Live theater is making a return but many of the same gender stereotypes exist even in more avant-garde shows.

Live theater is making a return but many of the same gender stereotypes exist even in more avant-garde shows.
How Kathy Griffin capitalized on her reputation as a D-list actress.
Comedy writer Ally Hord explains how persistence helped her develop her career and advises young women to ask for what they want.
A floppy hat and housedress became tools for subversion in the hands of comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley.
For comedians Carolyn Castiglia and Lane Moore, painful topics mean opportunities for entertainment and connection.
Remember watching Mystery Science Theater with your friends in college? Well, I recently went to the dating version of that. It’s called Tinder Live! and it’s a comedy show about the darker…
2015 is shaping up to be a great year for comedy. Especially female-driven comedy. Alongside new TV and movie projects from Tina Fey, Amy Schumer and Mindy Kaling, an increasing number of…
It wasn’t long after finding the Twitter account @GuyInYourMFA that it became my favorite feed. Its precious nuggets of self-importance—think of it as mansplaining with a literary bent—could have been drafted on…
Cake Shop is a New York institution. As soon as I walk in, I feel relieved that its integrity has been preserved. This is why New York is still the greatest. I…
“Rare Birds of Fashion” is a new web series from writer and director Lily Hayes Kaufman and co-creator Jackie Schwartz.
Tears don’t come easy for me in New York City. The city seems designed to keep people too busy to wallow. There’s always a concert or a friend’s reading to attend, and…
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