It's not that I don't love "Lear." I do, passionately. But as I grow older, I grow more firmly convinced that comedy is truer to life than tragedy, not just onstage but in all the narrative art forms.

29-Year-Old Anna Akana Balances Comedy and Tragedy. ByRosa Escandon, ... Aside from her mental health related art, she works closely with Crisis Text Line and is an avid donor to the Trevor Project.

Inside — more an office than a typical, spare art space — people answer phones, printers chug out paper and coffee cups languish on conference room tables. I came here to see “Comedy and Tragedy,” an ...

It certainly is more important than memorials, or art, or, god forbid, poetry. That’s a lot of pressure on comedians. ... The Delicate and Vital Role of Comedy After a Tragedy.

Neda Ulaby reports that for all that comedy has faced since Sept. 11, reports that irony would fizzle out turned out to be greatly exaggerated. Comedy, like anything else, adapts.

Matthew Sweet chairs a debate on the subject of which approach to life and art is more illuminating - comedy or tragedy. With comedian Natalie Haynes and novelist Julian Gough. Show more Matthew ...