Horror stories abound of comedians’ first forays onstage. Jokes bomb, crowds are indifferent, angry drunks heckle mercilessly — it’s all…
Heather McDonald isn’t entirely unhappy that her long-term gig on the late-night comedy series “Chelsea Lately” ended. “I miss being…
The Comedian: Robert De Niro stars in the film about a former comedy star who struggles to reinvent himself but…
British comic Jimmy Carr, who started in comedy in 2000, has paid his dues. Now, at 43, he’s going mainstream…
Being onstage before a crowd of strangers hasn’t been an issue for comic Emily Heller, an Alameda native headlining three…
More often than not, especially in a comedy club setting, Greg Proops is the smartest man in the room —…
Contemplating Eddie Izzard is an invitation to think globally. The English actor and comic was born in what was once…
Nobody told actor and comedian Jay Mohr that his stand-up gig at Cobb’s this weekend coincided with the San Francisco…
