Comedian Sheng Wang captured the top honors at NBC Universal's seventh-annual "Stand-Up for Diversity" comedy search held recently at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, Calif. Hosted by ...

In a sea of white-guy-does-stand-up shows, Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito’s SeeSo series Take My Wife has been a welcome deviation—and the best depiction of gender in comedy I’ve ever seen. For the ...

CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase Director Rick Najera Steps Down After Sexual […]Since the Harvey Weinstein story broke, the day of reckoning has arrived for a growing list of powerful men in the ...

Noelle Austin ’18 made her Brown stand-up debut Tuesday night, but finding a space where she felt comfortable performing was not easy. Her set, part of a showcase hosted by Production Workshop, drew ...

More than 250 writers have signed or endorsed a WGA pledge to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in late-night comedy-variety writers rooms. The pledge calls for concrete steps to ensure that ...

Diversity Hires is a new stand-up comedy show coming to PianoFight in Downtown Oakland! Every other Wednesday at 8pm, Sureni Weerasekera and Luisa Isbell bring you the hottest lineups featuring BIPOC, ...

The director of CBS’s Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase, an annual talent showcase that highlights performers of color, those with disabilities, and LGBTQ performers, has left CBS in light of, you ...

Jesus Trejo and Ali Sultan discuss the Minneapolis comedy scene, including its diversity. Jesus Trejo and Ali Sultan explore the Minneapolis comedy scene's diversity and supportive environment. They ...

The first look images from the second season of critically acclaimed Brit satirical comedy “Dreaming Whilst Black” see Adjani Salmon’s aspiring filmmaker Kwabena take on diversity challenges in the ...

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Comedy Central is developing a magazine-show parody hosted by David Alan Grier, and a sketch/variety show featuring Middle Eastern-American comedians. Sign up here.