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stand-up comedy

A film still of a man sitting at a dressing room mirror with lights
In ‘The Humorist,’ Soviet comedy is no joke
Comedian Shecky Greene performs in 1976.
Culture
Tough crowd
The original Broadway recording of Whoopi Goldberg’s one woman show.
Aha Moments
Aha Moment: Whoopi Goldberg
Aparna Nancherla
Arts
Aparna Nancherla’s failed science career
Samia Orosemane tweaks stereotypes about her North African community in her one-woman show in Paris.
Arts
Why French Muslim comedian Samia Orosemane says she’s like a UFO
Kansiime Anne
Arts
East Africa’s ‘Queen of Comedy’ is as progressive as she is funny
Outside Paris' Le Comedy Club before the performace of comedians Younes and Bambi, aka Younes Depardieuis and Samuel Djian. Younes is Muslim. Samuel is Jewish.
Culture
A Muslim and a Jew walk into a comedy club in Paris — and hilarity ensues
Arts, Culture & Media
Why What’s Funny in China Might Surprise You
Arts, Culture & Media
Stand-up comedy in the Middle East
Global Politics
Humoring the Chinese: An American Comedian has a Run-in With Chinese Censorship
Lifestyle & Belief
Standup Comedy in Pakistan Gains A Following
Arts, Culture & Media
Muslim comics take stand-up routines to movie screens in ‘Allah Made Me Funny’
Arts, Culture & Media
Ralphie May
Arts, Culture & Media
Ralphie May
Arts, Culture & Media
Richard Zoglin
1970s comedy
Comedian John Mulaney
Comedian Eugene Mirman