Leanne Morgan discusses what it was like to team up with Chuck Lorre to build a new Netflix comedy and take the once-common ...

Stand-up comedy has not always been part of the entertainment landscape and to prove that point, I give you this story. One late afternoon in 1978, Rick Uchwat picked up the telephone at Zanies, th… ...

Latina Comedians are coming from across the country for this year’s Latina Comedy Festival. It all starts today and feature more than 35 Latina stand up comedians. Joining Spotlight Chicago i… ...

Stand-up comedian Ken Flores died on Tuesday at age 28. He was born in Chicago and moved to Aurora and then Los Angeles later in life.

Geoffrey Asmus is a stand-up comedian known for his self-deprecating humor and fearless approach to taboo topics. Originally ...

It’s tempting to think comedy success these days comes from a TikTok following, but Chicago’s working comedians say nothing beats time in front of a live audience.

Comedian’s book recalls Chicago’s heyday as an incubator for stand-up stars In ‘The Perfect Amount of Wrong,’ Mike Bridenstine looks back at the rise of peers including Kumail Nanjiani ...

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting. Arguably one of the ...

Dave Chappelle will be bringing the fall run of his stand-up comedy show to Chicago – the final stop on his latest tour.

Some have said that tragedy is an important element to comedy but, for some of stand-up’s most acclaimed stars, tragedy saw the end of their career. Far too many of our favorite comedians passed ...

Chicago’s Raven Theatre Company announced the cast and production team for the limited engagement World Premiere of Philip Dawkins’ THE COMEDIANS, running November 14 - 24, 2024 and directed ...

For Asian American Pacific Islander Month, here are 12 talented AAPI Stand-Up Comedians who are on the rise in the comedy scene.