The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Will Hines and Neil Casey are two of the finest improvisers and sketch comedians in New York City, or your city if they were in and/or are coming to your city, and for a glorious time they performed sketches together in an Upright Citizens Brigade show called “Small Men.” This …
Improv. Say that one word in comedy circles and you’ll see a multitude of reactions. OK. Mostly likely one of three: Love. Hate. Indifference. Or maybe even something that’s along the spectrum that connects those three. Who decides to pursue a life or career in improv comedy, what are their …
Just in time for the 15th annual Del Close Marathon, here’s an inside behind-the-scenes look at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s signature long-form improv show and form, “ASSSSCAT.” The long-running UCB ASSSSCAT show, which helps close out DCM and packs the theaters in New York City (and now Los Angeles, too) …
Who would you include in an exhaustive list of the most iconic stand-up comics and performances? Surely greats like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Bill Hicks would be included. And such a list could not be told without performances like Lenny Bruce’s Carnegie Hall concert. If you are going to …
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 City, overseeing one of the hubs for developing young sketch and improv comedic actors. Dern’s UCB bio lists his TV appearances on Comedy Central’s Daily …
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 Singles. In real life, Ronna and Beverly are comedians Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo, friends from the Boston area who have taken their accents west …
