Comedy News
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Now this is what a Shakespeare comedy should be. Canadian Stage’s “Twelfth Night”, which opened last Friday, is so much delirious fun that it will make you forget all the boring academic blather you heard about the Bard in Grade 11 English.
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The new R-rated comedy ‘Rough Night’ makes its way into the male-dominated genre with a terrific cast and dead stripper.
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By AFP
Kabul -
They are a thorn in the side of abusive Afghan warlords, corrupt policemen and double-dealing politicians, skewering them on television -- with laughter.
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By AFP
Kabul -
They are a thorn in the side of abusive Afghan warlords, corrupt policemen and double-dealing politicians, skewering them on television -- with laughter.
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By AFP
Kabul -
They are a thorn in the side of abusive Afghan warlords, corrupt policemen and double-dealing politicians, skewering them on television -- with laughter.
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‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’ is a fun picture that lets kids’ imaginations run wild with possibilities… and occasional toilet humour.
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By AFP
Manchester -
Days after a bomb ripped through the Manchester Arena, locals take their seats at a comedy club where British humour is helping people cope with the aftermath of the terror attack.
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Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer are great together in ‘Snatched,’ but the film is sadly forgettable and fails to live up to their awesomeness.
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The trailer for ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ is a hilarious (and curse-filled) preview of what may be the best new team-up of the year.
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‘Baywatch’ trailer lives up to Dwayne Johnson’s promise of a dirtier update to the series that still has a lot of laughs.
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‘Going in Style’ is a highly enjoyable comedy featuring three awesomely talented actors benefitting from years of experience.
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Toronto -
There are a lot of ways you could categorize Robert Lepage’s spellbinding “887” – magic show? Confessional monologue? History lesson? – and none would be wrong. But only by blending these unlikely elements does it become a masterwork.
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Veteran actor and comedian Tom Green chatted with Digital Journal about his new horror film "Bethany," and his stand-up comedy shows.
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Toronto -
Given a title like “Everything Is Great Again”, you know Donald Trump’s presidency is taking some shots in the new Toronto Second City show, which opened last night. But as easy a target as he is, the Orange One is surprisingly absent.
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‘T2 Trainspotting’ is a seamless (and in some ways enhanced) extension of the first film, using a sense of nostalgia to link the pictures while relying on everyone’s regard for the characters to do the rest.
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‘Table 19’ squanders a great cast by giving them a cliché-riddled script with incomplete characters that share the potential for an even more enjoyable movie.
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Comedian Margaret Cho chatted with Digital Journal about her 2017 Grammy nomination for "Best Comedy Album" for "American Myth."
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Comedian Lisa Lampanelli has the best stand-up comedy show of 2016. She proves to still be the reigning queen of comedy.
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Toronto -
As with other overexposed holiday classics – “A Christmas Carol”, “The Grinch” and so on – itʼs hard to see “Itʼs a Wonderful Life” in a fresh way. But Philip Grecianʼs stage adaptation tries a unique approach: a live radio play.
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Toronto -
Charles Dickens’ works are so often viewed as boring, stuffy and antiquated these days, many don’t realize that his contemporaries actually saw him as a master of high and low comedy. Old Boz himself might even have enjoyed “Twist Your Dickens”.
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Acclaimed comedian Margaret Cho has scored her fourth career Grammy nomination in the "Best Comedy Album" category for "American Myth."
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Huntington -
Award-winning magician Michael Carbonaro will be performing two shows at The Paramount in Huntington in January of 2017.
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Wantagh -
On November 26, comedian Jim Breuer performed a show at Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall in Wantagh, which consisted of music and comedy.
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Toronto -
The third entry in a trilogy is often the weakest one. Think of “The Godfather Part III”, “Return of the Jedi”, “The Return of the King” – and now, if this rule counts for indie theatre too, add George F. Walker’s “The Damage Done”.
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By AFP
London -
Divisive, chaotic and with implications for almost every aspect of national life, Brexit has been a godsend for political satirists -- giving them a wealth of material -- and audiences desperate for a laugh.
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Toronto -
Everybody dies, but how does the cycle of mortality affect those still living? That’s the theme that confronts audiences in British playwright Laura Wade’s uncomfortable 2005 drama, “Breathing Corpses”, which opened in Toronto on Wednesday.
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‘War on Everyone’ is a contrary buddy cop comedy in which the duo spend most of their time looking out for themselves at everyone else’s expense.
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London -
Digital Journal went along to this impressively-sized venue in north London, next to the famous Wembley Stadium, to "feel the steel."
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Toronto -
Naomi Snieckus and Matt Baram are two of the funniest comedians in Toronto, if not all of Canada. And if their new sketch revue, “Still Figuring It Out”, seems a tad uneven in spots, there’s still plenty there to keep your funny bone occupied.
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‘The Women’s Balcony’ is a humorous, feminist narrative about finding the right path to happiness and the subjectivity of righteousness.
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A scene from 'Table 19' Fox Searchlight
Ronnie Barker, British comedian (1929-2005) in the celebrated 1966 TV sketch 'Class Report.' (L-R; John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett) Wikicommons
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Taika Waititi, the co-creator of vampire mockumentary 'What We Do In The Shadows', plays Viago, an 18th century vampire trying to fit into modern life. GAT
Actors Tina Fey (left) and Amy Poehler David Shankbone
Nik Rabinowitz & Tats Nkonzo
A scene from 'Hail, Caesar!' Universal Studios
Burt Reynolds meets Archer at the ISIS offices FX
Emo Philips performs in solo show at Just for Laughs in Montreal. Joseph Fuda, Just for Laughs
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