Robin Williams was the first comedian to teach me the healing power of laughing at myself. (Los Angeles Times staff illustration; Getty Images) I interviewed Robin Williams on the set of his last show ...

Last night Father John Misty screened his new film Pure Comedy in a small, old cinema in the heart of Los Angeles called Cinefamily. He said the screening was mostly held for him — mentioning several ...

Stage 17, The Grindstone Comedy Theatre, 10019 81 Ave. It’s a post-apocalyptic world, and Johnny needs to prove he still serves a function, or he won’t get his rations. So, he’s here to put on a show ...

There’s a whole lot of splashy fashion and fizzy comedy to “La Cage Aux Folles,” the 1983 Broadway hit that Cygnet Theatre is now reviving. But there’s a weightier thread to the musical, too: Its ...

Bob Weide's challenge is to translate "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" to an American audience, writes RAY RICHMOND. By Ray Richmond, The Associated Press Bob Weide isn’t a guy who shies away ...

For many of us old enough to remember Archie Bunker’s living room chair before it became a Smithsonian Museum exhibit, Norman Lear helped television comedy get over its fear of real life. Lear, who ...

If this movie didn’t make sure to tell the audience that it was based on some “fo’ real shit”—as it’s put in the trailers and on screen in the first few minutes of the film—the premise of ...

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I interviewed Robin Williams on the set of his last show, “The Crazy Ones,” seven months before he took his own life in 2014. As an entertainment journalist, I’m rarely nervous meeting celebrities, ...