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Sarah Squirm fist-bumps an audience member during Helltrap Nightmare at the Hideout in Chicago on Saturday, August 31, 2019. (Youngrae Kim/for the Chicago Tribune)

‘SNL’s’ Sarah Sherman, aka Sarah Squirm, returns to Chicago for a performance: ‘I’m having a lot of fun showing people how truly disgusting I am outside of the show’

May 19, 2022 at 10:15 a.m.

The finale for season 47 of the long-running sketch show "Saturday Night Live" is May 21. If that information leaves you wondering where you're going to get your live comedy...

Cast is locked up together at Annoyance Theatre to create a video show in 10 days — finding the funny in all our claustrophobia

March 20, 2020 at 8:27 p.m.

In the midst of a pandemic, the Annoyance Theatre, the fearless and funny Chicago theater known for subversive shows like "Splatter Theater" — an overly gory Chicago Halloween favorite —...

A large crowd fills the Laugh Factory in Chicago in 2019. The North Side comedy spot has reduced the maximum number of patrons in response to the coronavirus but is still open for business.

Laughter as medicine? From Zanies to Laugh Factory, some Chicago comedy clubs are staying open

March 16, 2020 at 2:30 a.m.

SECOND UPDATE: Comedy Bar, Zanies, and Laugh Factory are also now closing, per announcements late Sunday. Zanies is closed until March 30. Laugh Factory is closed as of Tuesday. UPDATE:...

Review: Todd Barry at Thalia Hall: Confessions, crowd work and a very funny bit about pilates — don’t call him low energy

February 23, 2020 at 4:01 p.m.

"I was hoping there'd be like a blizzard or something," said comedian Todd Barry Saturday night in the opening moments of his 65-minute set at Thalia Hall, issuing a faux...

Chicago native Craig Robinson, here in 2013, is best known for "The Office." He's part of Team Coco House is headed to Chicago during NBA All-Star Weekend.

Chris D’Elia at the Chicago Theatre tells some great stories, but the parts ranting against comedy critics aren’t that funny

December 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The last time I saw comedian and actor Chris D'Elia on stage in Chicago he was at The Vic wrestling with accepting his own adulthood and pushing his free-wheeling comedy...

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‘SNL’s’ Sarah Sherman, aka Sarah Squirm, returns to Chicago for a performance: ‘I’m having a lot of fun showing people how truly disgusting I am outside of the show’

Cast is locked up together at Annoyance Theatre to create a video show in 10 days — finding the funny in all our claustrophobia

Laughter as medicine? From Zanies to Laugh Factory, some Chicago comedy clubs are staying open

Review: Todd Barry at Thalia Hall: Confessions, crowd work and a very funny bit about pilates — don’t call him low energy

NBA All-Star Weekend brings comedy stars to Chicago as well, with Hannibal Buress and Chris Redd on Team Coco

Review: Chaunté Wayans at Laugh Factory: This is who I am. And don’t rush me.

Review: Comedian Megan Stalter’s evening of mayhem at Hideout

Review: Comedian Dulcé Sloan at UP Comedy Club finds jokes in funny places

Top 10 comedy for your Chicago winter: Ms. Pat, Gabriel Iglesias and Nikki Glaser

Chris D’Elia at the Chicago Theatre tells some great stories, but the parts ranting against comedy critics aren’t that funny