Lane's new comedy special, 'The Al Dente Special', is now streaming on Hulu Lizzie Hyman is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE, where she contributes in-depth features and covers entertainment and news ...

Do you talk to your Uber driver? Do you have opinions about conversations with white women? Do you remember when Gayle King recently quoted a slur on live TV? Matteo Lane has jokes for you. The queer, ...

For the first several years of his career, stand-up comedian Matteo Lane would open his sets by telling the audience, “Obviously, I’m gay.” At a certain point, he got tired of coming out to a room of ...

Stand-up comic Matteo Lane recalls meeting Katy Perry several years ago backstage at one of her concerts in Las Vegas. “She was very nice,” Lane says on today’s episode of “Just for Variety.” “She was ...

LOS ANGELES -- Join Matteo Lane for a night of laughs in his new comedy special, "The Al Dente Special," streaming on Hulu. The special's logline reads: "Matteo Lane's comedy is like catching up with ...

It’s already been a huge month for Italians from Chicago. First the Pope, and now this: Matteo Lane gets his own hour of stand-up (and sometimes song) as part of the new Hularious slate of original ...

Comedian Matteo Lane will return to Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas for a one-night-only stand-up performance of his Matteo Lane: We Gotta Catch Up! tour on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Following his ...

This article includes links that may result in a small affiliate share for purchased products, which helps support independent LGBTQ+ media. One thing about Matteo Lane is that he looks like he hasn’t ...

Five languages. Six octaves. Matteo Lane’s range seems effortlessly deep. The standup comedian has been up to quite a bit since his last Portland appearance at Revolution Hall in 2023. So much has ...

When he wasn’t working as a storyboard artist, training classically in opera, or painting in Italy, Matteo Lane was searching for that elusive “something” missing in his life. “Even when I was four, I ...