Comedy Producer Joke Zero Expands Into Distribution, Sets Isabel Hagen’s Tribeca Prize-Winner ‘On A String’ As First Release

EXCLUSIVE: Joke Zero, a recently launched, comedy-focused production company founded by filmmaker Brandon Tamburri, has ...

It's no joke. Boom Chicago, an Amsterdam improv theater, is churning out American comedy legends.

Some of the biggest American comics have gotten their starts at Boom Chicago, an Amsterdam improv theater. Seth Meyers, ...
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Comedians Who Got Caught Stealing Jokes

While getting into the entertainment business and actually reaching the point where one can sustain themselves and their families through their work is a rarely accomplished feat from a sheer ...

Comedy in Russia is booming. But stand-ups live in fear of being jailed for jokes.

Stand-up comedy is booming in President Vladimir Putin's Russia but comics have to tread a fine line with their jokes where ...
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How a new generation of comics is changing the face of Jewish comedy — and Judaism itself

What it means to be Jewish in the U.S. has changed since the early days of Jewish comics on the Borscht Belt. We’ve assimilated, spread out across the country and the accent is fading away. You have ...