Julie Seabaugh

When Tiffany Haddish was a 9-year-old growing up in South-Central L.A., her childhood effectively ended when her mother was in a catastrophic car accident. The oldest of five children, Haddish, who's of Ethiopian Jewish descent, navigated her way through the foster-care system and homelessness, but eventually broke into the stand-up......

Since Kliph Nesteroff's The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy (Grove Press) was released last November, fans including Bob Odenkirk and Steve Martin have raved about it on social media and bought multiple copies apiece to share with like-minded peers. The Canadian transplant has appeared on......

On May 3, author Corey Stulce releases The Union of The State, an oral history of the iconic MTV sketch pioneers whose eleven members have continued reconfiguring for more than two decades in projects including Wet Hot American Summer, Reno 911! and the odd live performance. As Stulce traces the......

The fourth annual Riot L.A. comedy festival returns Friday through Sunday at a half-dozen downtown venues including the Regent, the Downtown Independent and the Theater at Ace Hotel, a new addition to the roster of spaces. Also new this year: dog-friendly show 2 Girls 1 Pup (one of L.A. Weekly's......

Author Kliph Nesteroff’s book The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy (Grove Press) was published Nov. 3 and already has been heralded by Steve Martin, Leonard Maltin and Marc Maron, who describes Nesteroff as “the preeminent historian of modern comedy.” (Nesteroff dedicates the book to Maron,......

Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and L.A. Weekly Comedy Acts to Watch veteran Drennon Davis' transfixing, FM dial–defying Imaginary Radio Program has toured festivals across the States and the U.K. Mr. Show With Bob and David performer Karen Kilgariff served as head writer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Rosie......

Josh Adam Meyers knows every comedian wants to be a rock star. Helping his fellow comics achieve their musical dreams, the Goddamn Comedy Jam creator and host invites stand-ups to perform a set followed by the cover song of their choosing, bolstered by house band Elemenopy (Joel Rutkowski and Nick......

"Experimental" is too clichéd a description for a multitalented performer as highly magnetic, impressively original and infinitely castable as Ian Abramson. Though the 26-year-old grew up in Moreno Valley and studied theater at Cal State Channel Islands, in early 2012 he made the bold (and laudable) move to immerse himself......

Comedians Marc Maron, Aisha Tyler, Doug Benson, Greg Proops and Paul F. Tompkins — and film critic Leonard Maltin — will be hanging out at the fourth annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival this weekend.  Amid panels, parties, surprise guests and an art show, the creators of some four dozen podcasts are......

In the summer of 2012 we compiled a list of the city’s top recurring stand-up comedy nights. The honorees included The Meltdown (Nerdist Showroom), Set List (various), Tomorrow! with Ron Lynch (Trepany House), The Josh and Josh Show (Bar Lubitsch), The Super Serious Show (formerly of Cafe-Club Fais Do-Do, currently at......