comedy

YouTube’s First Comedy Week Launches May 19

A mix of sketches, stand-up, and musical performances, the streaming video behemoth’s inaugural comedy fest will feature names known (Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller) and not-so-known.

3 Tips to Make Your Audition Funnier

Everyone wants to stand out at comedy auditions. Here’s how to do it.

Why Chicago's Comedy Tradition Is Unlike Any Other

How theater improv and the Second City helped spawn ‘Saturday Night Live’ and the Upright Citizens Brigade.

3 Improv Tips for Non-Improvisers

I often get the chance to use improv in on-camera auditions, and it seems just as often, I’m auditioning with people who have never taken a single improv class. So here are three quick tips for you non-improv actors.

Marc Maron Changed the Comedy World With Podcasts

Thanks to the success of “WTF,” Maron books more gigs, sells more tickets, landed a book deal, and even has a series coming to IFC this year.

Billy Eichner: 'I Would Not Have a Career Without Facebook and Twitter'

Billy Eichner is a viral video success story. “I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy."

The Difference Between Long- and Short-Form Improv

"Whose Line is it Anyway?" will bring improv back to TV—but not the same kind that is in fashion on stages and at schools.

PIT Announces NYC Improv Festival 2013 Lineup

The full schedule for the Peoples Improv Theater’s second annual NYC improv Festival features more than 80 improv teams over four nights, March 20-23 in New York.

Applications Now Open for UCB’s 15th Annual Del Close Marathon

Submissions are now being accepted for the Upright Citizens Brigade’s 15th annual Del Close Marathon improv festival, which runs June 28-30 in New York.

Comedy Central Introduces New Domain for Digital Content

With the launch of CC Studios last week, Comedy Central is giving comedians even more chances to gain exposure on its Web and TV platforms.