A Double Dose Of Levity On The Big Screen

Bert Kreischer and Sebastian Maniscalco both pull off a cinematic first for stand-ups

This week’s dispatch of comedy news is arriving later in the week primarily so I could close the book on May. Thank you for your patience.

Left: Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill in The Machine (photo: Sony Pictures); Right: Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro in About My Father (photo: Lionsgate).

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