The L.A. Comedy Club of Las Vegas has opened its second location at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The comedy club will operate one show nightly every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Wasted Space.. [Read More]

April Fools’ Day went out on a somber note last week when Chris Ritter announced his venue, the Lakeshore Theater, would be closing its doors this weekend with Australian comedian Jim Jefferies being the comedy club’s final act before the curtains go down indefinitely. The theater had been a staple for the local comedy scene, a venue that was able to draw the Mr. Show reunion performance last summer in addition to more scathing performances, like the recent ranting one from Jamie Kilstein. ... [Read More]

It's been said that laughter is the best medicine, and nowadays people could overdose from the steady supply of wit and wackiness the likes of YouTube and Comedy Central serve up around the clock. But with so much hilarity only a mouse or remote control click away, are fewer heading out to comedy clubs for their dose of humor? [Read More]

The Lakeshore Theater, most recently a busy comedy venue on Chicago's North Side, is to abruptly close, effective April 10, the venue's co-owner Chris Ritter said in an interview late Thursday evening. "There are insufficient revenues to fund ongoing operations," Ritter said, reached at the theater on Thursday night, also noting that the theater had enjoyed "great acts and great comedy." [Read More]

Dan Mer, who previously owned the Tempe Improv for the past 14 years, is opening up a 600-seat comedy venue in Phoenix this fall called "Stand Up Live." [Read More]

Comedy is on the move in Pittsburgh. The Funny Bone comedy club said it's relocating from Station Square to the Green Tree Radisson Hotel. The club is currently closed but will reopen April 9 in its new location. [Read More]

Faneuil Hall Comedy Inc., which operated as the Comedy Connection for nearly two decades at Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace until 2008, has filed for bankruptcy. The Chapter 7 liquidation filing comes seven months after the company lost a lawsuit over past due rent and other charges and was ordered to pay more than $354,000 to its former landlord, a subsidiary of marketplace manager General Growth Properties. [Read More]

Tom Hanks' production company is said to be developing a movie based around the early days of the Los Angeles comedy store. Playtone Productions is working on a script based on the recent book I'm Dying Up Here, about the 1978 stand-off between club owner Mitzi Shore and the comedians that played there. [Read More]

Morty's Comedy Joint, an upscale club that had opened on 96th Street in 2006, hung on through this past New Year's weekend. Morty's closing was preceded by One-Liners Comedy Club in Greenwood, which shut down in June 2008 after 15 years. [Read More]

Comedians are up in arms that an established London club is insisting that new acts bring their own, paying audience if they want the chance to perform. Monkey Business insists that rookie performers on its Thursday night new act night bring at least two friends - paying £6.50 each - if they want the stage time. [Read More]