Theater is hot in New York City this week  Hoodline

Looking for fun, entertaining theater events to check out in New York City this week? Here are top picks with dates, times, locations and ticket links.

A dark Fosse/Verdon gives Bob the Lenny treatment  The A.V. Club

Fosse/Verdon has skirted around the problems of its conflicted male lead character and why he does such reprehensible things, especially to the women in his …

Lenny Bruce’s Obscenity Trial Challenged First Amendment Rights and Paved the Way for Other Socially Conscious Comedians  Biography

One of the most influential stand-ups in history, Lenny Bruce burst onto the stage in the 1950s, forever changing comedy with his free-form, no-holds-barred …

Joe Bob Briggs talks horror fans, the movie biz and ‘How Rednecks Saved Hollywood’  syracuse.com

A few years before comedian Jeff Foxworthy popularized the redneck litmus test and jump-started an enterprise, a reporter for the Dallas Times Herald named …

Fosse/Verdon Recap: Staggering Through the Thin and Thick  Vulture

Gwen exerts her power at a party dominated by dudes, working hard to persuade Bob to do whatever Lola wants. A recap of FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon,’ episode 5, …

Morrissey rocks his Broadway debut  amNY

Generally speaking, Broadway is a place for pop-rock musicals, where singer-songwriters do not take the stage themselves, but their songs are heard via a …

Trump’s homage to Lenny Bruce  Arutz Sheva

Trump is a funny guy, if only they would give him the chance, which they won’t; their loss, and our loss.

How George Carlin’s ‘Seven Words’ Changed Legal History  Biography

On May 27, 1972, comedian George Carlin took the stage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Southern California for what would become a seminal …

Richard Pryor Risked It All by Walking off Stage in 1967. Then His Star Rose  Biography

By the late-1960s, Richard Pryor had established himself as a successful, up-and-coming comedian. But his refusal to play it safe for mainstream America and a …

Salon lights up the stage at cell | Arts & Leisure  Irish Echo

Aimee Louise O’Sullivan. PHOTOS BY JOANNE STEINHARDT. Salon Diary / By Brendan Costello Jr. The April 16 Irish American Writers and Artists Salon …