A Conversation With Tig Notaro

Published: March 15, 2023, 5 a.m.

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Tig Notaro had been doing stand-up for more than 10 years when she got up on stage in 2012, grabbed the mic and began her set with these words: \\u201cHello, Good evening. Hello. I have cancer.\\u201d Many critics called the set historic and ground breaking. When\\xa0it was released as an album\\xa0called \\u201cLive\\u201d it shot to number 1 on the comedy charts. in her Netflix special \\u201cBoyish Girl Interrupted\\u201d Tig went further. She unbuttoned her white shirt, sharing her mastectomy scars with the audience. Now she\\u2019s married and has twin boys and remains an unusual comedian. You\\u2019ll find out more about what makes Tig Notaro tick. \\u201cNow What?\\u201d is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Lucy little and Julian Androkae. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.

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