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Announcing the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a new venue and improv school in Williamsburg
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Announcing the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a new venue and improv school in Williamsburg

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 15, 2018February 16, 2018

Two comedians who helped launch and run the former Brooklyn branch of the Annoyance Theater have announced a new venture together: The Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a …

UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017
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UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 16, 2017

The flagship theater for the Upright Citizens Brigade is moving on up out of the basement of Gristedes supermarket in Chelsea and into a 160-seat …

Episode #174: Heather Anne Campbell
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Episode #174: Heather Anne Campbell

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 2, 2017

Heather Anne Campbell is one of America’s great improvisers. She has studied under the legendary Del Close in Chicago, performed overseas with Boom Chicago in …

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CBS to celebrate 50th anniversary of “The Carol Burnett Show” with a primetime reunion and tribute special

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 7, 2017September 7, 20171

A few days before the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS, the Eye Network has announced plans to broadcast …

Episode #151: Aunty Donna
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Episode #151: Aunty Donna

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 8, 2017May 8, 2017

Aunty Donna is an Australian sketch comedy group that includes no aunts and no Donnas, but instead one Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly and Zachary …

Canada’s Baroness von Sketch Show will come to America via IFC
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Canada’s Baroness von Sketch Show will come to America via IFC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 1, 2017

Baroness von Sketch Show has won multiple Canadian Screen Awards, and now their sketch comedy will cross the border to America thanks to IFC. IFC announced …

Episode #141: The Umbilical Brothers
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Episode #141: The Umbilical Brothers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 6, 2017

The Umbilical Brothers aren’t actually brothers, but the comedy bond between Australians Shane Dundas and David Collins has lasted for three decades and taken them …

HBO Comedy rebooting new editions of Tracey Ullman sketch, Def Comedy, plus stand-up hours from T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes and Jerrod Carmichael
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HBO Comedy rebooting new editions of Tracey Ullman sketch, Def Comedy, plus stand-up hours from T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes and Jerrod Carmichael

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 25, 2016August 26, 2016

HBO’s comedy brand is offering something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue for Fall 2016, announcing new editions of Tracey Ullman’s signature sketch …

Review: A Night with Noel Fielding (and friends and family!)
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Review: A Night with Noel Fielding (and friends and family!)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 31, 2016

Here’s your Big Fat Quiz for 2016: How will America receive Noel Fielding without all the trappings of Hollywood that preceded Russell Brand’s arrival upon …

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The definitive guide to comedy festivals for 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 2015May 17, 201815

PLEASE GO TO MY NEWLY CREATED COMEDY FESTIVALS FOR A MORE TIMELESS LISTING OF ALL OF THE CURRENT FESTS Almost nine years ago now, the …

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