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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2018 file photo, Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Gadsby is following last year’s breakout Netflix stand-up special with a new U.S. tour that has stops in San Francisco and ends in New York this summer. The Australian comedian’s show “Douglas” had its world premiere in Melbourne in March and the first stop in the U.S. is April 30 in San Francisco and she will be finishing off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theater from July 23-Aug. 17. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Comedian Hannah Gadsby plots new US tour this spring, summer

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This combination of photos released by Netflix and HBO shows comedians, from left, Hannah Gadsby, Drew Michael and Ali Wong during their comedy specials. Gadsby and Michael both managed to shake up the stand-up comedy world by the time they finished their hour-long sets with discussions of violent homophobia and suicide. Wong graphically joked about motherhood and pregnancy in her special, “Hard Knock Wife.” (Netflix/HBO via AP)

Stand-up world shaken up in 2018 by a pair of comedians

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

In this Dec. 10, 2018 photo, Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Gadsby was named as one of eight Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year by the Associated Press. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

2018 Breakthrough: Hannah Gadsby may change stand-up game

By MIKE CIDONI LENNOX - Associated Press