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According to New York Times writer Sopan Deb on Twitter, UCB will close its East Village location, a month after it had announced several layoffs.

SF Sketchfest presented by Audible announces the initial line up for the 18th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival January 10-27, 2019, featuring top comedic talent performing in venues across the city. Audiences can expect another outstanding year of programming and fun as SF Sketchfest will host major comedy stars and the best up-and-coming acts from around the world for non-stop entertainment including sketch, stand-up, alternative comedy, music, improv, films, tributes, live podcasts, storytelling, family shows, workshops, panels and more.

SF Sketchfest presented by Audible announces the initial line up for the 18th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival January 10-27, 2019, featuring top comedic talent performing in venues across the city. Audiences can expect another outstanding year of programming and fun as SF Sketchfest will host major comedy stars and the best up-and-coming acts from around the world for non-stop entertainment including sketch, stand-up, alternative comedy, music, improv, films, tributes, live podcasts, storytelling, family shows, workshops, panels and more.

TRUDY CARMICHAEL PRESENTS: THE IMPROVISED ONE-WOMAN HERSTORY! will make its worldwide Premiere in The New York International Fringe Festival this October, 2018.

Lynn Nottage's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Sweat, performing at American Conservatory Theater's Geary Theater now through Sunday, October 21, 2018. 

TRUDY CARMICHAEL PRESENTS: THE IMPROVISED ONE-WOMAN HERSTORY! will make its worldwide Premiere in The New York International Fringe Festival this October, 2018.

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Hell's Kitchen has extended dates through August for 'Branded Content Will Set You Free,' and 'The Scumbags of '77,' which were written and co-written by infamous UCB luminary Alex Estrada. UCB bigwig John Sartori shares a writing credit for 'Scumbags.'

Sydney Opera House today announced new speakers, performances and visual art elements to the ANTIDOTE 2018 lineup. Taking place over the weekend of 1-2 September, ANTIDOTE is a festival of pioneering ideas, action and change focusing on global, local and personal issues of the day.

The co-producers behind The Kilbanes' Weightless, a hit rock opera-retelling of Ovid's Metamorphoses, as well as New York's Obie Award-winning The Tricky Part and Lucille Lortel Award-winning All the Rage, return to San Francisco with a new production of A Lesson From Aloes, to be presented at Z Below. Written by internationally-acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard and directed by Obie Award winner Timothy Near, this inventive revival will feature a star-studded cast of regional theatre's finest actors. A Lesson From Aloes will be presented June 3 - 29, 2018 (press opening: Thursday, June 7, 2018) with performances 7:30pm Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2pm Sundays at Z Below, 470 Florida Street, San Francisco. Tickets ($25-$50) and information can be found at www.alessonfromaloes.com or by phone at 415-626-0453.

Fillmore Elementary educators are back in session with their hilarious antics when Season three of 'Teachers' premieres Today, June 5th at 10:30pm ET/PT on TV Land, following the season five premiere of 'Younger.' After a much needed long recess, the leaders of the playground are back and ready to conquer a new school year. Last season, Variety hailed the cast, stating, 'in terms of acing the midterm, the Katydids have indeed done it,' while Bustle said 'the female-driven sitcom is hilarious, insightful, and totally cute.'

'Branded Content Will Set You Free,' a dystopian sketch revue running at the new Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in Hell's Kitchen, has been extended through May 2018. The show, which takes place in a grimdark future where all content is branded, was featured in a UCB industry showcase in March 2015. 'Branded Content Will Set You Free' features appearances and performances by Joanna Hausmann (Netflix's Bill Nye Saves The World, Univision's Flama Digital Comedy Network) Gianmarco Soresi (TBS's The Last O.G, Caroline's Up And Coming Comics), Audrey Stanfield, John Sartori, Max Brand, Brittany MacDonald, and Lindsay-Elizabeth Hand. It was written by notorious UCB personality Alex Estrada and is directed by Ellena Chmielewski (Liminal Salon, Standards and Practices).

'Branded Content Will Set You Free,' a dystopian sketch revue running at the new Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in Hell's Kitchen, has been extended through May 2018. The show, which takes place in a grimdark future where all content is branded, was featured in a UCB industry showcase in March 2015. 'Branded Content Will Set You Free' features appearances and performances by Joanna Hausmann (Netflix's Bill Nye Saves The World, Univision's Flama Digital Comedy Network) Gianmarco Soresi (TBS's The Last O.G, Caroline's Up And Coming Comics), Audrey Stanfield, John Sartori, Max Brand, Brittany MacDonald, and Lindsay-Elizabeth Hand. It was written by notorious UCB personality Alex Estrada and is directed by Ellena Chmielewski (Liminal Salon, Standards and Practices).

Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today announced the acquisition of several series and features that initially debuted on Seeso, the former comedy subscription streaming service, including 'Take My Wife' seasons 1 and 2, 'Night Train with Wyatt Cenac' and the 'Sklar Brothers: Hipster Ghosts' stand-up special.

Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today announced the acquisition of several series and features that initially debuted on Seeso, the former comedy subscription streaming service, including “Take My Wife” seasons 1 and 2, “Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” and the “Sklar Brothers: Hipster Ghosts” stand-up special.

Fillmore Elementary educators are back in session with their hilarious antics when Season three of 'Teachers' premieres Tuesday, June 5th at 10:30pm ET/PT on TV Land, following the season five premiere of 'Younger.' After a much needed long recess, the leaders of the playground are back and ready to conquer a new school year. Last season, Variety hailed the cast, stating, 'in terms of acing the midterm, the Katydids have indeed done it,' while Bustle said 'the female-driven sitcom is hilarious, insightful, and totally cute.'

Fillmore Elementary educators are back in session with their hilarious antics when Season three of “Teachers” premieres Tuesday, June 5th at 10:30pm ET/PT on TV Land, following the season five premiere of “Younger.” After a much needed long recess, the leaders of the playground are back and ready to conquer a new school year. Last season, Varietyhailed the cast, stating, “in terms of acing the midterm, the Katydids have indeed done it,” while Bustle said “the female-driven sitcom is hilarious, insightful, and totally cute.”

Improv performers Jason Specland and Adrian Sexton will be performing in 'GEORGE/MARTHA,' an improvised 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at the PIT Underground in the Peoples Improv Theater, at 7 PM today, September 26th, 2017.

The Tony Award winning hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, The New York City Department of Education and the acclaimed sketch comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) have partnered for a day of workshops in an effort to bring the joy and fun of improv and performance to New York City public school students.

Local audiences can get ready for some high-octane laughter to finish out 2017 when Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) welcomes the venerable Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company for a two-night stand.

Local audiences can get ready for some high-octane laughter to finish out 2017 when Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) welcomes the venerable Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company for a two-night stand.