The Ultimate Green Room: 100 Stand-Up Comics Talk about Learning Their Craft

Entertaining and insightful, The Ultimate Green Room takes you behind-the-scenes of the “green room” at every comedy club across the country. Relevant to stand-up comics, aspiring performers, comedy lovers, and entertainment executives, this unique journey into the world of the stand-up comic provides an insider’s look at the comedian’s career path. Author Barbara Corry interviewed over one hundred comics at all career stages, detailing their early influences and wise directives on precisely how one learns the craft. Each chapter also features humorous anecdotes that reveal the funniest, scariest, and most embarrassing moments of performing live. These “war stories” round out the portrait of the comedian and, ultimately, the headliner. More than just a “how-to” guide, Corry weaves valuable insights about a uniquely American craft and offers sociology students an all-encompassing look at a fascinating subculture and the process of professional socialization.