![]() The late night landscape, too, is undergoing a period of transition and soul-searching, with several hosts dropping the mic, and the remaining ones finding novel ways to reach audiences. One place comedy fans haven’t exactly flocked back to is the movie theater - take the underwhelming box office showing of the well-reviewed and groundbreaking Bros, starring 2022 honoree Billy Eichner and produced by comedy-list fixture Judd Apatow. Among prevailing trends is the public’s eagerness to get back out of the house, leading to a new golden age of standup in which touring titans like Tom Segura, Bert Kreischer and Sebastian Maniscalco are selling out arenas - sometimes twice over, as Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias did when he became the first comic to play Dodger Stadium, on two consecutive nights for the Netflix Is a Joke festival last spring. The numbers are in, and state of comedy is strong.
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