"It's very New York, and it's very inside comedy," said Caroline Hirsch, the founder of the festival, and legendary comedy club "Caroline's."

A key hallmark of Murphy's status is his voluminous gallery of offbeat characters — an impeccably attired prison convict, a clumsy professor, a wisecracking donkey, an elderly Jewish man and even an obese, abusive wife. In Netflix's "Being Eddie," now streaming, Murphy lifts the veil on the persona he feels the closest to — Eddie Murphy.

"Comedy for Peace" is one of the Jewish highlights of the New York Comedy Festival, which also includes shows by Alex Edelman, Alex Borstein and Anna Roisman.

If the arrival of winter already has you smiling, now there’s a reason to laugh out loud. The Wheeler Opera House is adding four top-tier comedians to its 2025-26 winter lineup, including special performances

A new comedy series will bring the giggles to the Adler Theatre this winter. The “Laugh QC” Thursday Night Comedy Series brings six comedians to the Adler Theatre’s Mississippi Hall once a month, from December to April.

A Sacramento area comedian created a show in 2019 to fight the stigma surrounding mental health. He now performs worldwide, including for veterans and active duty service members to shed light on depression and suicide.

Few comedians have built a career as big — or as loyal a fan base — as Gabriel Iglesias. Now, Iglesias is bringing that same larger-than-life career to Louisville for his latest stop on his “The 1976 Tour.

Trump and Republicans now own the issue of health care, with millions of citizens afflicted by rising premiums and high deductibles amid a wider cost-of-living crisis. Trump lacks a comprehensive plan to bring relief to citizens who lack health care or can’t afford their plans.