Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stand-up comedy has long been a boy's club, but thankfully, that's starting to change. I'm not saying you still can't enjoy ...

With star female comedians like Amy Schumer, Tiffany Haddish and Leslie Jones showcasing success in stand-up and on the big screen, women are situated in comedy more prominently than ever before – but ...

Nicole Blaine previously executive-produced the Westside Comedy Theater’s annual Comedy Showdown competition for nearly a decade. There were some good parts to the position, like helping talent gain ...

The “Funny Is Female” Festival is a four-day celebration of women in comedy featuring 55 stand-out comics from across the U.S. and beyond. And it’s all happening at Comedy Plex. Stand-up comedian Maxi ...

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime explores the fictional life of a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. But while Midge Maisel is fictional, the character is rooted in the real-life ...

Comedian, actress, writer and content creator Daphnique Springs is self-releasing her stand-up special, DAPHNIQUE SPRINGS: SINGLE FEMALE, on YouTube April 11, 2024. Filmed at the iconic Comedy Cellar ...

Female stand-ups commonly gravitate toward the life of a single woman as a subject. It is absurd after all, with the cat-calling on the streets, the stupid pick-up lines at bars and the questions from ...

Before there was The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a “boy’s club,” the truth ...

Indian comic Sumukhi Suresh has taken a stand against the relentless online harassment that female comedians face, ...

Sumukhi Suresh performed at Netflix Is A Joke Fest 2026, becoming the only Indian female comic in this year’s lineup and ...