Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

On Sunday, May 20, 2012, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre will be participating in the annual New York City AIDS Walk. This team will be organized by UCBT's John Milhiser and Ryan Williams

This will be the first year that UCBT will be participating in the walk. UCBT performers, writers, students, employees, friends and hangers-on are invited to take on the challenge of raising funds for the AIDS Walk by asking friends, family members, co-workers, neighbors, audiences and teammates to... Read More

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UCBT Announces: HAROLD and LLOYD TEAM Rosters - March 2012</b>

The UCB Theatre NY is thrilled to announce the new UCB Chelsea HAROLD NIGHT line-up and the inaugural UCBeast LLOYD NIGHT teams!


<b>HAROLD NIGHT</b>

ALL CAPS = NEW TO HAROLD NIGHT
Bold = Returning to Harold Night

WHALE PLUS (starter name)
George Kareman
Pat Noth
Zach Willis
Phil Jackson
ZACK POITRAS
GRANT O'BRIEN
JOCELYN DEBOER
SHALYAH EVANS

MACK KNIT NEON (starter name)
Karin Hammerberg
Matt... Read More

Comedy Central's second annual Comedy Awards nominations have been announced! Congratulations to UCBT co-founder Amy Poehler and UCBT shows and performers Aziz Ansari, Comedy Bang Bang, Rob Delaney,... Read More

Rob Corddry and Leslie Bibb will star in the horror comedy Hell Baby, which is being produced by Darko Entertainment and Principato Young Entertainment. Read More

Happy Endings' Adam Pally will join Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler and Adam Scott in the big-screen indie comedy A.C.O.D. Read More

The newsmagazine takes a look at the improv group that gave many comedy stars their starts. Read More

Pam & Sue are a delight and you should watch their wonderfully absurd, mildly hostile and always funny videos so that they keep them coming forever and ever. Read More

Saturday Night Live alumna Jenny Slate has been cast as a lead opposite Rebel Wilson in CBS’ comedy pilot Super Fun Night. Read More

International Business Times March 19, 2012
‘Real Housewives of South Boston’ Creators Talk Dollar Shave Club, Birth Control, and Zac Efron’s Eyes
by Ellen Killoran

"The Real Housewives of South Boston" have taken YouTube by storm: In the latest episode, the motely housewives crew -- Jackie, Amber, Dawn, Sharon and and freshly paroled Chaffin -- celebrated St. Patrick's Day in true... Read More

Splitsider sits down with Morris during the SXSW Interactive and Film Festival to talk about the show, writing for Funny or Die, and his support of funny women. Read More

Congratulations to UCBT performer and teacher
Margot Leitman (Stripped Stories), who has signed a deal to have her book of stories published with Seal Press. Look for it on your favorite book retailer's shelf in 2013.

From the publisher's description:

Comedian Margot Leitman, a storytelling teacher at the Upright Citizens Brigade, puts tall girls into three categories. There’s the effervescent model-types, who glide from room to room with grace and elegance, whose clothes drape... Read More

Elle April 2012
The Other Woman
by Nojan Aminosharei

The creators and stars of NBC's Best Friends Forever share a love that cannot speak its name -- not if the censors can help it.

Since Lucy met Ethel, TV has spun comedy gold from female partnership. But it's never been so eerily familiar as in NBC's hilarious new Best Friends Forever, about a pair whose sweatpants-and-Steel Magnolias cry-fests are interrupted when one's live-in boyfriend enters the fold. Here, series... Read More

The creators and stars of NBC's Best Friends Forever share a love that cannot speak its name -- not if the censors can help it. Read More

Casey Wilson took time out to chat with Vulture about Penny's idiosyncrasies — including all those "abbreves" — and online commenters. Read More

Brett Gelman has been added to the cast of the ABC comedy pilot Awesometown, about Dusty (Ben Rappaport), a twentysomething guy who, after a divorce, moves into an apartment shared by his co-worker Andrew (Nick Kocher) and roommate Oliver (James Earl III). Read More

From Jezebel.com:

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Introducing Pam & Sue, Your New Favorite Comedy Duo</b>

You might know
Sue Galloway, one half of the comedic powerhouse Pam and Sue, from her role as Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout on 30 Rock and, if you happen to have access to the UCB Theatre, you might recognize
Pamela Murphy from The C Word, her fantastic and hilarious one-woman show about getting cancer. Or maybe you don't recognize them at all. Either way, they are a delight and you should watch their... Read More

Riggle spoke to Television Without Pity about impersonating a gym teacher, his sketch comedy background and why going to UCB was like attending graduate school. Read More

Rebecca Delgado Smith has been cast in is in Claudia Lonow’s ABC comedy pilot How to Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life. Read More

Zoe Jarman and Dana Delorenzo have been added to Mindy Kaling’s Fox single-camera comedy pilot, in which she stars as a young Bridget Jones-type Ob/Gyn balancing personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office. Read More

Comedy Central has picked up three new series, The Burn starring the network’s “Roastmaster General”, comedian Jeff Ross; Review with Forrest MacNeil starring Andrew Daly (Eastbound & Down); and Nathan For You starring Canadian writer-comedian, Nathan Fielder (Jon Benjamin Has A Van). Read More