No less an authority than Glenda Jackson famously argued that comedy is harder than drama; still, Oscar voters tend to turn up their noses at it. That isn't the case at the Golden Globes, which has ...

THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 on Hale Centre Theatre’s Jewel Box Stage is a masterful visual and thematic recreation of black-and-white detective films and screwball comedies. It legitimately ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The word “catharsis” is used often in the movie Run Amok, which just debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The film uses it in a ...

Mike Nappi as Peanut in the North American Tour of “Shucked.” Peanut is not a large voice in the soundtrack, but in Robert Horn’s book serves interludes of comedic relief. (Photo by Matthew Murphy and ...

Perhaps the funniest thing about Oedipus! A New Musical Comedy—aside from its title and exclamation point—is its address: 54 Below, directly beneath Studio 54, where a very serious Broadway production ...

Golden Globes Awards Commentary (Updated: Dec. 5, 2025): Up is down, left is right, and — somehow — the Golden Globes’ comedy races are far more competitive than their drama counterparts. The ...

It was bound to happen eventually, though 2025 seems like an odd time for this particular inevitability: the Golden Globes have assembled a group of six nominees in the category of Best Motion Picture ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The "Book of Mormon" is back in Chicago for a limited time. The award winning comedy musical is now playing at the CIBC Theatre through Sunday, Oct. 19. The show tells a story of two ...