Improv

There is no show on television quite like “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Now in its fourth season, Robin Thede’s fearless comedy series slices and dices pop culture, race issues, dating woes,…

The name Henson has been synonymous with puppets for around 50 years. Many of Jim Henson’s popular franchises and co-productions, such as “Sesame Street,” “Fraggle Rock,” “The Muppet Show”…

Lonnie Coleman, left, and James Marsden play alternate…

Budd Friedman, who earned the nickname the godfather of comedy by founding and expanding one of the most prominent comedy club franchises in the United States, has died. He was 90.Friedman’s…

When “Succession” was showered with 14 Emmy acting nominations for the show’s third season, it not only shattered the drama series same-year record of 12 held by “The West Wing” — as well as…

In 2020, when ACME Comedy closed due to pandemic woes, Shaun Landry wondered aloud — via Facebook — if anyone would want to give her money to create a theater home for people of color. It…

“Freestyle Love Supreme,” the hip-hop improv show that won a special Tony Award for its Broadway run, is different every night. Different guest stars. Different audience input. Different rap…

“When I told my family I met this wonderful woman at an improv class, they would say, ‘She’s an actor?’ ‘No,’ I’d say, she’s a doctor.’ And my family would laugh hysterically because in a…

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Born to actors Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali, newbie Namashi Chakraborty talks about taking no help from his father and figuring out his own way in showbiz Along with being a star…