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Tag: Improv

Episode #427: Jeff Hiller
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Episode #427: Jeff Hiller

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 27, 2023April 27, 2023

Jeff Hiller is an American actor and comedian. He currently co-stars in HBO’s Somebody Somewhere as Joel, who welcomes Bridget Everett’s Sam back to their Kansas …

R.I.P. Keith Johnstone (1933-2023)
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R.I.P. Keith Johnstone (1933-2023)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023

Another legend of improv comedy has passed. Keith Johnstone, who wrote the seminal book on improv, “Impro,” and founded Theatresports, died March 11, 2023. He …

Episode #413: Kurt Braunohler
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Episode #413: Kurt Braunohler

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022

Kurt Braunohler started performing comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City in 1998, and took an experimental filmmaking improv group to the …

Episode #380: Colin Mochrie
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Episode #380: Colin Mochrie

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022

Colin Mochrie is one of the most successful and best-known improvisational comedians in the world, having performed on several hundred episodes of Whose Line Is …

Episode #359: Will Hines
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Episode #359: Will Hines

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 11, 2021October 18, 2021

After spending his 20s as a computer programmer, Will Hines caught the improv bug when he began studying and performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade …

Improv Comedy Club Opening New Spot in Wisconsin
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Improv Comedy Club Opening New Spot in Wisconsin

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 8, 2021June 8, 2021

The Improv comedy club chain is more than back in business, announcing today it has expanded back up to 25 locations nationwide with the planned …

Episode #328: Gary Anthony Williams
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Episode #328: Gary Anthony Williams

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 1, 2021March 1, 2021

Gary Anthony Williams has been improvising since the 1980s, when he was part of an Atlanta troupe called Laughing Matters. You’ve seen Williams on TV …

Review: “Middleditch & Schwartz” on Netflix
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Review: “Middleditch & Schwartz” on Netflix

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020

Long-form improv doesn’t have much of a track record onscreen, because it’s so difficult to translate a completely ad-libbed show that exists in the moment …

Episode #301: Fred Willard
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Episode #301: Fred Willard

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2020May 17, 2020

When I sat down with Fred Willard in February 2020 inside his home in Southern California, he was noticeably weak — I held his microphone …

iO Chicago alums to write, direct “Del & Charna” movie
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iO Chicago alums to write, direct “Del & Charna” movie

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 4, 2019November 4, 2019

Red Crown Productions LLC announced it’s developing a biopic about Chicago improvising legends Del Close and Charna Halpern, Del & Charna. Kay Cannon will direct …

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