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GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has announced the nominees for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, including five Broadway shows, Billy Porter, Reneé Rapp, The Color Purple, High School Musical the Musical the Series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, and more.

The Brooklyn Comedy Collective is exploding. But in a good way. After the rousing success of the BCC's 2023 edition of the FUN AND DUMB IMPROV FESTIVAL – which included over 130 shows and 600+ improvisers as perhaps the LARGEST IMPROV FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD THAT YEAR – the BCC is preparing for its best year ever.

Find out who won at the 75th Annual Emmy awards! Elton John, Jennifer Coolidge, RuPaul, Kieran Culkin, The Bear, Jeremy Allen White, Paul Walter Hauser, Niecy Nash-Betts, John Oliver, and more took home Emmys tonight. Check out the full list of winners now!

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Pioneering Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef, who is set to perform his English-language solo show, The Middle Beast, on Friday, February 16th, at 7:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

The world-famous Comedy Cellar has announced the January 2024 lineup for its first West Coast location, an exact replica of its New York club, at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

ACW-TV’s JAY WATCH returns for a second season, celebrating the Golden Age of Television with classic episodes of iconic shows like The Lucy Show, Burns & Allen, and Dick Van Dyke.

Pioneering Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef is set to perform at NJPAC. Get all the details about this upcoming event.

Here are just some of the names included in the Festival. More headliners to be announced in the new year: Ali Wong, Atsuko Okatsuka, Anthony Jeselnik, Bert Kreischer, Beth Stelling, Bill Burr, Brett Goldstein, Cedric the Entertainer, Celeste Barber, Chelsea Handler,   Chris Rock, Craig Robinson, Daniel Tosh, Dane Cook, David Letterman, and more.

Following the immense success of his recent UK tour, Bassem Youssef, the globally acclaimed comedian and satirist, is set to make a return to the stage at the Eventim Apollo on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Tickets for this highly anticipated ‘The Middle Beast' UK headline tour will be available for purchase starting at 12pm on Friday, December 8, 2023.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Kevin Hart on March 24, 2024 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, will be awarded at a gala performance featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Kevin Hart on March 24, 2024 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

Steve Carell is headed to Broadway! The actor, best known for starring in the television series The Office, will make his Broadway debut in Lincoln Center Theater's upcoming production of Anton Chekhov’s classic UNCLE VANYA. Find out more information about the production here!

The world-famous Comedy Cellar announces November 2023 lineup at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Attesting to Brooks’ influence in the comedy and entertainment world is a host of notable celebrity figures including: Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, Wanda Sykes, Jon Stewart, Ben Stiller, Steven Spielberg, Sarah Silverman, David Letterman, Larry David, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Sharon Stone, Brian Williams, Anthony Jeselnik, and more.

Standup star Jiaoyin Summers jumps off her national tour to headline at the iconic The Apollo on Thursday, November 9 as part of the 19th Anniversary of New York Comedy Festival.

Multiple Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award winner and co-founder of The Roots, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, will sit down with host, writer, producer, director, and comedian Jon Stewart for an unguarded conversation to dissect his memoir, in Brooklyn. 

'Fractured: Fairy Tales Remixed' features a stellar ensemble of accomplished actor/comedians, including Emmy winner Ashley Nicole Black, known for her remarkable work on 'Ted Lasso,' 'Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,' and her Emmy-nominated performances in 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' and 'The Amber Ruffin Show.' Watch the videos now!

The Acting Company will present their annual Louanna O. Carlin & John MacDonald Reading Series, featuring a trio of unique Shakespeare interpretations. Get all the details about this exciting event in New York City.

Today, the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS Bard) and Bard College's Human Rights Project named author Suki Kim as the 2023-24 recipient of the Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism.

AEG Presents and Comedy Works Entertainment welcome HASAN MINHAJ: OFF WITH HIS HEAD coming to Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre at The Denver Performing Arts Complex on Friday, November 10th & Saturday, November 11th.   Learn more about how to get tickets for the second show here!