Comedians
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Joey Diaz
THIS SHOW IS INSANELY FUNNY AND VERY DIRTY!!! You've been warned! Joey ‘Coco’ Diaz has quickly become one of the most sought after actors and comedians in the entertainment industry today. His love of storytelling is reflected in each role he takes: whether it is on film or on stage, his passion for entertaining and delighting audiences shines through every performance. You may recognize Diaz from his appearances in The Mentalist, Children’s Hospital, My Name is Earl or General Hospital - to name a few. On the film front, Diaz has held roles in The Longest Yard, Spider Man 2, Smiley Face, Taxi and Grudge Match. Diaz continues to perform stand-up and act, while also staying on top of the new media move in podcasting. Currently, Diaz hosts his bi-weekly podcast The Church of What’s Happening Now, which ranks among some of the most highly downloaded podcasts online. He is also a regular guest on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. On the comedy front, Diaz continues to tour and perform at the biggest comedy clubs in the country. Most recently, Joey released his first ever hour comedy special titled Socially Unacceptable, on Seeso. His comedy specials in The Testicle Testaments have sold thousands of downloads, and have even made it to the Billboard Top 100. Diaz’s raw style of comedy is highlighted on television with recurring sketch roles on Gabriel Iglesias’ Stand-Up Revolution and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Please review our ticket resale policy.
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John Bishop
VIP tickets include reserved seating in rows 7 & 8, (behind Lucy preferred seating)*! Multi award-winning, stand-up comedy superstar John Bishop is finally coming to the US and Canada this Summer with his Back At It Tour! After two years spent TV presenting, stage acting, podcast hosting, dog walking and decorating the spare room, John is now back doing the thing he loves most; standing on stage and making people laugh. John Bishop has had an incredible career. Within three years of his first ever comedy gig in 2000, John was playing to sold out arena audiences across the UK & Ireland and released the fastest selling stand-up DVD in UK history. Since then he has achieved huge success with a number of his own comedy, entertainment and documentary shows including: John Bishop’s Australia, John Bishop’s Britain; John Bishop’s Only Joking; The John Bishop Show; The John Bishop Christmas Show and John Bishop’s Gorilla Adventure, John Bishop’s Ireland and four series of the critically acclaimed John Bishop: In Conversation With… which saw him chatting one to one with some of the biggest names in entertainment, music and sport. Other TV credits include two series of The John Bishop Show, Doctor Who and the documentary John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf. Last year, John starred in the four-month UK & Ireland tour of Mother Goose with Sir Ian McKellen, which included a hugely successful run in London’s West End. *Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant to get preferred seating (rows 1 - 6). Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com.
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John Caparulo
John Caparulo has pursued a relatively successful career in comedy. Cap, as he's known by his friends and fans, has also made multiple appearances on The Tonight Show, Comedy Central Presents, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Blue Collar Comedy: The Next Generation, and as a standout performer in Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show. Cap appeared over 150 times as a panelist on Chelsea Handler’s popular E! show, Chelsea Lately, during its 7-year run. He also appeared as part of Ron White's Salute To The Troops on CMT, a network on which he became well-known as the host of the surprisingly hilarious show Mobile Home Disaster. Cap has two comedy specials / albums: John Caparulo: Meet Cap and John Caparulo: Come Inside Me. He released Caplets, a brand-new set of comedy every 30 days that were distributed on Hulu, JohnCaparulo.com, and YouTube. After working all over the globe for 20+ years, Cap settled down in Las Vegas and performed almost 500 shows of John Caparulo’s Mad Cap Comedy during a 2-year residency at Harrah’s. Since Covid made live performances impossible for such an extended period, Cap adapted to the restrictions with Un-Capped Comedy, a monthly livestream show on which the live audience picks the topics for the comedian to discuss onstage. Now Cap is taking Un-Capped Comedy on the road and letting audiences all across the United States choose the direction of every performance. Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com. Please review our ticket resale policy.
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John Crist
John Crist is one of today’s fast-rising stand-up comedians, with more than one billion video views, millions of fans on social media and sold-out shows from coast to coast. Widely known for viral videos, Crist would still tell you that his live show is better than any of his videos! His comedy has been featured on ESPN, Buzzfeed, Sports Illustrated,The Today Show, Fox & Friends, Laughs on Fox, SiriusXM, The Huffington Post, Oprah Magazine, The Adam Carolla Show, and many more. He was even once a voice actor on the popular children’s radio show Adventures in Odyssey. Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com. Please review our ticket resale policy.
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John Heffron
VIP tickets include priority seating in rows seven and eight, (behind Lucy preferred seating in rows one through six)! JOHN HEFFRON — LIVE AT COMEDY WORKS DENVER! Denver audiences know him well. Some of John’s most watched stand-up sets were filmed right here on the Comedy Works stage — one unscripted hour from this room alone passed 3 million views in its first six months, eventually becoming part of the hundreds of millions of views his clips have earned online. Credits don’t sell tickets, but consistency does — and Denver has always been where his comedy hits hardest. John won NBC’s Last Comic Standing, has released multiple stand-up specials and albums, and has done just about everything a stand-up can do — except dance for an algorithm. He’s an adult. He talks to adults. He’s also a best-selling author, having written both reflective devotionals like Shifting Seasons and a noir thriller, The Maskers — different genres, same voice: observant, human, and quietly honest about how people actually live. His comedy is for the people who keep everything running: the ones who handle the job, the house, the kids, the plans — and rarely get a night that’s actually for them. Sharp, relatable comedy about the exact life you’re living — marriage, kids, aging parents, technology that stopped making sense, and that strange moment when you realize you’re in charge now… and nobody trained you for it. John Heffron at Comedy Works is a Denver tradition for a reason. Comfortable. Sharp. Reliable. Still surprising. Looking to dine before the show? Dine at Lucy Restaurant to get preferred seating in rows 1 - 6. Make your reservations now at LucyRestaurant.com.
