Conan O’Brien received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, drawing Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, David Letterman and Stephen ...

Mark Twain would be proud. Conan O’Brien accepted the 26 th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Center on March 23 that was sillier, spicier and, as the first ...

Emmy-Award® winning Actor and 2025 Theater Hall of Fame Inductee Richard Thomas brings to life “the nation’s one true comic genius” (The New York Times) in Mark Twain Tonight!, written and originally ...

Despite Donald Trump‘s growing chokehold on the Kennedy Center, Conan O’Brien was determined to fill the venue with laughs. After the 5x Emmy winner received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, O ...

O'Brien thanked the pre-Trump Kennedy Center leadership. O'Brien gave tribute to Mark Twain, espousing his American values in the modern political landscape. Conan O'Brien took an unusual jab at ...

"Mark Twain Tonight!" is coming to the Broome County Forum Theatre for two nights in December, with a new performer playing Mark Twain. Actor Hal Holbrook wrote and performed "Mark Twain Tonight!" and ...

"Real Time" host Bill Maher addressed his ongoing feud with President Donald Trump despite their cordial dinner in 2025 on ...

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute. By Jason Zinoman Jason Zinoman watched the ceremony at the ...

One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, Ron Chernow’s new biography of Mark Twain covers all aspects of the life of the most famous American writer of his time. The book, released on March ...

In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before there existed the supposedly indispensable mechanisms of celebrity — ...