter  |  09-13-2006  |  Performance

'You Cum Like a Girl'new

The feds say a comic's phrase is too vulgar to trademark, but "cum-furt" is A-OK.
L.A. Weekly  |  Margy Rochlin  |  09-07-2006  |  Performance

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