Mondays, lasagna, more: Garfield gets the Def Comedy Jam treatment
by 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 …
Tag: Upright Citizens Brigade
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 …
A topical webseries: “Vetting Mitt’s Veeps”
Big day in U.S. politics, eh? The U.S. Supreme Court upheld much of President Barack Obama’s law expanding health-care accessibility with a 5-4 ruling today. …
A preview of the 14th annual Del Close Marathon, June 29-July 2, 2012 #DCM14
The improv groundhog saw Del Close’s shadow, which means, somehow, someway, we’re experiencing the Del Close Marathon six weeks early this year! That’s one of …
NBC’s Rock Center profiles the UCB, better late than never
This NBC “Rock Center” profile of the Upright Citizens Brigade is great and all, but something about it, seems, well, a bit dated. Perhaps it’s …
Upright Citizens Brigade, The PIT announce new house teams for sketch and improv in 2012
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 …
Fugazi frontman meets “the Fugazi of Comedy,” and the UCB-SNL connection
In interviews over the years, members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre often have referred to their organization as “the Fugazi of comedy.” It was …
UCB’s “Freak Dance” movie debuts at Austin Film Festival
Hey kids of all ages, kids who love dancing, and kids who love the Upright Citizens Brigade. If you live anywhere near Austin, Texas, then …
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. …