If Kurt Vonnegut and “Calvin and Hobbes” creator Bill Watterson wrote a literary version of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” they might have concocted an absurdist novel like “Harold.” Or maybe, ...

Ask just about any alternative comic from the last twenty years to name their influences. Ask 100 of them. Put in one of those little word clouds people used to make in 2011. The name you'll see over ...

WHO IS HE: Steven Wright is a multi-talented stand-up comedian, actor and writer. His career took off during the 1980s when Wright released the comedy album “I Have a Pony” which was nominated for a ...

STEVEN WRIGHT: It was the longest I never did a show — 2 years and three months — but my mind didn’t stop. I was writing and stuff during that time. It was interesting not to do it. I just started ...

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 ...

The Steven Wright show originally scheduled back in February at the Academy of Music in Northampton will now take place on Sept. 16. at the same venue. All tickets for the original performance will be ...