SXSW Comedy: Covering All Things Comedy

"Always own your work," Burr, Madrigal, and Benson tell SXSW

"...Monday afternoon panel, Owning Your Work: The Future of All Things Comedy, comedians Burr (Bill’s Monday Morning Podcast, I’m..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

SXSW Comedy: Your 2015 Lineup

Schumer, Harmon, Bell, and SNL lead this year's laugh-makers

"...their breaths waiting to hear who'll be at SXSW Comedy this year can exhale. The 2015 lineup is out..."

Feb. 23, 2015 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: The Laugh Button Live

This show was the year's Holy Grail of comedy

"...A week from now when we all reflect on the adverse lifestyle choices we made during..."

March 18, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

Local Married Couple Flaunts Public Comedy Habit

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

"...So, there’s that married comedy duo in town, Chloe and Lane Ingram, who perform..."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy 2019: Emma Willmann

Opening up the comic behind Secret Keepers Club

"...her their salacious life stories. Ahead of her Moontower Comedy Festival performances, she shared some (slightly less) salacious stories..."

April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...the Houston comic, who's in town for the Moontower Comedy Festival, got his first hour-long special for Comedy Central,..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five New Things In Austin's Comedy Scene

A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends

"...Comedy and drinking, drinking and comedy: They go together like..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy 2018: Julio Torres

Here comes the Space Prince, but don't worry about his bangs

"...time ago.” Some people took him in and started calling him Space Prince. “Which I don't mind,” he says...."

April 17, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

The Original Kings of Comedy

"...and Steve Harvey. Spike Lee's new movie is a comedy performance film in the tradition of Richard Pryor's Live..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin's Kerri Lendo Has Almost No Shame At All

The popular comedian runs one hella weird open mic

"...Yes, Kerri Lendo's going to be performing at Moontower Comedy Festival this year – but that's not what this..."

Feb. 14, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...comedian Jen Kober is in town for the Moontower Comedy Festival, and she's loaded with chewy SweetTarts...."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

TV Review: Eugene Mirman Comedy Central Special

Alt-comedy hero misses the mark in an uneven standup show

"...Eugene Mirman’s comedy can be hit or miss, but I think that..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Post by Eli Black

Chris Morris Talks Terrorist Comedy

UK hit Four Lions touches down in Austin

"...to to initiate another popular strategy altogether. To wit, comedy...."

Nov. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

10 Things I Hate About You

This updated version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew provides a sharp examination of teen dating rituals.

"...of the better ones so far, relying less on teen-comedy conventions and more on the Bard himself, even going..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Comedy: The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast Taping with Eugene Mirman

The interview gets to the heart of Mirman's "warm silliness"

"...Comedian, Stuart Goldsmith interviews comedians about the art of comedy. “Around the 40-minute mark, I try to convince them..."

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

New Live Comedy Show Is Doper Than What, Exactly?

Heckle Her Productions goes all Nineties-style with latest comedy gig

"...like, a skadillion Wayans family members into the national comedy zeitgeist. Remember? Also, that Jim Carrey guy...."

July 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

"...title should also feature a cast of actors that virtually runs off the edge of the page. This unruliness..."

Feb. 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do Women Rule The Austin Comedy Scene?

Kat Ramzinski suggests that, yeah, they sure as hell do

"...Two things you need to know about Kat Ramzinski:..."

Feb. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Breakin' All the Rules

Despite the title of this sugar-coated fluffbomb of an urban romantic comedy, precious few rules are broken, cinematically speaking, during its quick, painless 90 minutes.

"...buddy picture, this sugar-coated fluffbomb of an urban romantic comedy has more in common with French bedroom farces and..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Very Bad Things

"...to come down the pike in some time, though calling this mess a “comedy” cheapens the term in the..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moontower Comedy 2018: Shmanners

Travis and Teresa McElroy demystify social dos and don’ts

"...Maybe it’s counterintuitive to kick off a comedy festival with a show about how to behave –..."

April 16, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Ryan Cownie Has Up and Taken Over Avalanche Comedy

And Chris Cubas, on his way to Kansas City, swears this is a good thing

"...comic, this Ryan Cownie, who's taken over hosting Avalanche Comedy at Holy Mountain on Monday nights...."

Nov. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Art & Comedy Events Streaming This Weekend

When I hear the word “culture,” I reach for my mouse

"...the midst of these frustrating plaguetime follies. Because we’re all getting a little twitchy – or Twitchy – at..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Maeve Higgins Makes SXSW Ghost Comedy More Than Extra Ordinary

Comedian and podcaster takes on the afterlife

"...Not all Ghostbusters wear proton packs and defend New York from..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy Review: Comedy Bang! Bang!

Aukerman’s high-wire absurdism makes for an electric live show

"...year to tape two live episodes of his beloved Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. With his usual whip-smart timing and..."

March 13, 2017 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin

Moontower Comedy 2018: Podcast Fever!

With new series, fest dials the number of podcasts up to 10

"...have been a steadily growing presence at the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival in recent years, and it appears..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: The Super Secret Show

Sinbad can still bring the house down

"...The advance billing for SXSW Comedy’s Super Secret Show left everything to the imagination until..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

The Israeli/Palestinian Comedy Tour

Four stand-up comics aim to ease cultural tensions with a few swift salvos of laughter

"...And they're not actually from Israel or Palestine, these guys, they're all definitely..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: The Laugh Button Live!

Kathy Griffin ignited a late-night set full of high energy

"...Tuesday night Amy Miller hosted SXSW Comedy's The Laugh Button Live! with Gotham Comedy Club showcase,..."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Oh, wait, is this a new list of entertainment options?

"...Why, yes, observant citizen – this “Five Things” post is part of an ongoing weekly series! And..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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