Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Log in
Search
Subscribe to Digest
Donate
Remove Ads

comedy

David Brent (Ricky Gervais) makes a phone call on the UK version of "The Office" (Courtesy of BBC).

The U.K.’s ‘The Office’ champions caustic cringe comedy

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 20, 2017
Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Vicky Jeudy, Adrienne C. Moore and Amanda Stephen in season five of "Orange is the New Black" (Courtesy of Netflix).

Season five of ‘Orange is the New Black’ is a messy yet beautiful riot

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 27, 2017
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer alongside Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock in season six of HBO's 'VEEP' (Colleen Hayes/HBO).

Matt Walsh dishes on improv, the uncanny satire of ‘Veep’ and running into Lou Reed

Olivia Popp
  •  
June 9, 2017
Photo courtesy of Frank Chen.

Stanford Theater Lab’s ‘Gnit’ balances comedy and cruelty

Alessandro R.L. Hall
  •  
June 6, 2017
Photo courtesy of Daniel Chan.

Does ‘Disrupt!’ disrupt? A few thoughts on Ram’s Head’s original musical

Madelaine Bixler
  •  
June 5, 2017
Golden Globes - Season 72

Living while funny: an appreciation of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

Olivia Popp
  •  
June 4, 2017
Josh Brener stars as Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti in season four of HBO's "Silicon Valley" (John P. Johnson/HBO).

Josh Brener of ‘Silicon Valley’ talks comedy writing and the ‘Rude Boys on the Lot’

Olivia Popp
  •  
May 30, 2017
Gabrielle Ruiz, Donna Lynne Champlin, Rachel Bloom, and Vella Lovell in the season 2 finale, 'Can Josh Take A Leap of Faith?' (Courtesy of The CW).

Getting raw and real with the season two finale of ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

Olivia Popp
  •  
May 15, 2017
Brendon North and Anne Norland (Clarice Starling) in 'Silence! The Musical.'

‘Silence! The Musical’ brings raucous fun to San Francisco

Olivia Popp
  •  
April 11, 2017
The cast of the new Netflix show 'One Day at a Time.'

‘One Day at a Time’? More like ‘immediately watch it all at once’

Olivia Popp
  •  
April 4, 2017
'The Boss Baby' producer Ramsey Ann Naito and director Tom McGrath

‘The Boss Baby’ director and producer on life, laughs and a love for animation

Olivia Popp
  •  
March 28, 2017
Alec Baldwin voices the eponymous Boss Baby (Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation).

‘The Boss Baby’ makes a mess in the theater

Olivia Popp
  •  
March 25, 2017
Photo courtesy of Stefanie Okuda.

TAPS’s ‘The Tempest’ conjures a storm of originality and wit

Alli Cruz
  •  
March 3, 2017
michael-che-approved-photo

Cardinal Nights brings the The Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf and SNL’s Michael Che to Campus

Claudia Heymach
  •  
Oct. 30, 2016
Leslie Caron stars in "Gigi", an MGM musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. (Courtesy of TCM)

Young Love: Vincente Minnelli (‘Gigi’, ‘Reluctant Debutante’) at the Stanford Theatre

Carlos Valladares
  •  
Aug. 8, 2016
Kate Beckinsale (kneeling) in Whit Stillman's LOVE & FRIENDSHIP. (Photo: Bernard Walsh, Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

Film review: Whit Stillman’s costume comedy ‘Love & Friendship’ energizes 2016 cinema

Carlos Valladares
  •  
May 20, 2016
(l-r) Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in a scene from Shane Black's "The Nice Guys". (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Film review: Buddy cop film “The Nice Guys” is a nice little romp through the ’70s

Raymond Maspons
  •  
May 20, 2016
Kate Beckinsale in a scene from Whit Stillman's "Love & Friendship," based upon the Jane Austen novella "Lady Susan" (Photo credit: Bernard Walsh, Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

Interview, Pt. II: Kate Beckinsale on Whit Stillman, “Love & Friendship” and all things Austen

Carlos Valladares
  •  
May 19, 2016
Shelley Duvall, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, producer Lorne Michaels, and Laraine Newman. Courtesy of Edie Baskin.

‘Live from New York’ falls short

Madelyne Xiao
  •  
May 29, 2015
Mina Shah

A promising comedy career

Mina Shah
  •  
May 5, 2015
The Stanford Daily

Login or create an account