Get your maps out, order your two-drink minimum and chart a course with us across these new homes for improv and stand-up ...

Here are some of the best places to see stand up comedy in Chicago. The Chicago Theatre 175 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 462-6300 www.thechicagotheatre.com.

A tie: Chicago stand-up has always favored the off-kilter, and this year two comics found their eccentric voices at the same time. In a kind of warm deadpan, Beth Stelling—who hosts the ...

One of many Chicago-born stand-ups on the list, ... No wonder Comedy Central named him to its “100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time” list. 8. Tom Segura.

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 is ...

The UnGala is back! Clic k here for the ticket link for this year's celebration at Epiphany Center for the Arts on Oct. 18. Every time I walk to Humboldt Park, which is a weekly occurrence that ...

Indiana Fever point guard Sydney Colson will make her stand-up comedy debut, as opening act for the inaugural Fever Fest at ...

Four Chicago Comedians Who Are About to Make It Big These funny locals are all on the rise. And you can see them before they get huge at stand-up sets in Chicago this July.

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 ...

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 ...

Stand-up comedy isn't quite the boys club it used to be, Kristen Toomey says. "I think things are changing, and it's certainly easier than when I started," said Toomey, a six-year comic veteran ...