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Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 12 months of comedy faves in 2025

Jason Greenough — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:18 +0000

Another year, another hell ride through a cultural landscape that devoured and reproduced at an alarming rate in 2025. Through all the “unprecedented times” that we’re all tired of living in, to the birth of “6-7!” (whatever the fuck that means), and everything in between, one constant that kept us afloat was the levity, and often times societal mirror check that comedy offered to the masses. With a little bit of everything for everyone, the world of stand-up was stretched, […]

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V3 Weekend: The Heavy Heavy, Anthony DeVito, ‘Mighty Ducks’

Michael O'Connor Marotta — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:53:48 +0000

Editor’s Note: Welcome to V3 Weekend, Vanyaland‘s guide to help you sort out your weekend entertainment with curated selections and recommendations across our three pillars of Music, Comedy, and Film/TV. It’s what you should know about, where you need to be, and where you’ll be going, with us riding shotgun along the way. Music: The Heavy Heavy at Brighton Music Hall After throwing it down heavy heavy at Boston Calling in a spring, a performance that turned lots of heads and swayed even more shoulders, The […]

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Mic’d Up: Anthony DeVito, The Gas, Lewis Black, Alex Giampapa

Jason Greenough — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:55:24 +0000

Editor’s Note: As the dogs days of summer get further away in the rearview, and the crisp, creeping wind of fall sneaks in overnight, it’s time to start thinking about bringing things back indoors to stay warm and entertained to stave off the insanity of the upcoming darker, colder months in New England. That’s where comedy can help you out, and boy oh boy, do we have a ton of it coming through town every week. With homegrown talent, national headliners, […]

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Mic’d Up: Andrew Callaghan, Josh Adam Meyers, Anthony DeVito

Jason Greenough — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:59:10 +0000

Editor’s Note: How the hell is it already June? Aside from the fact that we may or may not have stepped into a time warp (put your hands on your hips), with a new month and nice weather comes even better comedy talent, and maybe a few less reasons to stay inside. So, while we keep searching for where the time and our sanity have gone, we’ll take the chance to remind you that comedy is continuing to do the Lord’s work […]

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Mic’d Up: Daniel Sloss, Ali Siddiq, Chad Daniels, Kumail Nanjiani

Jason Greenough — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:40:56 +0000

Editor’s Note: March may officially be over, but madness remains in a whole lot of different ways. So, while we keep searching for where the time and our sanity have gone, we’ll take the chance to remind you that comedy is continuing to do the Lord’s work by giving us something to smile (or groan, wince, or gasp) at. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to show […]

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Whale City Comedy Festival set for a Labor Day weekend maiden voyage

Jason Greenough — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:23:44 +0000

In the event that you’re in the planning stages of your summer’s last hurrah over Labor Day weekend, something fresh and fun is going down in New Bedford, and it’s shaping up to be a whale of a good time. As announced earlier this week, a boatload of top-tier comedy is coming to the south coast of Massachusetts over the holiday weekend with the maiden voyage of the Whale City Comedy Festival, running for four days from August 31 to […]

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Mic’d Up: Lewis Black, Martin & Short, Anthony DeVito, Derrick Brown

Jason Greenough — Tue, 09 May 2023 13:22:37 +0000

Editor’s Note: Just like a young, ramen-noodle-haired Justin Timberlake once said, “it’s gonna be May.” Well, now it actually is, and the comedy stages around Massachusetts are continuing to bring nothing but the best in the game into the spotlight. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to show up, night after night. As the days finally become warmer and we start to thaw from the […]

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Mic’d Up: Normand storms The Wilbur, Vermont Comedy Festival’s first run

Jason Greenough — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:21:15 +0000

Editor’s Note: The leaves on the trees may start changing soon, but was hasn’t changed as we cruise full speed through the final third of the year is the top-tier selection of comedy shows to check out around Boston. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the the plethora of comedy talent in and around the city continues to pour out as richly as that $8 Pumpkin Spice Latte you yearn for every morning. Live […]

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Anthony DeVito finds art and honesty in family secrets

Jason Greenough — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:01:49 +0000

Airing family secrets isn’t always fun. But as Anthony DeVito has shown us, it sure can be damn funny. With his one-man show My Dad Isn’t Danny DeVito, which hits Nick’s in Worcester on Thursday (January 27), the New York-based comedy veteran is digging deep to tell the story of his father being a made man in an organized crime family, and while the subject matter is certainly a bit startling, DeVito is excited to take it out to crowds […]

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Mic’d Up: Torres rips it up at Laugh, Colletti says ‘suh dude?’ to The Wilbur

Jason Greenough — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:26:49 +0000

Editor’s Note: Even in the dead of winter, there is never a shortage of comedy shows to check out around Boston, as homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlight the calendar. As live entertainment slowly makes its way back into our social lives — mask up! stay safe! — we always want to make sure you know about cool stuff going on in the world of comedy. Enter Mic’d Up, our ongoing weekly series that details the best […]

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