Comedian Amy Poehler may be busy starring on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” but that hasn’t stopped her from signing up to work on the hilarious web series “Broad City” with FX.
Poehler will executive produce and di...
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In interviews over the years, members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre often have referred to their organization as "the Fugazi of comedy."
It was no accident, then, that Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye was chosen to deliver the monologues for a p...
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Hey kids of all ages, kids who love dancing, and kids who love the Upright Citizens Brigade. If you live anywhere near Austin, Texas, then you have the chance to see the UCB4's latest feature film before everyone else, as Freak Dance premieres this w...
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Proving that the UCB-LA branch has exploded into small circles of TV comedy everywhere, Bradford Evans has the evidence in this epic venn diagram for Splitsider.
Apparently, when comedy nerd fans of Party Down, The League, Childrens Hospital, Parks a...
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It’s probably a safe bet that nobody in this week’s new batch of students expected one of their classmates to be Jersey Shore castmember Vinny Guadagnino. Seems it’s going well for him, judging by his tweet: "Day 1 of improv classes was dope, these tools can help with many areas of life." Right he is! Though one has to wonder how strange this experience must be for his classmates.
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The UCBT officially unlocked its East Village expansion Tuesday night, The UCB East (aka The Beast). But judging by the utter lack of wacky inflatable arm tube dudes and the three random people in the crowd for its first show (a screening of Wild Gir...
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No one really knows what they’re talking about. No one really knows what they want. Make what you think is funny, do everything you can to find an audience that also thinks it’s funny, and never stop. The rest will take care of itself.
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The guy who told the story of when he had sex with a woman against her wishes as part of the Asssscat show at the Del Close Marathon's identity has been outed and confirmed by Jezebel; they also got in touch with his prior employers at Second City as well as his new theater Improv Vegas. Second City...
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Towards the end, 50 straight hours of non-stop comedy on three stages (four, counting nightly featured shows) begin to blend together. Plus, the weekend-long festival is overcast by a frantic feeling of wanting to see everything (especially since this is likely your only annual chance to catch visiting groups).
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We’ve been getting a lot of emails this morning about a particular audience monologist that performed at the Assssscat at the Del Close Marathon on Sunday, August 14. In case you don’t know, the Del Close Marathon is the Upright Citizens Brigade’s annual improv fest in New York and Asssscat is the i...
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