Need To Be Comedy

The Green Room

Essays on the craft, the history, and the business of being funny — written from inside the room.

Manifesto

Why It Needed To Be Said

What we mean by a comedy mecca — and why a beach town in California is building one.

Blue Beach Studios · 6 min read
History

A Short History of the Mic

From vaudeville footlights to the podcast boom: how comedy kept finding a new room.

Blue Beach Studios · 8 min read
The Business

The Clip Economy

The 30-second clip is the new tight-five. What that means for the comics coming up now.

Blue Beach Studios · 5 min read