Comedian JR De Guzman discovered stand-up comedy while he was a student at UC Davis and now tours the world with his guitar, stopping at the San Jose Improv for three nights. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC ...

Whether you’re smirking at Puck’s schemes in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” or cringing at Michael Scott’s antics on “The Office,” the power of comedy is undeniable. But what makes something funny? Let’s ...

Comedy isn’t “jokes.” And it isn’t “humor,” either. Well, it is, but it’s so many more things, too. Comedy is the word to describe that amorphous, precious, sacred moment of connection between two ...