Branson-based comedian Yakov Smirnoff is tapping into a new way to entertain audiences internationally. On Tuesday, Smirnoff launched his podcast "The Comedy Couch." In each episode, Smirnoff sits ...

But as appealing as the main characters were, so too were the wide array of guest and recurring stars, including Yakov Smirnoff, who memorably played USSR immigrant Yakov Korolenko, a part that was ...

Smirnoff is already a dad to two adult children, Natasha and Alexander, from a previous relationship The actor and writer, 74, revealed the exciting news exclusively with PEOPLE, noting that there's ...

Yakov Smirnoff will be the very first headliner comedian to perform before a live audience in Branson during the city's reopening following the COVID-19 pandemic's "stay-at-home-orders." From ...

Passes to Yakov Smirnoff's "United We Laugh" comedy special livestream are available for $25 through the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre at mpaconline.org. The show is prerecorded from Smirnoff's ...

BRANSON, Mo. (WDAF) — If you’ve been to Branson, Missouri, you may know the name Yakov Smirnoff. He’s been in movies, television and on Broadway. He’s also from Ukraine. Some of his family has fled ...

The Palace Theatre in Stamford will present a show by a familar face from comedy in the 1980s when Ukrainian-American comic Yankov Smirnoff performs his “United We Laugh” virtual performance Saturday, ...

Yakov Smirnoff will perform a 75-minute comedy stand-up special, “United We Laugh,” offered online at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, by FeelitLive and the Midland Center for the Arts. Smirnoff fled Soviet ...

Saturday's Yakov Smirnoff comedy show at the Mabee Center is one of a handful of live tour dates this year. Back in 2003, the famous Russian comedian experimented with his soon-to-be hit Broadway show ...

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"This time around, I’m not rushing anything — I’m savoring it," Smirnoff tells PEOPLE Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously ...