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Comedian Roy Wood Jr. depicted next to red text that reads "Comedy Live: Roy Wood Jr." on a teal background.

Cheating, textbooks and politics: Roy Wood Jr. spotlights human interaction at ‘Comedy Live’

Charlotte Burks
  •  
Oct. 8
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A stage with beige curtains and a dark backdrop.

David Sedaris knows his audience

Jared Klegar
  •  
Nov. 3, 2021
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Laughing it Off

Lana Tleimat
  •  
March 13, 2021
Arts & Life
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Sitting down with a standup comedian: Rick Gutierrez on career, changing face of comedy

Jessica Xu
  •  
July 5, 2019
Don't Tell Comedy performs in a variety of spaces and keeps its set list secret until showtime (courtesy of Don't Tell Comedy).

‘Don’t Tell Comedy’ provides an inventive twist on the comedy club formula

Jack Greenberg
  •  
March 1, 2019
Stand-up comedian Jenny Zigrino recently performed her raunchy routine on campus (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Stanford Live partners with Stand Up, D to bring Jenny Zigrino to campus

John Coffey
  •  
Feb. 28, 2019
Aparna Nancherla performs in 2017. (Courtesy of FilmMagic)

SF Sketchfest brings great comedy to the Bay

Olivia Popp
  •  
Jan. 28, 2019
Boots Riley, writer and director of "Sorry to Bother You," speaks at Stanford after a screening of his film. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

Boots Riley on ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ political organizing and making a difference

Olivia Popp and AnQi Yu
  •  
Jan. 7, 2019
Although it is commonly cited as a great love story, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" really isn't a romance (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is NOT a Love Story: CHANGE MY MIND!

Mark York
  •  
Oct. 25, 2018
Courtesy of Harrison Truong

Nick Thune brings slow comedy to Bing Studio

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 1, 2018
Courtesy of The Second City

It’s not the Space Force but it’s ‘Trump in Space’

Olivia Popp
  •  
Sept. 24, 2018
Courtesy of The Groundlings

The Groundlings’ ‘Cooking With Gas’ is a fresh take on LA comedy

Olivia Popp
  •  
Sept. 20, 2018
Belyaev (Peter Mendoza) kisses the hand of Natalya (Nike Doukas). (Courtesy of Geoffrey Wade Photography)

‘Three Days in the Country’: Love in the time of 19th century Russian class differences

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 30, 2018
Courtesy of Arthur Trace

You’ll start to believe in real magic with Arthur Trace: The Artful Deceiver

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 24, 2018
Magician and actor Albie Selznick. (Courtesy of Albie Selznick)

Magic Monday LA brings a fresh form of entertainment to center stage

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 20, 2018
A group of cast members in front of a stage curtain.

Ghosts of CHAN

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 3, 2018
Courtesy of @cardinalstudios on Facebook / Stanford Arts & Life

Cardinal Studios creates ‘Psychobabble’ and ‘Cardboard Therapy’

Amy Lin
  •  
July 3, 2018
(left to right) Michelle Talgarow as Blythe, Greg Ayers as Joshua, Karen Offereins as Mary, Sean Fenton as Christopher and Rinabeth Apostol as Charlotte in "Two Mile Hollow." (Courtesy of Annie Wang)

‘Two Mile Hollow’ is a delightfully vicious reversal of classically white theater

Caro Asercion
  •  
July 1, 2018
A visit to McDonald's, a fine eatery, in "Soft Power." (Courtesy of Craig Schwartz Photography)

‘Soft Power’ is a bold challenge to a genre riddled with convention

Starr Jiang
  •  
June 28, 2018
Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island performs on the Colossal Stage during Clusterfest at Civic Center Plaza and The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on June 1, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (JEFF KRAVITZ/Clusterfest by FilmMagic.com)

Despite logistical challenges, Clusterfest brings gut-busting laughs to San Francisco

Samantha Wong and Olivia Popp
  •  
June 6, 2018
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