- 21. NYC Pride Week and The 16th Annual Del Close Marathon Collide!
- (General)
- ... Upright Citizens Brigades’ Del Close Marathon honors the comedy legend and acclaimed father of modern improv who passed away in 1999. In Close’s memory, UCB has created a non-stop weekend of improv, and ...
- Created on 25 June 2014
- 22. Lit-ra-lee Up Close And Personal With Viral Video Star
- (General)
- I began taking comedy classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, they let just about anyone willing to fork over money into those classes, so don’t hold your ...
- Created on 08 April 2014
- 23. Comedians Amy Schumer, Abbi Jacobson, and More Rally Around Stand-Up Struck by B Train
- (General)
- When comedian Liza Dye of NYC's Upright Citizens Brigade was struck by a B train on February 13, the New York Post said she was nothing more than a "straphanger" who didn't have her wits about her. In ...
- Created on 04 April 2014
- 24. Jessica Williams: An Interview with the Endearing Young Trailblazer
- (General)
- ... who earned her comedy stripes performing at L.A. clubs and with the Upright Citizens Brigade while in college, regularly gets recognized on the streets of her new Williamsburg, Brooklyn, neighborhood. ...
- Created on 10 February 2014
- 25. "Ugh, I Love You": Jessica Delfino On Preparing For Friday's New York Comedy Festiv
- (Music)
- ... she is not to be laughed at: after killing her set at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre during CMJ, she’s now performing just before the set of another seriously funny female you may know from the Sarah ...
- Created on 08 November 2012
- 26. Aubrey Plaza On "Parks & Rec," Popularity, And Petfinder: From The BUST Archive
- (TV)
- ... doing improv at Upright Citizens Brigade when the opportunity to audition for Apatow got her on a plane to the West Coast. That netted her breakthrough role in Funny People, and several days later, what ...
- Created on 02 October 2012
- 27. New Yorkers! Party with FOUND Magazine This Week!
- (Arts)
- ... up, on Wednesday the 19th, is Littlefield at 622 Degraw Street in Brooklyn. The show begins at 8:30 and doors open an hour prior--tickets are $6 in advance or $8 at the door. FOUND will also stop by Upright ...
- Created on 18 September 2012
- 28. Kate McKinnon Joins Saturday Night Live Cast
- (TV)
- ... crush Kristen Wiig's contract potentially ending after this season, it's pretty rad to see a new woman enter the ranks. McKinnon has performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade and starred in the first ...
- Created on 29 March 2012
- 29. Pig: A Restaurant; One-Woman Show Pokes Fun at Restaurant Culture
- (Eat Me)
- Pig: A Restaurant is a new comedy being performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City's Chelsea district. Both the show's creator, Leila Cohan-Miccio, and star Lauren Adams use their food-industry ...
- Created on 02 November 2011
- 30. I'd Be Excited Too, if There Was a Gun in My Handba
- (General)
- ... 425x344] Onassis "I Bought a Gun" sketch from their FrISC-winning performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater I spoke to Onassis members Lauren Adams, Jocelyn DeBoer, Sue Galloway, Fran Gillespie ...
- Created on 05 October 2011
- 31. You Know, Those Black Girls Who Do Improv
- (General)
- ... Doppelganger, along with Nicole Byer and Keisha Zollar. The only all-women improv group at the Upright Citizens Brigade, the team has been working together since March 2010. All three members were performing ...
- Created on 12 July 2011
- 32. Pam Murphy presents The C Word this Friday in NYC
- (Feminism)
- This weekend I went to a refresher breast exam workshop. A woman with actual medical credentials took out her breasts and demonstrated the correct way to exam them. I was taught this when I was in high ...
- Created on 19 January 2011
- 33. An All-Girl cast hosts the Variety Shac at UCB NYC!
- (TV)
- ... bit of their own brand of stand-up followed by the debut of a comedic short film featuring all four, as well as some surprise guests. Visit the Upright Citizens Brigade for tickets to the show, or the ...
- Created on 30 March 2010
- 34. I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned From Indie Rockers, Hippies, Pornographers, Self-Loathing Hipsters, And Other Guys I've Dat
- (Books)
- ... at the Upright Citizens Brigade, and has appeared on TV shows like Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, and the sadly defunct Strangers with Candy. And her new book, I Don't Care About Your ...
- Created on 16 March 2010
- 35. Folk Yeah! Meet Garfunkel & Oates
- (Music)
- ... that their original goal for the band was simply to play at the legendary Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in L.A., “and that happened weeks later,” she says. “Then we were like, ‘Now what?’” “Now what?” ...
- Created on 29 September 2009
- 36. Saturday Night Ladies
- (General)
- ... No one from NBC has officially confirmed the news, but word on the street is that Lorne Michaels has hired Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad, both formerly of the famous comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade. ...
- Created on 02 September 2009
- 37. BUST's Crafty Lady in top 25 to battle for Miss Rap Supreme! Plus Hystarics
- (General)
- ... “Premium Blend”, Montreal Just for Laughs Festival) * Bridget Everett (At Least It's Pink at Ars Nova) * Adira Amram (Upright Citizens Brigade, Jane Magazine) * Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central’s ...
- Created on 11 April 2008
- 38. Natasha Rothwell On Activism, Art, And Writing "Insecure's" Best Episode Yet: BUST Intervi
- (TV)
- ... and writing at the University of Maryland and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade after moving to New York. In 2014, she became a writer for Saturday Night Live. Rothwell says she’s glad people are ...
- Created on 29 November -0001
