Steven Wright News
Wicked funny
bostonherald.com –
2009-11-05
W hat's so funny about Boston? Sure, we've got the wicked awesome accents and a unique vocabulary - frappe? rotary? - but the best side-splitters to come out of Beantown and its 'burbs are its comics. ... Full Article
Catching Up With... Steven Wright
pastemagazine.com –
2009-06-09
I first heard Steven Wright's I Have a Pony when I was in high school. It was a little more than 10 years after the classic comedy album's 1985 release, but it was as if the jokes existed in this... ... Full Article
Comedian Steven Wright plays Westbury Sunday
newsday.com –
2009-05-28
Like Buster Keaton, Steven Wright is known for his deadpan comedy. Unlike Keaton, he doesn't do breathtakingly dangerous stunts, unless you count the improv-comedy openings he's done several times now before a million-plus audience on "The Late Late Show with... ... Full Article
Steven Wright is not only the undisputed world champion of weird one-liners, he's among the greatest comedians ever to walk on stage. Next Tuesday, May 12, Reprise Records will be issuing a deluxe anniversary edition of Wright's Grammy-winning 1985 comedy... ... Full Article
New shows & music news
jsonline.com –
2009-04-09
David Greenberger & the Paul Cebar Ensemble Perform Cherry Picking Apple Blossom Time : 8 p.m. May 13, Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St. $15, on sale noon Friday at the Pabst and Riverside Theater box offices, (414) 286-3663, and... ... Full Article
Comedy as Easy as 1-4-5
phillyist.com –
2009-03-23
As I mentioned last week , there was a cheap evening of comedy at Joe Coffee Bar Friday night. The Return of the 1-4-5 Show, like the original 1-4-5 Show, was organized and headlined by former Phillyist Neil McGarry. ... Full Article
Humor marks Fresno artist's handiwork
fresnobee.com –
2009-03-15
If you ask Fresno artist Howard Statham about how he comes up with the images that swim through his mind, you may get a modest, "I don't know." ... Full Article
Find a Movie
thephoenix.com –
2009-03-04
A story I'd love to tell my grandchildren (if I had any grandchildren): in the early '80s I often went to the Ding Ho, that ratty Inman Square excuse for a Chinese restaurant/comedy club, where I caught fabulous Boston comedians... ... Full Article
Richmond wary of Ben Cousins documentary
news.com.au –
2009-02-26
The film-makers are expected to be in or around the Tigers' rooms tonight when Cousins plays his first AFL match in more than 12 months. ... Full Article
R.I.P Bob Lazarus
bostonphoenix.com –
2009-01-05
Boston-based stand-up comedian Bob Lazarus succumbed to a near-two-year battle with Leukemia yesterday. "Laz" got his start in the late 1970s, at the locally and nationally renowned Ding Ho Comedy Club in Inman Square, making a name for himself alongside... ... Full Article