The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.
Category: Comedy Critic’s Choice
Half the laughs are offstage with the stand-up trio behind Road Kill Comedy
Jessica Michelle Singleton, Lisa Curry, and Dana Moon film their 15-city tour for a new docuseries, Road Kill Comedy.
Enroll in the women-only comedy class founded by Cameron Esposito
Take the five-week stand-up comedy class for women founded by Cameron Esposito.
Can sketch group Hijinks survive a 12-hour comedy marathon at iO?
Hijinks, the experimental sketch group, settles into the iO with a comedy marathon.
The Brothers Hines keeps funny in the family
From the cradle to the stage with actual siblings Will and Kevin Hines, also known as the Brothers Hines.
The best comedy of 2014
Hannibal Buress, Tim and Eric, iO’s farewell, and more of the best Chicago comedy of 2014.
Brian Posehn farts on
Grayer in the beard, Brian Posehn probably ain’t retreating from his trademark bawdy humor anytime soon.
School’s not quite out for Al Jackson
Comedian Al Jackson spent time as a middle school teacher, and he’s not done educating us all on the ways of the world.
Do-Re-Mi-Ha? Laughingstock belts out a third year of musical comedy
Three years in, the Laughingstock musical-comedy festival expands to 26 acts and three stages.
The living-room stylings of comedian Matt Braunger
Living-room comic Matt Braunger makes you feel like one of the guys.
iO’s Carl and the Passions keep good old-fashioned long-form alive in the new place
Improv team Carl and the Passions keep good old-fashioned long-form alive in iO’s new HQ.
Comedian Judah Friedlander defends his title
Comedian Judah Friedlander has acted , but his stand-up—complemented by trucker hats and denim—has stayed the course.
Bridget Everett and Ian Abramson, subtle comedy it ain’t
Cabaret comedian Bridget Everett flaunts over-the-top sultriness, while local eccentric Ian Abramson plays a vaudevillian angle.
The arena-ready Oddball Comedy Festival offers a motley crew of stand-up comics
Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, and Bill Burr headline the second annual Oddball Comedy Festival.
Mega sketch-comedy troupe Harvard Sailing Team takes the helm, shoves off
The nine-person sketch-comedy troupe Harvard Sailing Team grew its name on YouTube but remains at its best onstage.