Veteran stand-up will perform at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Theatre on Feb. 28 for a third time since 2022.
Kathleen Madigan, a veteran stand-up comic who has close ties to Ron White, returns to Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center to perform Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Courtesy)
Kathleen Madigan is a veteran stand-up comic who knows what she’s good at and hasn’t wandered too far off the mark. She doesn’t pursue acting gigs, host game shows or writebooks.
She does do a weekly podcast, which gives her an excuse to talk more conversationally about whatever is on her mind, be it cats or beer or food. (She isn’t really political.)
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Comedian Kathleen Madigan throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a Chicago Cubs in 2023. (Paul Beaty/AP)
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Kathleen Madigan with her best friend, fellow comic Ron White, in a photo she posted on social media in 2025. (Courtesy of Kathleen Madigan)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
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