Saturday Night Live, and other sketch shows, are a blast. (I have bookmarked our post on the 80 best SNL sketches, and I keep pulling it up and watching a handful of them every day.) I love shows like ...

The art of TV comedy is distilled into its purest essence in the format of a sketch show. Sketch comedies have been entertaining viewers at home since the 1940s, when variety shows like Texaco Star ...

What’s the difference between an inside joke with friends and a comedic performance on stage? For the University tWits, an IU sketch comedy group, it’s not much. From the initial spark of an idea to ...

A man walks out in pink spandex and a pig nose, and the crowd bursts into laughter that is both stifled and uproarious. The dim, purple lights of The Rockwell cast him in both shadow and spotlight.

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. At the end of each semester, a vibrant ensemble of student actors and writers unite ...

When Denver Sketch Festival producers Katie Congrove and Connor Schuck think back on last year’s inaugural event, one memory still makes them laugh. A performer from Philadelphia, who goes by the ...