Jean Carroll is considered the first Jewish woman to do stand-up comedy. Now, an event aims to introduce New Yorkers to this influential yet little-known legend. Before there was Joan Rivers and Susie ...

Jo used to make jokes on stage about her disorder, which first started at the age of 11.

"The [biggest] goal is always to be artistically fulfilled and always leveling up at every stage, which is why I'm in this outfit," said Shlesinger whose new special, "A Different Animal," premieres ...

Forest, 90, is performing her one-woman show, “90 Years of Songs and Scandal,” as part of the New York City Fringe Festival. D’yan Forest is, in the truest sense of the phrase, one of a kind. That’s ...

Women are surging in stand-up comedy and, in nearly half the country, the bestselling is Nikki Glaser, per Vivid Seats. By the numbers: Glaser, who this year became the first woman to be the solo host ...

The multi-camera sitcom has been on its last legs, which is too bad because it can be such an uproarious format when it prioritizes jokes over the kind of comedy that tends to predominate on streaming ...