DELRAY BEACH – Five years before being old enough for her driver’s license stand-up comedian Avery Lender took the stage for the first time.
Now a decade into her comedy career, Lender attends Boston University, where she’s helping grow the comedy community – especially as it pertains to young female comedians.
South Florida comedians entered the genre at various different ages, but to our knowledge none did so at such an early age and sustained their careers.
Hers is a rather remarkable story we found worth sharing.
Today’s Stand-Up Spotlight includes a Q&A with comedian Steve White, who discusses why he relocated to Florida. There’s also news about a couple comedy specials coming to Netflix.
It’s hump day. Go out there and embrace the funny.
STAND-UP SPOTLIGHT – March 29, 2023
Avery Lender, Child Comic To Stand-Up Comedian
The first time Avery Lender stood on a stage at Gotham Comedy Club, she named her hair Ashley, then roasted a bald man and recounted an incident with AXE body spray during a bar mitzvah. She was 11 years old. A year later, children’s author Kate Dopirak asked to write a book about her.
Now 21, Lender has been performing comedy for 10 years at comedy clubs across Boston and New York City, and is currently the president of Boston University’s stand-up comedy club. The children’s book written about her, “Made You Laugh: Stand Up Comedy for Kids” is used across the United States to test reading levels in upper elementary and middle school.
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Comedian Steve White on Relocating to Sarasota and How Humor Has Changed Since His Career Began
Steve White has worked with Spike Lee five times—on Do the Right Thing in 1989, Mo’ Better Blues in 1990, Malcolm X in 1992, Clockers in 1995 and Get on the Bus in 1996—and, from 1992 to 1997, performed stand-up comedy on Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam on HBO. The 57-year-old Sarasota resident also earned a recurring role on the ABC comedy series Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper, and other film appearances include his first: Coming to America, an opportunity that came about thanks to his hometown friend Eddie Murphy, who gave him his first break.
Mae Martin’s First Solo Netflix Special Is Rooted in Improv, Therapy, and Pushing Back
Ask Millennials for a comedian that is speaking to their times and Mae Martin is going to come up. The non-binary comedian began working the Toronto, Canada stand-up comedy circuit at the tender age of 11-years-old. An outlet for their rebellious impulses, the scene also led them to a drug addiction that took a decade to overcome. Firmly on the other side of that period of their life, Martin has since used those experiences to create a BBC Radio 4 series, Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Addiction, and the successful, semi-autobiographical Channel 4/Netflix series, Feel Good. But stand-up has remained a constant through it all as reflected in their first solo, one-hour comedy special for Netflix, SAP.
My Name is Mo’Nique: release date, trailer and everything we know about the comedy special
After years of controversy surrounding her first attempt to stream a stand-up routine on Netflix, Mo’Nique and the platform finally came together for the new comedy special My Name is Mo’Nique. The special follows up Chris Rock’s popular stand-up event, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.
Not one to hold her tongue, Mo’Nique’s new routine sees her bare her soul while keeping in mind that her audience is looking for her signature brand of comedy and laughter. So just what else can fans expect from the highly-anticipated My Name is Mo’Nique?
