Written by Josh Rosen,

Sue Costello is an actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has starred in such television programs as the self-titled Costello, NYPD Blue, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend.

She has appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and made it to the finals of in 2004.

She can be heard on episode 172 of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.

Sue is one of the hardest working individuals in all of show business. She was Becky in The Fighter, Sgt. Kneeley in Once in a Lifetime. read more

Written by Sam Mushman,

If you’re looking for 1 comedy show every month that is going to bring a loaded line up of talent, there is a new show at Stand Up NY comedy club that should be in the conversation.

Comedy Smash! has been bringing some serious laughs Tuesday nights at 945pm, and it shouldn’t come as any surprise based on the resume of Sam Mushman and his production company Triple Threat Comedy.

Right now the show is monthly, but according to Sam (the host of Comedy Smash), there are big plans for the new brand as the fall months are around the corner. “We pride ourselves on giving our audiences a consistent level of talent. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

Paris Sashay had just performed her stand-up comedy show at Takoma Station Tavern, which is located at 6914 4th St NW Washington, DC 20012 b/t N Blair Rd & N Butternut St Takoma. On Saturday seh decided to meet up with some friends at Cafe Asia a restaurant in downtown D.C. and around 3am she was headed to her vehicle. At this moment a group of men started to cat call her

The talented comedian Sashay, 23, ignored their cat calls and continued to mind her business, and walked to her car at the 1700 block of I Street NW. In the police report, it appeared that she was pushed to the ground, blacked out and woke up in a hospital with a broken nose and chipped teeth, her face is now covered in bruises. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

Entertainment Editor, Best Comedy Tickets

It’s really fastastic to see these two great comedians Tracy Morgan and Ardie Fuqua making a return to the stand up comedy club scene here in New York City. Recently Ardie Fuqua made his epic return and he killed it at Comedy Cellar. The legendary NYC Comic was in a horrific car accident that almost took his life alongside with Tracy Morgan. They were coming back on the from a comedy show in Delaware, as there limo was struck by 18 wheeler truck that smashed into there vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

Entertainment Editor, Best Comedy Tickets

If the Raindrops United: Drawings and Cartoons 

He is known as The World Champ, actor, comedian Judah Friedlander is AWESOME. Not only is he a excellent comedian, actor, he’s the world champ of the world. Judah can be seen nightly performing at most of the local comedy clubs in NYC.

Judah is mainly known for his role on the NBC hit 30 Rock where he played the character of Frank Rossitano. As well as such films as Wet Hot, American Summerer, American Splendor, and The Wrestler. Though before all the film fame he was a hard working stand up comic, and he quickly became one of my favorites. The first time I saw Judah perform was back in 2001 at Comic Strip Live on the Upper East Side, when I first started to promote stand up comedy. What caught my attention was how great he is working the crowd. After the shows he would greet all the fans and he’s a really is a genuine nice person. He would really take the time and talk to everyone and was good at marketing himself. I knew then he was something special and he quickly became one of my favorite comedians. read more

Ralphie May 10-Year Marriage Ends … Lahna Turner Files For Divorce

Written By Gary Miller

Ralphie May, the Last Comic Standing Runner-up from the landmark first season, has filed for divorce with wife and fellow comedian Lahna Turner, known for The Perfect 10 podcast she will continue The couple has been married for ten years and share two children. Lahna Turner has filed for sole custody and is asking for spousal support.

According to Lahna Turner’s official twitter (@LahnaTurner) TMZ misreported and she filed on 10/8/15 in California and Ralphie filed on 9/25/15 in Tennessee. read more

Written by Melissa Mandulis

Laughter is the Best Medicine – Benefits of Comedy Shows

Comedy is a very important part of human life has it has infinite benefits. However, the benefits of comedy itself are not much as most of its benefits come from laughs that come with it. Since the most important element of comedy is laughter, the benefits of regular laughter cannot be separated from comedy. Comedy tickets always sell like hot cake because of the numerous importance of laughter.

While a few people believe that you can develop yourself to be a comedian, most people believe comedy is inborn. Comedians are born like that. Both beliefs are right as we have both categories of comedians making waves right now. The only difference is that comedians with natural talents do not usually prepare for any event as they can create humor out of every situation while comedians without natural talents prepare and even rehearse several times before they go for events. read more

Written By Cate Misczuk

Photo taken by David Genik

New York Comedian Aaron Berg performed 25 sets on September 12 — two more than his goal, and nearly twice the amount of the previous record. Back in 2003 Steve Byrne set the record at 13, as famously portrayed in the film 13 or Bust. Now Berg is set to release his own documentary on his voyage to the record book, all while paying homage to the New York City comedy scene.

The stunt took 11 hours — and involved Berg shuffling between clubs, navigating traffic to make it there on time, and oh ya — he was being followed by a documentary crew of more than a dozen. And did we mention he wasn’t working with material? Yep, Berg didn’t repeat a single joke the entire night — and successfully warmed up crowds from a handful, to over a hundred in less than 10 minute sets. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

The Magazine Time Out London recently added Doug Standhope top 10 favorite stand up comedians. Doug Standhope would definitely make a lot of comics top ten list. He’s considered to be the very best stand up comic performing today.

He is unapologetic, abrasive, politically polarizing and highly opinionated. His twitter profile says ‘Drunk, comedian, obsolete” and at any given time, at least one of those is wrong.

Doug Standhope top ten comedians include some heavy hitters Dave Attell, Neil Hamburger, Junior Stopka, and Sean Rouse. Stanhope calls Rouse a “master craftsman” and “madly original.” Attell comes in at number 7, but that doesn’t stop Stanhope from calling him the “greatest comedian ever.” Coming in at number 2 on the list, Doug praises Steve Rannazzisi, calling him a heroic survivor of 9/11. Maybe the news hasn’t reached London yet but someone might want to go back and get a new quote on that one. Although Stanhope’s list focuses mostly on comedians performing today, his number 1 is comedy legend Mitch Hedberg. read more

Written by: Joseph Santiago

I sat down with my good friend and comedian/producer Joe Gerics. Joe is the producer of many Standup comedy shows around NYC and recently just started co-producing the Free Stand up Comedy Festival starting this Saturday September 5th. See link below for schedule and details.

So When does the festival start?
The festival is starting Saturday, the kick off show is here at New York Comedy Club at 5pm and we’re gonna have 2 shows every night.  So 14 shows; one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn and Queens every night. We started it for a couple reasons, same reason I started producing. Really just stage time and to immerse myself more within the comedy community. I wanted to be on a festival, so i thought, weIl I’ll just run my own festival. Thats always been my plan, you have to create your own stage and your own opportunity. read more