Moontower Review: Blue Moon

No-holds-barred set successfully pushed the comedy envelope

"...the fifth year in a row at the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, hosting the late-night, no-holds-barred Blue Moon..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

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

How Sweetlamb It Is

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's founder returns to power

"...Yes, he's the producer of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival that's turning Austin into a citywide nightclub of..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest

Because the best comedy always has a story to it

"...this better than Austin Sketch Fest, put on by alt-comedy bastion ColdTowne Theatre this weekend at the Scottish Rite..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Column by James Scott

Moontower Review: Ron Funches

Huggable comic charms crowd, tells how to Winnie-the-Pooh it

"...In his second Moontower show as the Cap City Comedy Club headliner, Ron Funches imagined describing his job to..."

April 23, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Moontower 5: First Wave of Comics Announced

Martin Short and Kevin Smith lead the laugh makers for 2016

"...time in building the anticipation for its fifth Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival. Rather than wait until January to..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

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. The lineup featured many of Austin’s comedy darlings,..."

April 24, 2017 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Moontower 6: More Headliners

Jay Pharaoh, Chris Hardwick, Morgan Murphy join 2017 lineup

"...When the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival released the names of 50 comics..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Review: New York’s Finest

No Garofalo, no problem for this gifted crowd of up-and-comers

"...of New York’s Finest closed out the 2016 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival with aplomb...."

April 25, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin

Welcome Back, Neighbor

SNL-starry Good Neighbor to headline Austin Sketch Fest

"...Fest may already consider the 2015 edition of the scripted-comedy celebration to be their "Lucky 7th." That's because they've..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'Joan Thinks I'm Funny, So I Better Keep Going'

Oddball Festival's Whitney Cummings on the craft of comedy

"...the unilaterally macho world of stand-up, this year’s Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival is spare in the estrogen column...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Film Review: Keanu

Comedy duo screens work in progress

"...Jordan Peele are best known for escalating one-joke sketch comedy, typically riffing on race and black identity in America...."

March 13, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted the Hideout Theatre

Comedy theatre mulls the corporate cash influx and concession sales that went away

"...place like the Hideout Theatre typically turns its two comedy stages over to the paying likes of Comedy Central..."

March 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Coldtowne Brings Sex a.k.a. Wieners and Boobs to the Austin Stage

Comedy written by the off-center minds behind Wet Hot American Summer

"...the big screen and now to the Austin stage, comedy multihyphenates Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter, and David Wain..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Francesca D'Annunzio

Celebrating Shondee Superstar

Cap City Comedy hosts a benefit for Lashonda Lester's family

"...hit the big time and shine forever. Wednesday, the comedy community gathers to pay tribute to Lester and raise..."

June 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Review: Dave Attell

Does it get any better than this comic in a true club setting?

"...The full house at Cap City Comedy Club last Friday got a two-for-one top shelf special..."

March 3, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Austin Film Festival: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Maz Jobrani strikes a rich vein of comedy

"...nouns that might follow the descriptor “Iranian-American,” the word “comedy” does not readily spring to mind. Maz Jobrani’s Jimmy..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Key & Peele' Season 2 Premieres Tonight

Forget Saturday night: This is the sketch comedy show to watch

"...to have to wait until the second episode of comedy sketch show Key & Peele for the return of..."

Sept. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

A movie so exasperating it's driven our reviewer to escape into song.

"...solve a gastro-mystery A red state’s idea of great comedy Un-PC humor that makes you go, “Ew” Jokes about..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Trainwreck Premieres

Amy Schumer & Judd Apatow present work-in-progress print

"...SXSW work-in-progress world premiere of director Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, Trainwreck, turned Congress Ave. and the surrounding streets into..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

Q&A With Kurt Braunohler

The absurdist comic has a seriously bright future

"...legacy of American absurdism, Braunohler’s working relationship with Austin comedy, and the recent personal tragedy pushing his jokes in..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin

Both Sides Going for Her

Inside Amy Schumer, there's still plenty of teenage girl, but there's also a highly focused comic

"...Amy Schumer traversed into the fraternal disorder of stand-up comedy out of college, the innocent-looking yet racy Long Islander,..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...Three heavy-hitter comedy hosts unite for one night in an event that’ll..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

TV Eye

What's so funny about being fat? Lots, if you're Jiminy Glick.

"...Martin Short plays on Primetime Glick, which returns to Comedy Central for a second season this Saturday. Swallowed inside..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Demetri Martin: Under mild surveillance

Demetri Martin, of the "Trendspotting" segment on The Daily Show, explains his quick rise in comedy, how it feels to be semifamous, and why he chose Austin for filming his next Comedy Central special

"...system. He has a new CD out on the Comedy Central label. He's writing screenplays for DreamWorks and Columbia..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Daniel Oppenheimer

Awful/Lucky Martha Kelly

Austin comedian Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame

"...of an upcoming episode of The Half Hour on Comedy Central, and actor fresh off filming a part in..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Strangers With Candy: Seasons 1 & 2 DVD Packs

Jerri Blank makes me "moist as a snack cake down there"

"...Strangers With Candy: Seasons 1 & 2 DVD PacksComedy Central Home Video, $59.98..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Review by Kate X Messer

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances McDormand gives a searing performance as vengeance personified

"...moral fabric. Three Billboards’ range spans between anguish and comedy in ways that can seem both dizzyingly daring and..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Honorable Tater Salad

House declares April 27 Ron White Day

"...as an entertainer; he paid his dues in small comedy clubs for 13 years, honing his act, until his..."

April 27, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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