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John Henson
An actor, writer, host and producer of over 1,400 hours of television, John Henson completed seven seasons as co-host and producer of ABC’s smash summer hit, Wipeout. The reality show was such a success it won numerous awards including, The Kids Choice Award, Teen Choice Award and the #1 co-viewing show on television with adults and children. Henson started however, on the stand-up stage touring the country for many years before gaining critical acclaim when he was selected to host E!'s Talk Soup. Henson’s subsequent projects have included, The John Henson Project, Watch This, Who Want's to Be a Millionaire and truTV's Funniest Commercials. Henson has appeared on NBC, CNN, and MSNBC, among other networks, as a pop culture analyst. His acting credits of late include, Anger Management and a recurring guest star role as the husband of his real-life wife, comedian Jill Benjamin, playing the parents of Austin Moon on Disney’s hit show, Austin & Ally. Henson is also an avid writer and has contributed to US Weekly, TV Guide and George Magazine.
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John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo will be performing material from his current tour LATIN HISTORY FOR DUMMIES! A multi-faceted performer and Emmy Award winner, John Leguizamo has established a career that defies categorization. With boundless and visceral creativity, his work in film, theatre, television, and literature covers a variety of genres, continually threatening to create a few of its own. Leguizamo just debuted his 5th HBO solo special, Ghetto Klown, an adaptation of his Drama Desk Award-winning one-man stage show of the same name. This year, Leguizamo completed production on three back-to-back films: The Nest, American Ultra, and The Man on Carrion Road. Leguizamo recently starred alongside writer/director Jon Favreau in the feature, Chef, and in the breakout comedy hit Ride Along, opposite Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. He also just completed production on Cymbeline, a modern-day take on Shakespeare’s play, and Stealing Cars. Leguizamo’s other film credits include Walking with Dinosaurs, The Counselor, Kick-Ass 2, the Ice Age franchise, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge and many more. To add to his list of attributes, Leguizamo is also an accomplished author. He recently penned his autobiography Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends, which was released by Harper Collins in October 2006. The New York Times called the book "brutally funny," while USA Today coined Leguizamo as "one of the most exciting talents to come along in some time."
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John Mulaney
John Mulaney is quickly becoming one of the most sought after young comedians and actors in the comedy world. Mulaney can next be seen starring in FOX’s new comedy Mulaney, about a rising stand-up comic trying to take his career to the next level. He also serves as creator, writer and executive producer on the series. A wizened comedy veteran at 30 years of age, Mulaney began his career in New York’s East Village as part of the two-man “Oh Hello Show” with comedian Nick Kroll. He has since performed everywhere from Ireland, to Australia to Grand Isle, Nebraska. He was named one of Variety Magazine’s “10 Comics to Watch” in 2008-- the same year he began working at Saturday Night Live where he's since appeared as a Weekend Update correspondent and co-created such characters as “Stefon” with Bill Hader. John’s first special, THE TOP PART, was released in 2009 and reviewed as "criminally overlooked" and "a finely-crafted piece of work" by The Huffington Post. He released his second Comedy Central Special and Album NEW IN TOWN. Upon review, Ken Tucker of EW.com hailed Mulaney as “one of the best stand-up comics alive.” Other credits include Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Conan and more.
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John Novosad
Everyone's favorite Denver Pro, John Novosad, also known as Hippieman, is a seasoned veteran of stand-up comedy. He has toured extensively over the years and continues to do so. John has made two appearances on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and once on the nationally syndicated television show, Comedy.TV. He’s performed at the Aspen Laff Festival, the High Plains Comedy Festival, the Great American Comedy Festival, and the prestigious Bridgetown Comedy Festival. John has been named the Winner of the comedy competition at the 7th Annual Laughing Skull Festival in Atlanta. John won the 2025 Big Sky Comedy Festival. his Dry Bar comedy special has millions of views. Most recently he appeared on Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed. John also hosts a comedy/variety show called, Hippieman’s Plan for America, where he presents comedic solutions to problems facing today’s America. A favorite at Denver's Comedy Works, John's disarming presence and sharp wit create a versatile and engaging performance every time!
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John Oliver
Between writing, acting, producing and performing stand-up comedy, John Oliver has covered all the bases. He has been a writer and correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 2006. John wrote and starred in his own one-hour stand-up special, Terrifying Times, which can now be found on DVD. He has also starred in various shows including the NBC series Community and his own series for Comedy Central titled John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show, as well as the Mike Myer’s movie The Love Guru. John can currently be found co-writing and starring in the news podcast The Bugle and on BBC Radio shows Political Animal and The Department. Acclaimed as “Wildly funny” (The Telegraph), “A wonderfully intelligent comic” (Evening Standard), and “Comedy for smart people” (The Sunday Times).