Posts Tagged ‘The Annoyance’
Laugh lessons: What today’s top comics learned at Second City
Posted by Plague | Filed under News, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Plague
I’m reposting an article from The Chicago Sun-Times here by Mike Thomas who’s written a book on Second City. I think it’s great that Second City gets so much attention for the talent it breeds. But I wanted to make a case here for the underdog… iO. After living in Chicago doing improv for over [...]
Level 5: UCB NYC
Posted by Plague | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Plague
::Applause:: for Zachary Norton from UCB NYC’s Level 5. Zach Norton is a college textbook editor and UCB-trained improviser living in New York City. He performs every three weeks at the Richmond Shephard Theatre with his comedy troupe, Maybe Sherman, and recently started a blog about self-education at www.autodidactopsimath.tumblr.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let me preface this post by saying that [...]
www.improvinterviews.com
Posted by Plague | Filed under Interviews, Resources for improvisers, The Plague
I recently discovered an old blog at www.improvinterviews.com. It doesn’t seem like the person who started this blog is still into it since the last entry is from 2007. But there’s a handful of very cool interviews here, including Charna Halpern, Matt Besser, Peter Gwinn, and this one with Susan Messing. This site is hard [...]
