Comedy

"We are not a monolith! We are not a monolith! We are not a monolith!" chanted the six-member cast at the start of Woolly...

The Second City’s Black Side of the Moon— the Chicago-based comedy troupe’s first foray into post-Obama politics—launched the holiday season this week with an...

Billed as “The Second City’s Completely Unbiased Political Revue,” Unelectable You—now in the middle of a four month pre-election national tour—paused in Washington, DC...

A quick but firm handshake, a genuine embrace, a passing glance to own the room and most of all a nudge, wink and leaning...

Prolific comedian and TV personality Kathleen Madigan brought her new The Mermaid Lady standup tour to Baltimore Saturday night at the Lyric Opera House, featuring...

What happens when you put together famous improv comedian Colin Mochrie, Canadian comedy troupe The Second City, and the National Symphony Orchestra?  A night...

We Know How You Die, the Upright Citizens Brigade's improvised, audience participation exploration of the Oracle, its predictive methodology, and its impact on the...

GALA Hispanic Theatre—home of the National Center for Latino Performing Arts—kicked off its 41st season this weekend with the DC premiere of Miss Cuarenta. The dazzling...

Moxie: A Happenstance Vaudeville channels pre-radioTV entertainment America’s Got Talent, The X Factor, Benny Hill, The Gong Show, and The Ed Sullivan Show are nothing new....

Internationally known comedian and civil rights activist, Dick Gregory, closed out the last of a series of five District of Comedy Festival performances along...

How do you make fun of someone who always makes fun of himself? Well, last night, Roastmaster Bob Saget and The Kennedy Center’s District...

Celebrating Joan: A Tribute to Joan Rivers, which left the audience of admirers howling last night at The Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, was an evening for “mature...

With the nonstop laughter tonight coming from the Warner Theatre in DC, it was easy to tell that Brian Regan had brought his comedy...

Whatever you’re doing, stop now. Run - do not walk; run - to Folger Theatre for the glorious ray of sunshine that is William...

Approximately once a month – twice, if they feel like it – a group of comedians gets together at the Platform Arts Center in...

Comedienne extraordinaire Carol Burnett brought her distinctive and legendary persona to the Music Center at Strathmore last night and the audience responded with glee...

In the Venn Diagram of your brain on burlesque and your brain on standup, Barenaked Comedy is the intersection. It made for an interesting...

The theatre critic might well be the focus of the satiric lampoon, now on stage at Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre, but it is...

'Tis the season for jolly laughter, and if you like humor that’s loopy, irreverent, quick-witted, and fresh, you’ll fit right in at Washington Improv...

Four-time Emmy award-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer and DC-area native Wanda Sykes returned to The Warner Theatre last weekend with her signature sarcastic and...