Need a good laugh? Just in time for April Fool’s Day, the Garden State hosts plenty of side-splitting comedians. Celebrate the day of tomfoolery throughout April with these funny folks, whose shticks are sure to tickle your funny bone.
D.L. Hughley
April 1 & 2
Currently a radio personality on WNBM-FM 103.9, this comedian and actor brings his stand-up stint to the Stress Factory in New Brunswick.
April 1, 7:30 & 9:45 PM; April 2, 7:30 PM.
David Sedaris
April 5 & 6
The humor writer and This American Life contributor visits the McCarter Theatre in Princeton on April 5 (7:30 PM; $48-$58) and SOPAC in South Orange on April 6 (7:30 PM; $48-$78).
Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood
April 7
Crack up with the Whose Line Is It Anyway? improv duo when their Scared Scriptless tour stops at Mayo PAC in Morristown.
8 PM; $49-$79.
Comedian and actor Katt Williams comes to Atlantic City. Courtesy of Boardwalk Hall.
Katt Williams
April 8
The comedian and actor who had a stint on Wild ‘n Out heads to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on his Great America Tour.
8 PM; $57-$177.
Jeff Dunham
April 8
This comic/ventriloquist brings his shtick to the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton on his Perfectly Unbalanced tour.
4 PM; $41.50-$51.50.
Livingston comedian Artie Lange comes to Bergen PAC in Englewood. Courtesy of Bergen PAC
Artie Lange
April 8 & 14
The Livingston native and Seton Hall alum, who is currently in the HBO series Crashing and co-hosts The Artie Lange Show, visits Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on April 8 (8 PM; $29-$69) and Bergen PAC in Englewood on April 14 (8 PM; $29-$69).
George Lopez
April 8
The comedian, who played himself in the sitcom George Lopez and stars in Lopez on TV Land, cracks jokes at Wellmont Theater in Montclair. 8 PM; $20-$100.50.
Rich Vos
April 28 & 29
Join the Plainfield native and host of the My Wife Hates Me podcast for a night of laughter at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach.
9:30 PM; $25-$55.95.
Where are the women comics? Just wondering…
Fair question, as there are more good women comics now than ever. Among others, The Stress Factory has Whitney Cummings on its schedule and has many up and coming women comics as opening acts; Bananas just had Judy Gold; and Scotty’s Comedy Cove has a good group of regular women headliners.