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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Comedy

For Her It's Better, Not Worse

Camden native Tasha Smith prepares for a lead role in a new series based on a popular Tyler Perry movie franchise. more

Meet the Throwbacks

Jerseyans Billy Van Zandt (brother of Steve) and Jane Milmore write and perform classic farce and old-fashioned shtick that have made them a stage and sitcom success story. more

That's 'P'—as in Parenting

Maplewood resident Sandy Rustin presents her sketch-comedy musical about parenting at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. more

Laughing Matters

Comedian Liz Miele has been honing her comedic skills since age 16. more

Sunny Disposition

Danny DeVito is always happy to reminisce about New Jersey—where family and a nice bowl of pasta await. more

Goat Boys Can be Men, Too

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jim Breuer releases a new autobiography—I'm Not High (But I've Got a Lot of Crazy Stories about Life as a Goat Boy, a Dad, and a Spiritual Warrior). more

A Forum Rare For Colbert

Nov 1: Comedian and Montclair resident Stephen Colbert has made truthiness his career, bringing us the nightly “news” as the satirically right-wing host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. more

Family Guy

August 20 & 29: Chester resident and popular comedian Jim Breuer performs at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 20, and at the Borgata Hotel and Casino’s Music Box on August 29. more

Delightfully Scrambled Egghead Demetri Martin

An interview with comic Demetri Martin. more

New Faces NJ: Sunda Croonquist

Comedienne Sunda Croonquist was fated to be funny. more

Hardy-Har-Maher

Comedian, liberal firebrand, Cornell grad, and River Vale native Bill Maher preached to a sold-out concert hall at NJPAC in Newark on Friday night.

There probably wasn't a Republican in the house, but there certainly were Catholics and plenty of other Christians, plus people who take prescription drugs, heterosexuals, homosexuals, Hillary-ites and Obamaphiles, and most likely some NASCAR fans.

And they all laughed. And for good reason. Maher is an equal opportunity lacerator. But more than that, he's a newshound, and very funny.

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Artie Lange Rocks the Borgata

Any fan of The Howard Stern Show would be hard pressed to find a better lineup than Artie Lange's show at the Borgata's Event Center in Atlantic City on February 16.

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Funny Pages

Funny Business

Ever watch the offbeat TV series Monk and wonder, How did they come up with that? For the answer, step into the writing laboratory of Madison’s Andy Breckman and his quirky crew. more

Clown Prince

Nathan Lane more