Steven Wright, an influential stand-up comic known for his deadpan delivery and offbeat one-liners, visits the Ridgefield Playhouse this Sunday. Wright has twice been nominated for Grammy's in the ...

For a guy who usually looks so mournful, Steven Wright has been making a lot of people laugh for 40 years. A standup comic, Wright has an almost patented delivery: Deadpan, almost dead, his ...

“I'm just trying to make them laugh,” says Steven Wright. “I don't focus on emotion.” The 68-year-old comedian and actor, who’s built a career on setting the bar for the definition of “deadpan,” has ...

Steven Wright doesn't write jokes. He doesn't have to. For more than 40 years, Wright's comedy - delivered in his distinctive deadpan style - has consisted of droll observations of the incongruous, ...

Age is a subjective thing for comedian Steven Wright. Right now, he’s admitting that he has the attention span of a junior high kid. “Don’t you think we’re all different ages (in our minds)?,” he says ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Comedian and actor Steven Wright joins John ...

The influential stand-up wanted to “pour everything I think about being alive” into the book, which is told from the point of view of a 7-year-old. By Jason Zinoman If there’s one living stand-up ...

Comedian brings act to Warner Theatre If Henny Youngman was the king of the quick one-liners, then comedian Steven Wright is the master of the bizarre one-liners. For example: “I like to reminisce ...

Steven Wright is certainly no stranger to Western Massachusetts. First, he’s a Boston native, and he also has spent plenty of time out here, where he could sometimes be spotted watching a Red Sox game ...

Last year, the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival began a partnership with the Carolina Theatre in Durham and partnered with the theatre to present two shows during last year's festival. Both shows ...