Katla McGlynn | Writer

With The Golden One, Whitmer Thomas does more than turn music, comedy and documentary into his first HBO special: He also takes a trip back in time.

The 2010s were an incredibly active and transitional decade for comedy.

Before comedian Gary Gulman could get to The Great Depresh, his first HBO special and first new hour of comedy in four years, he had to come back from the abyss of mental illness that threatened his career.

In his first hour-long comedy special, My Favorite Shapes, comedian and Los Espookys star and creator Julio Torres explores his various objects of affection in a way no comedian ever has: via futuristic conveyor belt.

“The first thing I thought was, No one’s going to listen to this,” said Tom Lennon, remembering the first episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! (then Comedy Death-Ray) recording ten years ago, live from a small recording studio at Indie 103.1. …

You could argue that when it comes to doing comedy — or any art form you can only perfect by doing it live, in front of others, over and over — that all lessons are learned the hard way. After …

Vulture has been making this list, in one form or another, since 2013, always with an eye on giving readers their first look at their future comedic obsessions — be it Bo Burnham, Broad City, Michelle Wolf, Phoebe Robinson, or …

After 25 years in late night, Conan O’Brien wants to make sure he never has to run out the clock on his career. With a multi-city live tour, a new podcast in the works, another installment of his internationally famed …

At the release party for comedian Nore Davis’s album Too Woke last week, friends and fans gathered to see sets from Phoebe Robinson, Damien Lemon, and Petey Deabreu at a gallery in a converted warehouse in East Williamsburg, sipping on …

The beauty of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman lies in its ability to weave the heartbreaking with the whimsical. The show’s dark, rethink-your-whole-life story lines around its anti-hero unfold with a chaser of silly, animal-pun-filled background jokes and visuals — some so …

Andy Kindler delivered his 23rd annual State of the Industry address at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival on Friday, bringing his tradition of roasting the biggest names in comedy (as well as himself) back for another round of schadenfreude and …

For many years in the hot, sweaty, labyrinthian basement below Gristedes that was the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Chelsea theater, throngs of improvisers and onlookers have gathered to perform, party, and watch the chaos of the UCB’s annual Del Close Marathon …

In her Netflix special “Nanette,” the Australian comic is undeniably angry with her industry: “If your only responsibility is to make people laugh, then get off television.”

When photographer Mindy Tucker first started regularly photographing comedians in New York in 2008, she saw it as a way to hang out with her friends and hone her art skills. But over the last decade, Tucker has built a …

“Can I try out some jokes on you?” Nell Scovell asks us backstage at 92Y before her interview with Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver about her new memoir, Just the Funny Parts … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking …

Comedy may still be a male-dominated industry, but stand-up as we know it wasn’t solely pioneered by men. Women like Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers helped define the stand-up scene in the 1950s and ’60s, and played a pivotal role …

Just after 11 p.m. at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Chelsea theater, 15 performers crowded the stage, the tone solemn and ceremonial. One man wore a garbage bag and no shoes; another, a black turtleneck and demonic eyeliner. A third held …

At the end of Saturday’s Night of Too Many Stars benefit show, Jon Stewart summed up this year’s star-studded event as “funny, touching, chaotic. Like life.” He’s not wrong. This time, the “bi-occasional” comedy night that raises money for autism …

Saturday Night Live kicks off season 43 with new faces, new writers, and a backlog of topical comedy to catch up on, but it was host Ryan Gosling’s charms and tendency to giggle his way through sketches that made for …