comedy act
Jokes on stage
A comedy act is a performance intended to make an audience laugh, typically by a stand-up comedian, sketch group, or comic duo.
The term covers both the performer and the material: She's been working on her comedy act for months, The comedy act killed at the club last night.
A comedy act may be a single routine or an entire career persona.
- standupSolo comedic performance
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- open micUnscreened public performance slot
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
timing · skit · improv · jokes · laughter · microphone · stage · spotlight · audience · set · bit · opener · closer · late night show · roast · gag · wit · deadpan
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- live actsmagic show, juggling, acrobatics, trapeze, fire breathing
- performancestalent show, dance routine, ballet, variety show, musical
- ACT typesscene, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, curtain call
- cabaretcabaret, cancan, showgirls, burlesque, Moulin Rouge
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, music hall, headliner, music halls
genre/emotional tone
comedy acttragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
drama · dramatic monologue · dramatic performance · tear-jerker · tearjerker
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