Tag: comedy
Maz Jobrani Uses Comedy to Tell the Immigrant Story
Why Donald Trump is bad for comedy and what makes a good joke.
Geoffrey Owens, Working Artists, and Me
Artists should start forgiving themselves -- and each other -- for wanting to pay their bills.
‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ Rocks Broadway
Lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. But it can strike near enough.
Is the Humor of Barry Humphries Out of Time?
The days of performing witless, morally objectionable material under the guise of being "in character" are over.
Hannah Gadsby Just Killed Comedy As We Know It
First she shows how her jokes work. Then you're left appalled at why you laughed in the first place.
I Shouldn’t Judge a Play About Antonin Scalia Until I See...
What if I think he was a terrible jurist and a bad man? Does that make me a bad critic?
10 Nominees for Trump’s Chair, National Endowment for the Arts
There's a deep, eclectic bench ready to lead the agency.
No, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Is Anything But a Period...
Gays may be more comfortable in their sexuality, but internalized homophobia hasn't vanished.
The 2018 National Summit and Expo on Diversity in the Arts
A conference to tackle the difficult questions. Here's what you can expect.
Barr None: Crotch-Grabbing Comic Sabotages Stupid Sitcom
Next time, ABC, if you don't want to put the "big" back into bigotry, don't green-light a bigot.
How I Found a Flicker of Art in the Artless Soul...
"Transparent Falsehood" is a satire full of “outtakes of humanity” for a man who has none.
‘Saint Joan’ On Broadway: Shaw’s Timeless Gift to Powerful Women
The title character has a heap of gumption as played by Condola Rashad.
It’s Me! Will Shakespeare! Come ‘Measure’ My New Musical!
"Desperate Measures"? You could have knocked me over with the feather that I still write with.
Why Hate ‘Roseanne’ When You Can Fall for ‘Barry’?
Hit-man by day, acting student by night -- and distinctly apolitical.
No, Claire Berlinski: #MeToo Isn’t Going Too Far
Not when there are restaurant rape rooms and Louis C.K. is just fine.
Mia Dolan Sucks, But Jimmy Fowlie Will Leave You Laughing
The fictional character played by Emma Stone in "La La Land" finally performs her one-woman show for all the world to see.
Willimon’s Will: The DC Swamp (and Uma Thurman!) Take Broadway
No one sees and no one draws a moral line. Talk about a snake pit!
Amy Schumer Does Edward Albee, Courtesy of Steve Martin
Amy Shumer, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, Jeremy Sjamos spark a play giving marriage the once-over.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
