Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

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

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'Trale Lewous' Is Official Skittles Spokesman Thanks To Viral Videos</b>
Anna Almendrala

LOS ANGELES -- Police detentions, pratfalls, crazy dance sessions and a general sense of shamelessness have paid off rather well for
Nathan J. Barnatt.

The LA-based actor (with the help of his creative partner, director Paul Cummings) has just been selected as Skittles' official spokesman for an ad campaign called "Ride The Rainbow," but Barnatt didn't win the post through auditions or a... Read More

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I Hate Being Single's Rob Michael Hugel Is Your New Favorite Hipster</b>
By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment


Rob Michael Hugel's new web series a
I Hate Being Single is becoming a fast favorite amongst those who have discovered it, and we're here to pass it along to you. Hugel has created the opposite of the MTV brand of hipster caricature portrayed in I Just Want My Pants Back, and manages to cover the H-word nation in a much more refreshing way (yes, it's possible). So sit... Read More

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SXSW Comedy Recap: Day 4</b>
Samantha Pitchel

By the mid-point of SXSW Comedy (and Day Five of the festival itself), you're probably over being jealous of everyone in Austin; with four more days to go, and four without sleep already down, the 'oh my god we're only halfway through this' panic is starting to set in. Luckily, Tuesday kept spirits up with perhaps the best all-around night of comedy on the Esther's Follies stage this week, from a satisfyingly awkward episode of Pete... Read More

From an interview with Judd Apatow ("Bridesmaids", "Knocked Up") on CNN's The Marquee Blog:

<b>"I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians. So we are seeing that come to fruition.”</b>

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From Television Without Pity:

<b>TWoP:</b> With so many sketch comics finding success in film and television these days -- yourself, Amy Poehler, Rob Corddry, etc. -- do you think that form is getting more respect?

<b>Riggle:</b> I hope so. The education I got at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in New York, I'd put up against anybody. For me, it was a Master's Degree in acting and writing and performing. As an improviser, if you're doing long-form improve like you do at the UCB or Second... Read More

These multitalented movers and shakers prove that you don't need to walk the traditional walk of fame to make it in L.A. Read More

Ellie Kemper has gone from viral videos to a coveted place in the pantheon of female comedy stars.  Now she's done being the nice girl. Read More

Last week I made a pilgrimage to a comedy mecca: the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. Read More

DreamWorks Animation has assembled a massive voice cast for its latest animated production, Turbo. Read More

The comic would depart the Lorne Michaels sketch comedy should "Ben Fox Is My Manny" receive a series order. Read More

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NBC Brings Back ‘Community’, Schedules ‘Bent’, ‘BFF’ And ‘Off Their Rockers’, Shuffles Wednesday & Thursday</b>
By NELLIE ANDREEVA


NBC will make more changes to its Wednesday and Thursday lineups in the spring, when it will bring back cult favorite Community and introduce the remaining three unscheduled midseason series — comedies Bent and Best Friends Forever and the unscripted Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, which received solid sampling after the network’s Betty White birthday... Read More

"Children's Hospital" star Rob Corddry is in talks to join Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Ed Harris in Michael Bay's low-budget Paramount pic "Pain and Gain." Read More

If and how exactly Kanye West will be involved in Warner Bros.’ The Jetsons movie remains unclear, but the project has just picked up some fresh talent on the screenwriting side.  Van Robichaux and Evan Susser, who landed on the 2011 Black List for their Star Wars-inspired satire Chewie, have been tapped to do a rewrite on the film. Read More

Comedy Central Insider February 16, 2012
Come See 12 Comics Tape Their Half Hour Comedy Central Specials in Boston
by Matt Tobey

Comedy Central will be at The Royale in Boston February 28 through March 1 to tape a dozen half-hour specials for a new stand-up series, and you could be in the audience. As you can see above, it is a seriously impressive lineup of some of the best up-and-comers in... Read More

As she spoke to a class of aspiring newshounds at her alma mater last semester, the co-producer and staff writer on “Parks and Recreation” said there was common ground between journalism and making a living by making people laugh: In both pursuits, it’s all about writing, writing more — and then rewriting. Read More

Newcomer Echo Kellum has been cast in Fox’s comedy Ben Fox Is My Manny, about Kate, a single mother whose brother Ben who moves in with her to help her raise her young daughter (Maggie Jones). Read More

Deadline February 10, 2012
Christine Woods To Star In NBC Pilot ‘Daddy’s Girls’, ‘Friday Night Dinner’ Adds 3
by Nellie Andreeva

Kevin Bigley, Gil Ozeri, and Aya Cash round out the cast of Greg Daniels’ single-camera comedy pilot Friday Night Dinner. The single-camera project, based on the British format, centers on a quirky family that has dinner together every Friday night. Bigley will play one of the older son Paul who is a little immature and sells batteries over the Internet.... Read More

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The Roses! The Romance! The Roasts!</b>
By MEGAN ANGELO


“The Bachelor: Romance, Roses and Romance” at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Chelsea.
Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times

ON a recent evening the Chelsea basement theater of the Upright Citizens Brigade was packed, with people and tension. Six women paced the stage, fists clenched, eyes watering, on the brink of tears, or possibly murder. There might not have been anything funny about that the scene if they hadn’t all been... Read More

Kevin Bigley, Gil Ozeri, and Aya Cash round out the cast of Greg Daniels’ single-camera comedy pilot Friday Night Dinner. Read More