When Is Austin Comedy a Sure Thing?

Maybe on a Wednesday, definitely on a Saturday

"...It’s Wednesday again in Austin, Texas. And even on a Wednesday – because you..."

Feb. 3, 2016 Arts Post by Spencer Beghtol

Do Women Rule The Austin Comedy Scene?

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

"...One, she's a woman. Two, she's a stand-up comic...."

Feb. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pictures of Superheroes Packs in the Austin Comedy Talent

Quirky comedy filled with familiar faces

"...an easy film to describe without using the words "Austin-y," "Slacker-ish," or referencing Steven Soderbergh's early exercise in cinematic..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Comics

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

"...The original Funniest Person in Austin (as in the contest's first winner in 1986), this..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy 2018: More Comics Named

On, Ryan! On, Preacher! On, Colin! On, Ali! On 39 more jokers!

"...Apparently, all you Austin comedy fans have been good this year, because Santa..."

Dec. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy 2019: The First Wave

Festival welcomes Jenny Slate and David Spade as headliners

"...Austin comedy fans have just received something they can give..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

Funniest Person in Austin 2013

Cap City Comedy Club launches its biggest joke-slinging competition yet on the funniest day of the year

"...on the one day of the year devoted to comedy, why not go out and have a laugh? Cap..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy 2020: The First Wave

Fest taps Middleditch & Schwartz, Nikki Glaser as headliners

"...Austin comedy fans may not be able to concentrate on..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Funniest Person in Austin 2014

Cody Hustak reveals the secrets to his success in this year's comedy competition

"...expected in Indonesia or eastern Europe, but Cap City Comedy Club? And yet there it was in the results..."

May 30, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

OOB's comedy podcasts will make your Labor Day weekend less labored

"...to summer? Just plug into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's pre-planned jollity. As noted last week ("Improv-Educated," Aug...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower Review: Austin Towers

The range of local comedy voices was on full view at the Velv

"...The Austin Towers showcase helped close this year’s Moontower Comedy Festival...."

April 24, 2017 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Funniest Person in Austin 2013

From 209 contenders, the final 12 emerge to duke it out for this year's comedy crown

"...Okay, folks, our annual comedy competition is really gettin' serious. Back on April Fools'..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Now Streaming in Austin: "The Outfit"

Yen Tan's political comedy "The Outfit" asks if the clothes make the man

"...the question underlying "The Outfit," the short magical-realist political comedy directed by Yen Tan (1985) and co-written by Tan..."

June 7, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Gym Buddies

Web comedy Gym Buddies gets in shape

"...When Austin comedy screenwriter Shruti Saran saw fitness culture merging with..."

April 6, 2018 Screens Column by Austin Sanders

Now Streaming in Austin: "Pepito"

Award-winning comedy short takes us back to childhood

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining...."

April 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pie and Ear Show: Old-School Austin Improv, Activate!

Bryce yourself for some McGehee-hee-hee on the cutting Egertons

"...You'd think that running a comedy weight-loss competition would be enough for one man, but..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Your 2018 Lineup

March mirth blows in with Bloom, Offerman, Gaffigan, & Cavett

"...and going out like a lamb, but here in Austin there's also a part when March goes full hyena,..."

Feb. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest: Local Stars on the Rise

Because nobody knows funny like ATX

"...In the four years since its inception, Moontower Comedy Festival has become a staple in the comedic community...."

April 11, 2016 Chron Events Post by Samantha Johnson

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

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

All Over Creation: A Brief History of Laugh Riots in Austin

As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny

"...funniest. In addition to all the ongoing hilarity in Austin's large and varied comedy scene – Esther's Follies, Master..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Capitol City Comedy Club's Grab for Bigger Laughs Restarting the Stop

"...Back when I began writing about Austin's comedy scene four years ago, my kid was so..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Spike Gillespie

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...David James (Fri., noon) Area man, dapper host of Austin's favorite live comedy game show Laugh, Dammit!..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...trying to make it as a professional comic in Austin?..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Completely Official Showcase of Comedy

Even in a lineup of stars, Austin’s Lashonda Lester is the one to watch

"...last May when she was crowned Funniest Person in Austin, the first African-American to win the contest and first..."

March 12, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

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

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

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

SXSW Comedy: Your 2020 Lineup

Get ready for Buress, Davidson, National Lampoon, and more

"...laughs! Well, no more. SXSW has announced this year's Comedy Festival participants and shows, and they include Judd Apatow,..."

March 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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