Skip to content
May 25, 2025
  • About
  • Last Things First — Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Live!
The Comic's Comic

The Comic's Comic

The Definitive Guide to Comedy

  • About
  • Last Things First — Podcasts
  • Live!
  • Comedy Festivals
  • Meet Me In New York
  • About
  • Last Things First — Podcasts
  • Live!
  • Comedy Festivals
  • Meet Me In New York

Tag: Upright Citizens Brigade

Black Performers and Other Minority Alums of The Second City and The UCB Join Forces, Asking Their Theaters To Do better
News

Black Performers and Other Minority Alums of The Second City and The UCB Join Forces, Asking Their Theaters To Do better

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020

So far this month, the longtime CEO of The Second City has announced his resignation and asked the legendary Chicago theater to name a replacement …

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Seeks Nonprofit Status, UCB4 to Cede Control Of Operations
News

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Seeks Nonprofit Status, UCB4 to Cede Control Of Operations

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 13, 2020August 24, 2023

This just in from the UCB4 (aka, co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade: Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh), a mass email …

Episode #278: Matt Besser
Last Things First -- Podcasts

Episode #278: Matt Besser

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 28, 2019October 28, 2019

Matt Besser is known as one of the co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade, which began as a sketch comedy group in Chicago, moved to …

UCB Theatre opening comedy boot camp in Mexico City for Endemol Shine Boomdog
News

UCB Theatre opening comedy boot camp in Mexico City for Endemol Shine Boomdog

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 7, 2019June 7, 2019

The Upright Citizens Brigade is opening up a Spanish-language comedy boot camp in Mexico City, thanks to a new partnership with Mexico-based Endemol Shine Boomdog. …

The UCBEast Theatre will close Feb. 9, 2019
News

The UCBEast Theatre will close Feb. 9, 2019

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 10, 2019January 10, 20191

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. …

R.I.P. Chuck Dauble
News

R.I.P. Chuck Dauble

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 6, 2018

You probably could name at least one famous person who came out of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, if not several …

UCB and Nerdist will showcase comedy talent for new series on Nerdist-owned Alpha
News

UCB and Nerdist will showcase comedy talent for new series on Nerdist-owned Alpha

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 13, 2018

The Upright Citizens Brigade will produce 10 weekly hours of fresh comedy for Nerdist and its Alpha streaming network. The UCB’s Don’t Think Productions will …

See present and future comedy stars improvise during the 19th annual Del Close Marathon
News

See present and future comedy stars improvise during the 19th annual Del Close Marathon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 22, 2017June 22, 2017

Each summer going back 18 years, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has hosted improvisers from around the country — and now around the world — …

Episode #120: Nicole Byer
Last Things First -- Podcasts

Episode #120: Nicole Byer

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 31, 2016

Nicole Byer first captured the comedy world’s attention as part of the improv group, Doppelganger, which also featured future Saturday Night Live player Sasheer Zamata. …

UCB expands development slate with NBCUniversal’s TV, cable TV and Seeso
News / TV / Video / Web series

UCB expands development slate with NBCUniversal’s TV, cable TV and Seeso

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 21, 2016

The Upright Citizens Brigade founders have a knack for announcing big news on the eve of their annual Del Close Marathon, and this year is …

Posts navigation

1 2 … 4 Next

Archives

Buy Comedy Books!

Try Apple News

Subscribe to Podcast

Androidby EmailRSS
Copyright © 2025 The Comic's Comic. Powered by WordPress and Bam.