Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

"We were on this flight once in the early 80s. The aircraft goes to the end of the runway, turns around, and parks in a secluded area. The pilot announces: 'Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to ...

Give English stand-up comedian Russell Howard the option of getting an audience to erupt in laughter or give him a standing ovation at the end of his set, and there’s no question which he’ld choose.

TEL AVIV, Israel _ With his motormouth monologues and poignant punchlines about the absurdities of Israeli life, Shahar Hason has established himself as one of the country’s most popular stand-up ...

The local comedy scene has picked up in the last year and although the majority of the shows are in Greek, a few pop up occasionally in English and sometimes, Russian. This January, English speakers ...

Ask him how he became a stand-up comedian, Vinay Menon blurts out with a nasal chortle: “the story itself is funny.” The story in question dates back to his Bengaluru days in 2012. “I had a break-up ...

Stand-up comedy in Asia is booming right now, and one of the continent’s rising stars is a comic named Mark Stanlan. In a span of just 18 months, Stanlan has made the jump from lowly open-micer to ...