Alex Edelman wants to know that you’re having a good time. The 34-year-old comedian, whose nimbly clever solo show “Just for Us” is now on Broadway, describes himself as “solicitous” and ...

There is a theory that in the future all comedy superstars will emerge through TikTok, Instagram and YouTube rather than via good old gigging. But the Edinburgh Festival Fringe still makes big names.

Tony and Emmy Award–winning comedian Alex Edelman will return to BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre with his latest show, WHAT ARE ...

The Jewish comic who crashed a neo-Nazi mixer reflects on the one-man show (now an HBO special) his bizarre night inspired and workshopping jokes about Israel and Palestine. By Mikey O'Connell TV ...

This month, San Francisco audiences can see two of the brainiest comics currently working in full-length solo shows that have radically different structures. First, queer British entertainer Eddie ...

Plus, comics Mike Birbiglia, Jacqueline Novak and Jenny Slate on truth, trauma and the last person they want to see in the audience: "You don’t really want your friends to be there when you’re ...

Alex Edelman has built quite the reputation over the last few years, with sold-out comedy shows and knock-’em-dead late-night performances, honing material for a Broadway debut that does his ...

He’d have to be granted entrance first, permission that Edelman allows he owed to his whiteness — though whether it was a privilege in this case is debatable. (He points to his hometown of Boston as ...