Been there, done that: Ted Alexandro on the UCB, and the 2002 stand-up petition to NYC clubs
by “New York City is the Mecca of standup comedy and we, as comedians, are proud to share that tradition with you, the clubs providing comedians …
Tag: UCB
The economics of the UCB, indie rooms and stand-up comedy: Adding it all up
When the Upright Citizens Brigade’s East Village theater celebrated its grand opening in November 2011, major print and broadcast media outlets showed up to interview …
UCB artistic director debunks “reality” TV romances via his experience on “Beauty and the Geek”
As 2012 comes to a close, Nate Dern celebrates his first full year as artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York …
“The Subculture of Improv,” a short documentary on the UCB
Thrash Lab has released a new 11-minute documentary on improvisation in comedy — specifically set in the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood, and speaking …
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“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 …
“We Made This Movie” provides late-night TV crossover for Arthur Meyer on David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon
New York City comedy fans — particularly those who make their second homes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres — might have gone bonkers last …
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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 …
Mondays, lasagna, more: Garfield gets the Def Comedy Jam treatment
From the comedy minds at UCB Comedy comes this daily double throwback premise… What if comic-strip cat Garfield was the topic for an entire episode …
Patrick Waldo is “Moustache Man: Confessions of a Graffiti Artist”
About two years ago, riders of the New York City subway system noticed a different type of vandalism on the large posters advertising upcoming movies, …
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 …