Articles by Julianna Romanyk

Nathan Macintosh

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 21

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2018

"You don't like Canadian comics until the U.S. likes them," Nathan Macintosh said in the middle of a rant. It's one of the bittersweet trut...

Greg Proops

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 21

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2018

The cards were stacked against Greg Proops before the show even began. Midnight shows are already a bit of a stretch to attend, especially...

Ismo

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

How many comedians can you name from Finland? Chances are that you can barely name one. That one comedian is Ismo, the only Finnish comedia...

Greg Proops Discusses Buck-A-Beer, Singing with an Orchestra and Bringing His Smarts to JFL42

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2018

"The world has always been coming to an end," Greg Proops says without a hint of irony. "There've always been evil old white men, that's ju...

Reggie Watts Talks About Challenging Authority, Tap Dancing and How Everyone Should Do Mushrooms

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2018

An intellectual stoner's dream, Reggie Watts is the essential answer to the question you didn't know to ask: "What would happen if you comb...

She The People

Second City, Toronto ON, August 24

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2018

Second City revue She The People, featuring an all-female cast and crew, is an overdue counteraction to the predominant male comic viewpoin...

New Negroes

Just For Laughs, Montreal QC, July 27

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2018

Hosted by Baron Vaughn (pictured) and Open Mike Eagle, this standup show featuring mesmerizing interludes of rap is based on the term "New...

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Just For Laughs, Montreal QC, July 28

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2018

Before the debut of Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness's podcast Getting Curious was cancelled by its network in 2017. Now picked up by Earwolf,...