Many stand-up comedians who rise to household-name popularity tend to get their name out through yearly (or at least semi-regular) album releases, TV specials, books and whatever else might help ...

Steven Wright, an influential stand-up comic known for his deadpan delivery and offbeat one-liners, visits the Ridgefield Playhouse this Sunday. Wright has twice been nominated for Grammy's in the ...

“I'm just trying to make them laugh,” says Steven Wright. “I don't focus on emotion.” The 68-year-old comedian and actor, who’s built a career on setting the bar for the definition of “deadpan,” has ...

Age is a subjective thing for comedian Steven Wright. Right now, he’s admitting that he has the attention span of a junior high kid. “Don’t you think we’re all different ages (in our minds)?,” he says ...

Steven Wright looked like he might have been more comfortable drinking in the Empire Tavern down the street than on stage at the Fargo Theatre Saturday night, but he made the crowd feel right at home.

The existentially twisted homilies of Steven Wright, something like Ben Franklin on acid, brought the comedian national renown in the 1980s. His mind-game material was especially suited to short ...