A lot has changed since Zanies Comedy Club first opened its doors in Nashville nearly 40 years ago. Long before Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Kevin Hart performed there, somebody had to take the ...

“In about 1980, Rick Uchwat [the late owner] said, ‘We’ve got to do something to get people here [over Thanksgiving weekend].’ So the Wednesday before, we got a live turkey, put it on a leash, and put ...

A comedy club was not made for mornings. A comedy club was made for nights and for crowds at tables, elbow to elbow, ice banging on the sides of cocktail glasses, laughter rolling across the room as ...

Cliff Cash didn’t know Tom Simmons all that well when the pair of standup comedians headed down to Paradise Island in the Bahamas for a two-week stint at Jokers Wild Comedy Club. The two spent hours ...

Chicago’s comedy landscape has experienced some interesting alterations during the last few years or so. But Zanies has remained constant for 15 years now. And the legendary Wells Street club is ...

Award-winning actor-comedian Lisa Ann Walter talked about her career and appearance at Zanies. Lisa Ann Walter will be performing two nights at Zanies Comedy Night Club on Friday, September 15 and ...

Hannibal Buress is having a good year. Among other developments, the Chicago-born comedian, who has written for “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” and has a recurring character on the popular Comedy ...

The two-drink minimum is a standard at old-school comedy clubs, a subtle reminder that making money is priority number one. A glance at the menu at the Rosemont Zanies makes the already unpleasant ...

The Zanies Comedy Club on Wells Street in Chicago will reopen starting this weekend, following the Rosemont location’s reopening last weekend. And in the Lakeview neighborhood, Laugh Factory Chicago ...

Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights, and the Second Church of Christ Scientist, 2715 Hurd Ave., Evanston, are among the 16 Chicago-area venues hosting more than 60 performers including Dee ...