Experience Joy

The quality comedy at SXSW 2012 is worth making extra time for

"...typically come to Austin in March just for the comedy at South by Southwest – but given the high-quality,..."

March 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

The Woodman Cometh

In promotion of his new film 'Hollywood Ending,' reluctant traveler Woody Allen appeared briefly in Austin to talk bats, barbecue, and why he'll never go back to stand-up.

"...to the video store over the weekend to brush up on some of your work, and was struck by..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death to Smoochy

"...Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart, Michael Rispoli and Vincent Schiavelli. “Comedy isn't pretty” is an axiom that Danny DeVito holds..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...My cousins, the Sklar brothers -- the identical-twin stand-up comedians -- are coming to town for a six-day..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Interview with Dean Haglund

"...his start in the fertile fields of the Canadian stand-up comedy circuit, And he has appeared in shows ranging..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Wife Stories

Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito on life as a comedy couple

"...there in the title of the pair's recent Seeso comedy series, and it’s made them role models in the..."

Sept. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

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

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

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

Queer Comic Clara Blackstone Is Creating Good Pollution

New Fallout Theater comedy show elevates weird comedy for trash people

"...Austin’s comedy scene is full of pollution: the obvious straight dude..."

July 22, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Official Competition

Cruz and Banderas reunite in this scathing comedy about ego and filmmaking

"...Directed by: Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. Starring: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez, José Luis..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Onion’s Scott Dikkers Headlines Austin’s Worded Funny

Area event showcases written comedy, local literary laughmongers

"...There’s a comedy show in town this Thursday night...."

Jan. 13, 2020 Arts Post

Three Queer Comedians To See at Fallout Theater’s Anniversary

LOL with Arielle Isaac Norman, Jess Lonnett, and Angelina Martin

"...night, Jan. 26, it’ll be a weekend full of comedy and community to commemorate its first year after rebranding..."

Jan. 24, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

All About Nina

Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as a comic in freefall

"...of Spanish writer/director Eva Vives’ debut feature. Centering on stand-up comedian Nina Geld (Winstead) fleeing the East Coast for..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Andy Kindler

The 'comedian's comedian' returns to explain just why you didn't laugh at his last joke

"...flat out that he's a troublemaker. "I can open up any can of worms and get people upset," the..."

June 21, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blazers, Brunch, and Sex Shops

These are a few of Janine Brito's favorite things

"...since 2009, when she won the San Francisco Women's Comedy Competition, but her fashion sense isn't one of them...."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

A Good Sense of HUMORdy

The filmmaking collective spreads the word of Austin comedy to the world wide web

"...goal of creating comedic videos ranging from sketch to stand-up and song parodies to anything else they find funny..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Follow the Leader

Has Austin's ON Networks found the golden formula for the new media age?

"...from traditional to nontraditional, from content viewed on static, stand-alone hardware to content accessible on portable devices. For media..."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Ten

Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.

"...the shalls and shall-nots in this anthology of quirky comedy sketches with a contemporary take on the Ten Commandments...."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...about the hellish heat. As the rain clouds dry up and the brash Texas sun swings down low to..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

Mac & Cheers

Mac Blake snags the crown of Funniest Person in Austin 2013

"...a Walgreen's … at night. So already I fucked up," opined Mac Blake in leading off a very funny..."

May 21, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ColdTowne

In just months, New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne has become deeply involved in Austin's comedy scene, and now it's close to getting its own venue

"...a year since the members of New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne made our town their town (after escaping the..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...Stand-Up for Your RightsComedians on the Silver Screen..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

TV Eye

Good TV shows don't go to heaven, they go to Barnes & Noble; also, Larry David's HBO special is worth the price of cable.

"...television this week. Oh, I tuned in to a couple of favorites, and caught some of the new shows..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...shifts to the status quo. As the year wraps up, Qmmunity collected five major movements that shook up LGBTQ..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...April 21, 2006). In 2016, while performing with his long-standing punk band Riverboat Gamblers at Jackalope on Sixth Street,..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

How Negin Farsad Sees the World … and How You Should See It Too

Social justice comedian on her new book How To Make White People Laugh

"...chortling at well-spun anecdotes about homemade bed-sheet hijabs, college comedy troupes, and wine slushies, but also more serious topics..."

June 20, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

Southern Comfort

Mary Patterson makes fun of her 'rich girl' background

"...from funniest girl in the sorority to hard-working, hard-traveling stand-up comedian in seven years?..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Soldier of Fortune

Comic Steven Wright offers observations on his return to short film, "One Soldier," the pressure of following up an Academy Award, and this bad trick called life.

"...Steven Wright does stand-up comedy like nobody else. His exquisitely crafted one-liners and..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

2017 Austin Sketch Festival: What to See

Maybe all of it, yes – but OMG let’s not be ridiculous

"...The Austin Sketch Festival kicks off tonight and goes..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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