Six years have passed since Hannah Gadsby, the plus-sized lesbian stand-up from Tasmania, became world famous. Her debut Netflix special, Nanette, had the critics salivating. The premise was brilliant ...

While addressing criticism about his latest standup special, Dave Chappelle apparently stirred up some more controversy. In videos from a gig in Nashville on Sunday posted to his verfied Instagram ...

Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette is available on Netflix. Cameron Esposito’s Rape Jokes is available on her website. Six years ago, at the Largo in L.A., comedian Daniel Tosh declared that jokes about rape ...

Comedy constantly shifts and changes, and tenets that might have applied years ago are also on the move. Variety spoke to some comics about everything from social media to cancel culture to figure out ...

Netflix has followed in HBO's footsteps by investing heavily in stand-up comedy. And as a sign of what a big tent that discipline represents, one would be hard-pressed to find a more striking ...

With the arrival of "Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda," the battle of Gadsby versus Netflix is officially on pause. “The last time Netflix brought this many trans people together, it was for a protest.

Filmed in London, this showcase hosted by Hannah Gadsby has plucked genderqueer comedians from around the world (well, mostly the United States, Britain and Canada) to showcase the best in ...

She claimed to be quitting comedy for good but funny woman Hannah Gadsby isn’t walking away just yet, after announcing a follow-up to her stand-up sensation ‘Nanette’. That was in June of 2018 and the ...