Caroline Hirsch takes the stage at Worth’s Groundbreaking Women event on September 15. The founder of Caroline’s on Broadway and the New York Comedy Festival joins this year’s speaker lineup. Photo ...

Believe it or not, comedy has long been a tool for Black women; used an instrument to tell uncomfortable truths, debunk narratives, and connect generations through laughter. But behind every punchline ...

South by Southwest’s Statement About the Lack of Women in Their Comedy […]South by Southwest has responded to the hubbub about their comedy offerings at this year’s festival consisting of 30 dudes and ...

Since breaking into DC’s comedy scene five years ago, Rola Zaarour has noticed a trend across all of the events she’s produced: When a couple or a group of friends attends a show, a woman usually ...

*Whoopi Goldberg, Jenifer Lewis, Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox will headline Netflix’s upcoming comedy “Women Like Us,” THR reports. The film follows a widow whose friends persuade her to join ...

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One of the most exciting voices in comedy is Canadian-born comedian, writer, actor and producer Maddy Kelly. Headlining stand-up shows, winning a Webby Award and making her late-night debut on The ...

The television history books are wrong. Most accounts of network TV’s early days claim almost no women wrote for 1950s sitcoms. While the industry was male-dominated, more women wrote television ...

Mary Beth Barone’s Galaxy Brain exposes mainstream comedy’s persistent misogyny … but feminist comedians have always created stages, traditions and audiences beyond the industry’s narrow field of ...

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