The UCBEast Theatre will close Feb. 9, 2019
by The Beast took years longer than expected to open, but the Upright Citizen Brigade’s theater in the East Village will close with relatively short notice. …
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Cipha Sounds like a DJ, thinks like a comedian: Don’t Get Gassed; Take It Personal!
It’s never too late to get bit by the comedy bug. Cipha Sounds could have jumped headfirst into stand-up comedy a decade before he did. …
King Supernuts and Shockwave “Battle the World”
What’s a one-sided freestyle rap battle look like? It looks something like this. King Supernuts (Victor Varnado) and Shockwave (Chris Sullivan) took to the streets …
New York magazine’s oral history of the Upright Citizens Brigade
Over the summer, Gary Rudoren (co-author of Comedy By The Numbers) told me he had a brilliant idea for another comedy book. Rudoren wanted to …
UCBeast open for business, Upright Citizens Brigade’s third full-time comedy venue
The Upright Citizens Brigade opened its third full-time comedy theater on Tuesday night — its second in Manhattan — with the long-awaited launch of UCBeast. …
Sneak peek inside the ready-to-open UCB East!
Guess who was spotted inside the new UCB East comedy venue last night? None other than Upright Citizens Brigade founders Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and …