The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you thought comedians had launched enough podcasts for there to be a festival just for them, then you’re thinking what the fine folks at The People’s Improv Theatre in NYC were thinking. The PIT announced Monday afternoon it would host “the first-ever, first-annual” New York City Podcast Festival, starting on …
I’d say 2012 is the year of the superhero movie, but that would be insulting to all of the other years of the 21st century dominated by superhero movies. Instead, focus on this fact: Every comic-book superhero has to face a villain, and each of these villains speaks in witty …
Is New York City big enough for two sketch comedy festivals? The question is moot. At least in 2012. As , The People’s Improv Theatre is filling that void, announcing this week that it’s launching its own fest — the New York City Sketch Festival, running Oct. 11-14, 2012, at …
Friendly sports championship wagers aren’t just for mayors anymore. New York City’s The PIT (Peoples Improv Theater) has put a challenge to Boston’s Improv Asylum that hinges upon Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. The losing team’s representative comedy venue must travel …
Both of New York City’s major outlets for sketch and improv comedy announced new house teams for the 2012 calendar year. Nate Dern, the Upright Citizen Brigade Theater’s New York artistic director, said he received more than 400 audition submissions from actors and 160 writing packets for the UCB’s weekly …
In case you missed last night’s episode of Louie, or even if you did watch it, a funny highlight put Louis CK into a writer’s room with a bunch of comedians hired to punch up a weak screenplay in the weeks before production. And our titular comedian/auteur/filmmaker cast a wide …
