Every year for forty years, Jamie Masada, the philanthropic owner of Laugh Factory—the famed comedy club that spawned the careers of comics from Richard Pryor to Tim Allen to Tiffany Haddish—will once ...

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On Sept. 11, Rob Kutner and Mike Rotman co-produced a neurodivergent-friendly stand-up comedy night at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood. “The cool thing was also that, when they turned the lights down, ...

Jamie Masada, the philanthropist-founder of L.A.’s iconic Laugh Factory, has a unique talent for giving back with giggles. He left Iran at age fourteen to come to Hollywood and “make it in comedy”–52 ...

The Laugh Factory opened its doors at the Tropicana Las Vegas a dozen years ago, immediately drawing in performers and audiences alike with its swanky space, love for comedy and dedication to ...

The city of Covina could be on its way to becoming the next comedy hotspot thanks to the opening of one of the biggest stand-up club chains around. The world-famous Laugh Factory, which soft opened ...