Starting this week at the Manhattan Comedy School, a class begins that's open only to LGBTQ+ comedians. Veteran comedian and activist Kate Rigg, who leads the class, said it is more of a workshop ...

Cory Michaelis honed his skills in front of one of the most difficult audiences a burgeoning stand-up comedian can: teenagers. Michaelis, a former Cascade (of Everett) High School history teacher who ...

They enter the venue doors hesitantly, first ensuring they’re in the right place, then introducing themselves as students of the storytelling class beginning tonight. The details stay sparse for now.

TAKE YOU AND TEACH YOU WHAT ARE THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO, STAND UP. SEAN: THIS COULD BE A TYPICAL DAY FOR MONICA DARLIE, SPENDING TIME OVERSINEEG PROJECTS IN THE PORTSMOUTH HOME AND WORKING AS A ...

Never bring a bag of grated mozzarella to a cheese-and-wine night. Don’t wear false eyelashes and heels on a casual night out. And if a fellow student owns an embossed leather Hermès notebook, that ...

A teacher and a rabbi walk into a bar — and seven weeks later, they’re stand-up comedians. Sounds like a joke, but at one Long Island comedy club, it’s reality. Stand-Up University, based at The ...