Amy Poehler News

CRX killed it on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE last night! Below, watch them play 'Ways To Fake It', off their debut album 'New Skin.' 

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces an unscripted night of total improvisation as Upright Citizens Brigade's Touring Company sets a performance date in Orlando this winter. The acclaimed performance group will bring a high-energy, surprising and hilarious show that has never been seen before and will never be seen again to the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater onWednesday, February 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. 

This Thursday night, the legendary voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the great Vin Scully, will be on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE for his first television interview since broadcasting the final game of his historic career.

During the week of October 3, 2016, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was up over the prior week by 7% in Total Viewers (2.286 million vs. 2.145 million) and matched the prior week's performance among Adults 18-49 (644,000) to deliver 16-week highs – since the week of 6/13/16.

At Sunday's Presidential Debate, America was introduced to an undecided voter named Ken Bone, who quickly became the darling of the Internet. Last night, Jimmy Kimmel invited him on his show to appear via the#WallOfAmerica.

Today, Showtime Networks Inc. announced that creative executive Brendan Countee has joined the company as Vice President, Original Programming.

Yesterday, the actors who portrayed the high school lovebirds, Lindsay Lohan and Jonathan Bennett, reunited over FaceTime, just four days after the special anniversary. Lohan took to Instagram to share a shot of the reunion.

Shenandoah Conservatory students have been creating a lot of their own art and content, one of the most successful projects is a web series called The Dream Team. Created by two theatre students, the original series tells the story of a class of theatre majors, living out their first year of college at the fictional Betsey Bell Conservatory. Founded in October of 2015, the show has garnered more than 8,000 views on YouTube, over 150 subscribers, and upwards of 300 FaceBook likes. I was lucky enough to connect with the show's co-creator and star Emma Benson, a third year Musical Theatre student at Shenandoah and hear about what's in store for Season 2.

Ann Richards was a true Texas original.  With a persona as big as the state from which she hailed, she earned legion of fans (and more than a few enemies) with her wit and outspokenness. And she will be brought to vivid life in a tour-de-force presentation of Holland Taylor's Ann, beginning its 5-week run at Stage West today, October 6.  

Largely responsible for the explosion of bold American television in the 1970s, writer/producer Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom.

The outrageously funny stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco asks the questions most people won't in his upcoming comedy event, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?, premiering today, October 1st at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME

Tomorrow's comedy stars from New York and Los Angeles will be in Nashville in late September as the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company performs four "unpredictable" shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Johnson Theater September 30 - October 1.

Tomorrow's comedy stars from New York and Los Angeles will be in Nashville in late September as the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company performs four "unpredictable" shows at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Johnson Theater September 30 - October 1.

Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Co., the famed improvisational comedy group, comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 8 pm.

On last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, host Jimmy Kimmel issued a challenge to Hillary Clinton's running mate, Senator Tim Kaine to go one on one and discuss the issues. He accepted, but on one condition - they had to find a neutral site - Buffalo Wild Wings.

Sebastian Maniscalco's WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? TOUR comes to Denver's Paramount Theatre on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 at 7:00 PM.  Tickets go on sale Friday, September 30th at 10 AM, one day in advance of the premier of his highly anticipated SHOWTIME special of the same name.  Tickets are $39.75 - $59.75 with a limited number of VIP tickets available at $250, and can be purchased online at AltitudeTickets.com or by phone at 303-893-TIXS.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that Just for Laugh's Stand Up Comedian of the Year SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO will bring his national WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? Tour to the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis) on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Sept. 30 at noon at the State Theatre Box Office, charge-by-phone at (800) 982-2787 and online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org.

Ann Richards was a true Texas original.  With a persona as big as the state from which she hailed, she earned legion of fans (and more than a few enemies) with her wit and outspokenness. And she will be brought to vivid life in a tour-de-force presentation of Holland Taylor's Ann, beginning its 5-week run at Stage West on Thursday, October 6.  

The outrageously funny stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco asks the questions most people won't in his upcoming comedy event, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?, premiering on Saturday, October 1st at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME