At the New York Comedy Festival, four leading industry figures gathered for a Business of Comedy Panel moderated by Variety TV reporter Ethan Shanfeld. Comedian Jeff Ross, festival founder Caroline ...

If you’re not familiar with Jeff Ross, he is best known as the “Roastmaster General” — a three-decade master of the savage comic sport introduced by the Friars Club in the 1950s, in which a procession ...

Jeff Ross once schlepped to the Middle East. The comedian entertained sheikhs. Now back, he’s skewering his hometown state, or what’s left of it following the jailing of its gold-loving Sen. Menendez.

Other performers scheduled to appear are Rich Vos, Chris Gethard, Bonnie McFarlane, Donnell Rawlings, Natalie Cuomo, Chris Covert, “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Joe Gorga, and Vinnie Brand, ...

Who knew the Roastmaster General was such a softy? But in fact, a juicy sentimental blob is what the decidedly disarming “Take a Banana for the Ride” reveals the comedian Jeff Ross to be. Reaching a ...

EXCLUSIVE: Take a Banana for the Ride, the one-man show marking the Broadway debut of “Roastmaster General” Jeff Ross, will be coming to Netflix next year, at a date still to be determined. A pair of ...

For one night only, a group of stars will come together at the Count Basie Center to roast the Garden State. See details: ...