December 31, 2014
Top Five Lesbian Comedians of 2014
Winnie McCroy READ TIME: 5 MIN.
It's been a great year for laughs, and EDGE has been lucky enough to catch up with some of the funniest women in the nation in a series of in-depth personal interviews and features. Check out the top five lesbian comedians of 2014.
Like to Watch? Check Julie Goldman on 'The People's Couch': Bravo Media has struck pay dirt with their new reality TV show, "The People's Couch," a series that follows 10 families as they watch their favorite TV shows. And a familiar face can be found in lesbian comedian Julie Goldman of "The Big Gay Sketch Show" fame, who watches with her BFF, Brandy Howard. EDGE chatted with Goldman and Howard about their friendship, their favorite shows and why they enjoy watching... while others watch them. Read more here.
Cracking Wise With Comedian Karen Williams: Karen Williams first got into stand-up comedy in the '80s, when she was a single lesbian mom living in Berkeley and looking for something she could do with her talent. She soon discovered that audiences loved her lightning-quick repartee and rapport, and she had found her calling.
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Erin Foley's "Sports Without Balls" Live From Gay Games 14: Comedian Erin Foley helped kick off the 2014 Gay Games with a very special broadcast of her popular podcast, "Sports Without Balls." "I have a real sports obsession," said the tall brunette, who has a non-comedian twin. "I'll check out every professional sports team in town, and any Gay Games competition. I'll watch people throw darts, or lift weights, it doesn't even matter what the sport is." Read more here.
Judy Gold Joins Cast of the Musical "Disaster": Comedian Judy Gold has joined the cast of "Disaster!," the critically acclaimed 1970s disaster movie musical written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, playing Off-Broadway at the St. Luke's Theatre in New York. Gold takes over the role of Shirley from Annie Golden of the hit Netflix show "Orange is the New Black."
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The Fortunate One: Fortune Feimster Plays Beantown: With her bushy orange hair and Southern drawl, lesbian comedian Fortune Feimster is not the first woman who springs to mind when one bats around the phrase "late-night talk show phenom." But this funny girl parlayed her success as a semi-finalist on "Last Comic Standing" to become a writer and regular performer on the hit E! Network program, "Chelsea Lately." Feimster, who is an alumna of the prestigious Groundlings Sunday Company, took time from her busy joke-writing schedule to share her success story with EDGE.
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Winnie McCroy is the Women on the EDGE Editor, HIV/Health Editor, and Assistant Entertainment Editor for EDGE Media Network, handling all women's news, HIV health stories and theater reviews throughout the U.S. She has contributed to other publications, including The Village Voice, Gay City News, Chelsea Now and The Advocate, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
