comedy

Circle Theatre continues the 2015 season in July with the comedy BECKY’S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz, running July 9-25.

Entertainer, actor and comedian Kevin Hart is headed out on a North American arena tour hitting 45 cities in the U.S. and Canada, including Grand Rapids' Van Andel Arena on May 17.

Lavell Crawford has canceled his Gilda's LaughFest appearance for Wednesday night because of a movie he's currently filming, festival officials announced this morning. The cancellation of his appearance at Fountain Street Church is because of a change in the production schedule for the film "Meet the Blacks."

The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s RAPID DELIVERY IMPROV (RDI) is excited to announce new shows at a new performance venue: The Rezervoir Lounge, 1418 Plainfield Ave. NE, Grand Rapids.

Once again, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be hosting the Golden Globe Awards. They've done so for the past couple of years and have received rave reviews for their work.

Craig Ferguson's last "The Late Late Show" was Friday night. And the end of the CBS show was vintage Ferguson.

It's been over a week since the stunning news of Robin Williams' death.  With conversations about Williams still happening in offices and homes and on social media, you realize how much he was a part of everyone's life in some small way...

As more and more stories are told about Robin Williams, this one struck me as especially poignant. In 2001, Robin Williams met and became friends with a gorilla named Koko, who uses American Sign Language to communicate.  The meeting happened at the Gorilla Foundation in California...

As fast a this summer seems to be going, March, 2015 will be tomorrow!  But, seriously folks, March, 5 - 15, 2015 will be the 10 funniest days of March, as the nation’s first-ever, community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, announced this morning that those are the dates for their fifth anniversary and laughter.

So much fun, so many laughs, so many people helped through Gilda's Club LaughFest. I began a series yesterday to introduce you to some of the wonderful comedians coming to LaughFest.  We all know the headliners of Jay Leno, Lily Tomlin, Chris Rock, Sinbad, Jim Gaffigan and more...

The nation’s first ever community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, announced plans to kick off this year’s festival by inviting the community to help set another Guinness World Record on Thursday, March 6, for the most people wearing sunglasses in the dark.

Want to put a bit of laughter in your life, and have a ton of fun at the same time?  How about volunteering for Gilda's LaughFest.