improv is good for you

The professionals.
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I Eat Pandas received a standing O.


MISTER DIPLOMAT reppin’ North Carolina’s DSI Comedy Theatre. They followed Pandas, and they absolutely fucken nailed it. What a great set.
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The DICEmen are “a shit-load of Andrew Dice Clays doing improv.” Particular standouts included Bret Gelman as Andrew Dice Hitler, Jason Sudeikis as Andrew Dane Cook Clay, Paul Scheer as Abraham Lincoln Dice Clay, Matt Besser as Andrew Dice Gay, Owen Burke as Andrew Dice Say Say Say, Justin Purnell as Andrew Dice Sha-Nay-Nay, Andrew Dice Stray, Dungeonmaster Dice Clay, Andrew Dice Jars of Clay, Andrew Rice Clay, Randy Dice Quaid, Count Diceula, Vincent Price Clay, Andrew Dice Clay Aiken, Andrew Dice Oy Vey … among others. Also, Jackie Clarke as Nora Dunn. [Update: Big ups to AST’s mogate for a better listing of DICEmen].
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Emanciprov!

House of Uster presents: Warcraft-prov (MC Chris in the cloak n’ mask in the last two photos…ya bett’ask sumbody)
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Teleprov is very, very cool.

Play a character. Have an emotion. Be specific. And if something unusual happens, call it out. John Lutz is stage left, Dan Bakkedahl in the middle and Rob Janas is stage right as the walk-on.

This was only my second time seeing Stephnie Weir (MADtv) and Bob Dassie perform their acclaimed, two-person longform show, WeirDass. The first was at the 2004 Del Close Marathon; and to this day, I still have fond memories of that set. As far as I’m concerned, no one does two-person improv better (See full text at The Apiary).

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