After 11 months of performances on Broadway, “The Book of Mormon” reached a milestone last week in its extraordinary box office success fueled by premium ticket pricing: The musical beat the long-running blockbusters “Wicked” and “The Lion King” to become the top-grossing show in a single week for the first time, even though “Mormon” had hundreds of fewer seats to sell to each performance than those two other commercial hits. [Read More]

This year's Grammy nominations were announced today, and in addition to The Book of Mormon's no-brainer nod for Best Musical Theater Album, two Comedy Central Records releases were nominated in the Best Comedy Album category: Patton Oswalt:... [Read More]

In this new video, Daily Show correspondent and Book of Mormon star Josh Gad talks to Stuckey and Murray about working with Matt Stone and Trey Parker as one of the stars of the biggest show on Broadway. And he does it while riding in the back of a c... [Read More]

Janeane Garofalo is always looking for a challenge. So we’re not at all surprised to hear the respected comedian has signed on to play an immigrant in the off-Broadway production of Russian Transport, a drama which centers around a family from ... [Read More]

If you are currently in the Big Apple and are looking for some classic NYC entertainment, you will find pleasure in knowing that the New York Comedy Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs through Nov. 13 in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island... [Read More]

Each week, South Park teases the world with a 30-second clip of its new episode. As far as preview clips go, that’s a short video. Most shows give at least 45 seconds; some give even a few minutes. But South Park doesn’t follow the rules. And sometim... [Read More]

Just in time for new episodes of the 15th anniversary of South Park, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker received the full-on profile by 60 Minutes. Here's the segment that aired Sunday night on CBS. If you prefer reading, then you can read the 60 M... [Read More]

A lot of big names in comedy familiar to past editions of the New York Comedy Festival will be returning to headline the 2011 edition this coming November. Louis C.K., Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes, Russell Pet... [Read More]

Last night Book of Mormon star Josh Gad — that’s Elder Arnold Cunningham, to you — sat down with Keith Olbermann on the political pundit’s new show Countdown on Current TV. The fine folks at the network posted this 30-minute W... [Read More]

Comedy Central is producing a "Comics to Watch" showcase for the second consecutive year this November as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Comedy Central probably already does have a short list, but it's not short enough just yet, so they're hol... [Read More]