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By | January 01, 0001

Steven Wright | I Have a Pony

Warner Bros. (2009)
"I used to be a parking attendant in Boston at Logan Airport. I parked jets. They let me go, though, 'cause I kept locking the keys in them."
By TED DROZDOWSKI | June 09, 2009

Boston's contribution to Conan, Letterman, and Chris Rock returns with a comedy special and a role in This Side of the Truth
"Boston is a great town to grow up in, but I really wanted to get out of there," says comedian Louis CK.
By MIKE MILIARD | March 12, 2009

Wright stuff

The Comedy Hall of Fame picks a winner
The Comedy Hall of Fame picks a winner
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 12, 2008

Robby Roadsteamer's good intentions

The Greater Boston Alternative-Comedy Festival
"He's beyond passionate — it's almost to the brink of sanity with him."
By MIKE MILIARD | December 12, 2008

Comedy central?

With all of the changes a’brewin’ on the local stand-up scene, audiences want to know: whaaaaat is the deeeeal with Boston comedy?
The local Boston comedy scene has, somewhat ironically, a lot of drama.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | September 17, 2008

Funny business

As the AltCom Festival arrives at the Somerville Theatre, we look at the roots of the indie comedy boom.
“Ashlee Simpson’s new album sold so poorly,” snorted the headline on Yahoo! this past week, that “it was beaten by a comedy album.”
By MIKE MILIARD | May 08, 2008

Ding Ho home

Comedy benefit adds second show
Opening a comedy club in a Cambridge Chinese restaurant was a laughable idea unto itself.
By CLIF GARBODEN | April 30, 2008

Game faces

The Clean House at New Rep; Gary at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
There’s something awe-inspiring about watching an ensemble in which everyone is performing at the top of his or her game.
By ED SIEGEL | March 04, 2008

Top 10 Local CDs: October 1, 2007

As reported by Newbury Comics
Dropkick Murphys, Freezepop, Steven Wright, and more
By TOP 10 LOCAL CDS | October 02, 2007

Punch lines

Eddie Brill and the Boston Comedy Festival
A tide of laughter breaks over comedian Eddie Brill as his high-speed spiel about an antic bar pick-up recounted in a string of clichés halts.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | October 01, 2007

Going on sale: September 14, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Bang Camaro, Avengers, High School Musical, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | September 12, 2007

Going on sale: August 17, 2007

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
The Good Life, Mr. Lif, Steven Wright, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | August 14, 2007

Adieu, a little

Barry Crimmins’s comic relief
From the page to the stage, humorist Barry Crimmins has served as one of America’s most notorious political watchdogs.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | May 30, 2007

All the Wright moves

The deadpan master is still happy not to laugh
“I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s still what I am doing. The end.”
By TED DROZDOWSKI | April 23, 2007

The Mauss that roared

Meet the man who could put Boston’s comedy scene back on the map
A month ago, Boston comedian Shane Mauss could barely get local comedy clubs to return his calls.
By SEAN L. MCCARTHY | March 30, 2007

Boy wonder

Demetri Martin’s precocious humor
Demetri Martin has chosen a radical modus operandi for a young contemporary comedian.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | October 25, 2006

The First Annual Spotty Awards

Our prestigious award for standout achievement in political something or other
Say, those Emmy Awards last week were something else, eh?
By JOHN CARROLL | September 06, 2006

Laughing allowed

Norm Crosby comes home to the Boston Comedy Festival
When Norm Crosby says he “buried” pioneering television comedian Milton Berle, he’s being literal.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | September 05, 2006

Asia minor

Ding Ho nights, Mongolian Ping Pong , Be with Me
In the early ’80s I often went to the Ding Ho, that ratty Inman Square excuse for a Chinese restaurant/comedy club, where I caught fabulous Boston comedians on the way up.
By GERALD PEARY | June 24, 2006