Improv Stand-up, Know Laughing Matter, at Strawdog Theatre Company. The line between stand-up routine, improv aside, and performance-art soliloquy is so thin some scientists doubt its existence. Fact ...

Founded by late comedy impresario Budd Friedman in New York City's Hell's Kitchen in 1963 — the Improv hosted the likes of Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, ...

First there’s the heavy breathing, then the sweaty hands, and finally, a sinking sensation in the pit of the stomach. Performance anxiety is very real, and it can affect even highly successful ...

There’s something to be said about aging gracefully, but after 60 years, it’s not a huge concern for the chain of Improv comedy clubs. Rather than searching for the fountain of youth, the management ...