“Happy Endings: LIVE!” at the UCB Theatre, with a Kat Dennings cameo
Are you excited for the new season of Happy Endings to start this Tuesday on ABC? Would you like to spend an hour with the cast and writing staff of this happy-go-lucky sitcom watching them perform live comedy? If you were in Los Angeles over the wee... [Read More]
 
Jamie Denbo on bringing “Ronna & Beverly” across the pond to Sky Atlantic
Ronna Glickman and Beverly Kahn are the fictional best-selling co-authors of You'll Do a Little Better Next Time: A Guide to Marriage and Re-marriage for Jewish Singles. In real life, Ronna and Beverly are comedians Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo, f... [Read More]
 
Image of The 14th Del Close Marathon: Now with more TV starpower
The 14th Del Close Marathon: Now with more TV starpower
Gil Ozeri stared down Adam Pally for a few seconds that seemed to stop time. Then Ozeri bum-rushed Pally and tackled him onstage. That a sold-out crowd of 479 in the School of the Visual Arts Theatre looked on didn't seem to deter them from turning t... [Read More]
 
Watch UCB actor Jeffrey Marx on ABC’s “The Glass House”
While improvisers from around the country (and even some international actors) converge on New York City this weekend for the annual Del Close Marathon, some of the Upright Citizens Brigade star pupils inevitably cannot make it because they're in the... [Read More]
 
Image of Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair Talk to Carson Daly about Interning at UCB and News Anchor Hair (video)
Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair Talk to Carson Daly about Interning at UCB and News Anchor Hair (video)
Carson Daly does do a great job interviewing Lennon and Jessica about cleaning the UCB bathrooms, having perfect CNN hair, and trying to cover Luka Jones's…nugget with a sock. [Read More]
 
“CBS Knows Sex,” but “Two and a Half Men” co-creator prefers penis jokes to vagina jokes
Lee Aronsohn, co-creator of Two and A Half Men as well as an executive producer another CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, had this to say over the weekend at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference about this year's crop of female-centered sitcoms: "Enou... [Read More]
 
Image of “Ronna and Beverly” go to the UK for first season
“Ronna and Beverly” go to the UK for first season
Just when you thought Ronna & Beverly was merely a UCB LA theater piece that you didn't get and couldn't figure out, guess what? Sky Atlantic HD ordered six episodes of the "mock talk show" with middle-aged Jewish American mothers Ronna and Beverly (Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin). Their pilot episode featured guests Jon Hamm and Stephen Mangan. Paul Feig is directing. Denbo and Chaffin shot a different-styled R&B pilot for Showtime in 2009. [Read More]
 
Image of Meet Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live’s newest featured player (Video)
Meet Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live’s newest featured player (Video)
With the likely departure of Kristen Wigg and Abby Elliot’s status unknown after being let go from a FOX sitcom, Lorne Michaels is in need of securing a few funny ladies to round out the cast of Saturday Night Live. During the past few weeks, the bra... [Read More]
 
King Supernuts and Shockwave “Battle the World”
What's a one-sided freestyle rap battle look like? It looks something like this. King Supernuts (Victor Varnado) and Shockwave (Chris Sullivan) took to the streets of New York City and took on anyone and everyone whose paths they crossed. No contest!... [Read More]
 
Image of Watch Matt Walsh and Amy Poehler Discuss the History of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Rock Center (video)
Watch Matt Walsh and Amy Poehler Discuss the History of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Rock Center (video)
Watch Matt Walsh and Amy Poehler Discuss the History of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Rock Center.. [Read More]