Performing for a packed house at Spreckels Theater in San Diego, comedian Patton Oswalt delivers a blistering stand-up set in his trademark blend of acerbic wit and unabashed silliness. His topics ...

“There’s something really cathartic about laughing at something a bit tragic,” says Daniel Foxx. “It’s that old idea: tragedy plus time equals comedy.” To his half a million social media followers, ...