Stand-up Comedy: The Tweet & Lowdown

Chris Cubas and Kath Barbadoro hashtag it out

"...Stand-up comics Chris Cubas and Kath Barbadorohave a lot to..."

April 27, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Comics

The stand-up people behind the city's comedy scene

"...Room (named for Awn's Ronnie Velveeta character) and brightening comedy mics all over town. "One high point," says the..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Loud Village Live Stand-Up Showcase

L.A. comics offer a tasting menu of approaches to stand-up

"...It’s a funny thing, stand-up at 6pm. You have an hour or so of..."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Rosalind Faires

Stand Up Guys

The film stars Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin as a trio of petty crooks who reunite postretirement to settle some old scores and rediscover the meaning of friendship.

"...Yet another boomer-sploitation comedy about puckered septuagenarians throwing Geritol to the wind, Stand..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Austin’s Longest-Running Stand-Up Showcase Ends After a Decade of Making Stars

Sure Thing is a wrap at 512

"...friendship forms. In June 2012, they launch a weekly stand-up showcase. 512 shows later, the longtime friends and co-hosts,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Stand-Up Comic Tai Nguyen's Improbable Rise to Hilarity

Vietnam-born comedian on insecurity and his shot-in-the-dark TV special

"...filming an hourlong TV special at the Stateside. In stand-up comedy, this is like an expansion franchise winning the..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up

Who makes the jokes, where you can see them, and who keeps the scene running in a city where laughing matters

"...joke here. It's literally what happens at Cap City Comedy Club every May when the Funniest Person in Austin..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stand-up's Best Medicine Show

The Comedians of Comedy provide stand-up's best medicine show

"...Gas Company, but the red-hot juggernaut the Comedians of Comedy tour (and the Michael Blieden-directed tour film) is a..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Brently Heilbron's Stand Up Empire Signs With PBS

New show to bring ACL-like coverage of Austin's comedy scene

"...Last time we told you about local comedy mover-and-shaker Brently Heilbron, it was because of his emo..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tony Hinchcliffe's Stand-up Racism

Kill Tony host spews slurs at fellow comic Peng Dang

"...As he finished his set at a Big Laugh Comedy show in Austin last week, Dallas stand-up Peng Dang..."

May 13, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Podcasts

So local you don't have to leave your house

"...many more lost shows in loving, hilarious detail. – C.M. Comedy Wham! Presents..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Bryan Gutmann: A Stand-Up Guy

Telling jokes at a mic has always been the main thing for Bryan Gutmann

"...Bryan Gutmann has been a staple of the Austin comedy scene for over a decade. He recorded his first..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Venues

Where to find the funny in town

"...Cap City Comedy Club 8120 Research, www.capcitycomedy.com..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Stand-Up Guy

Steve Martin didn't just incorporate a banjo into his early comedy routines for a laugh

"...frustrated comedian for a father, I recall Steve Martin's Comedy Is Not Pretty! (1979) as one of the first..."

April 23, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Annual Events

Festivals aren't just for music and film

"...that time the contest – sponsored by Cap City Comedy Club – has grown into such a big deal..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

100 Proof Comedy: Shot down stand-up

Four of Austin's funniest comics have created a new showcase in which the hook is the comics doing what the audience does, i.e., taking a belt, knocking one back, hitting the sauce

"...we know, but in the case of the new stand-up venture 100 Proof Comedy, their tippling is actually part..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Behind the Scenesters

The people behind the people behind the mic

"...She started at Cap City Comedy Club as a waitress in 1985, moonlighting from her..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Showcases

Laughs on the regular

"...Dr.) has been an anchor of the city's weekly stand-up schedule since 2013, but when founder Katie Pengra decided..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

The 2-D Stand-Up

Matthew Inman is The Oatmeal

"...the angry, grumpy one – but that translates to comedy, apparently."..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival

In Austin's newest festival, stand-up finally gets top billing

"...It isn't that stand-up gets no love from Austin's festival scene. Comedy and..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives: in the frequently complex, sometimes substance-enhanced, occasionally..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cap City Comedy Club Closes

COVID closure shutters the venerable stand-up home for good

"...Yesterday, Cap City Comedy Club, the venue that's kept you – and all..."

Sept. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

When Is Austin Comedy a Sure Thing?

Maybe on a Wednesday, definitely on a Saturday

"...in Austin, Texas – you can find some night-time comedy show or other that’ll probably make you laugh your..."

Feb. 3, 2016 Arts Post by Spencer Beghtol

Comedy Wham's Top Five Moontower Just for Laughs Big Names

The Austin comedy podcast's Five for Laughs: Headliners Edition

"...Austin's Moontower Comedy Festival celebrates 10 years and a new partnership with..."

April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Making Tragedy Funny Again at Moontower Comedy

Stand-ups pull punch lines out of personal traumas

"...At last year's Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, headliner Maria Bamford spoke openly about..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland

Back in September 2005, Vaughn decided to try his hand at the impresario game and Gathered together four young stand-up comedians for a 30-day bus tour of the heartland.

"...could count it, Vaughn, the new king of Hollywood comedy, decided to put aside acting and try his hand..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2018: Picks

In the bounty of improv, sketch, & stand-up, some of our picks

"...the final dog days when the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival shows up to provide a week of comic..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Can Cap City Comedy Club Reclaim Its Throne?

The Austin comedy institution is back, but it returns to a radically changed stand-up scene

"...I published a farewell love letter to Cap City Comedy Club when, after 35 years as a cultural icon,..."

July 29, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Comedy Wham's Five Austin Comics Not to Miss at Moontower Just For Laughs

The Austin comedy podcast's Five for Laughs: Locals Edition

"...Moontower Comedy Festival celebrates 10 years and a new partnership with..."

April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

What Food Goes Well With Comedy?

Jim Gaffigan can tell you – and does in this Q&A

"...he really that spotless? The Chronicle gets the popular stand-up, who returns to Austin on Oct. 23, to come..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

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