Showing posts with label spotlight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spotlight. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Spotlight On: Nick Wiger

Nick Wiger's a super funny guy. At the UCBTLA, he's a member of improv team Last Day of School, a writer-performer for sketch team A Kiss From Daddy, he can be found doing funny stuff for all kinds of shows throughout the week at the UCB, and he's made a whole mess of funny videos. Check a couple out below, or go straight to his performer page!

Burger Auditioner
Wri. Nick Wiger, Dir. Justin Donaldson

The Dumbest Generation
Wri. Nick Wiger, Dir. Justin Donaldson

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Spotlight On: Sue Galloway

This week's featured performer is Sue Galloway, a writer/performer/all-around-funny-lady at the UCB New York who can be seen performing regularly with improv Harold team The Law Firm, has appeared on various television shows, and is a freelance joke writer for Weekend Update and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here's some of her work, showcasing her distinct and unique (two great traits for comedians to have) and definitely funny (also a great trait for a comedian to have) style:

Do You Work Here?
Dir. Will Hines, Wri. Sue Galloway, Sta. Sue Galloway and Charlie Sanders


Susan and Her Instruments
Dir./Wri./Sta. Sue Galloway

Sue Is Late For Lunch
Dir. Will Hines, Wri./Sta. Sue Galloway


Hooray Sue!

Got any suggestions for more great UCB performers to be featured? Let us know!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Spotlight On: The Birthday Boys

I was originally gonna feature a girl today, and from the New York theatre no less, but Becky went and had a feminist mental breakdown in response to some Huffington Post earlier this week so I thought I'd respond by featuring not just a male, but a group of males with a male word in the title. For all you mathematicians, that's like chauvinism to the third power. But rest assured, the featured group is not sexist. I am.

Spotlight On: The Birthday Boys
The Birthday Boys, a sketch group of seven very funny guys, perform monthly at the UCB Theatre LA with shows chock-full of upbeat and energetic comedy, and are regularly asked to perform in sketchfests around the country. It's extremely rare to find someone that doesn't outright love them after attending one of their shows, and it's not hard to see why. Their humor is always clever, always likable, and always funny. Here's some of their work (click their name above for more):

Halloween Badasses

Great Film Performances

And, if you want to see a full live sketch show by a group with a great specific voice, click right on here. I didn't want to embed it here, because it's a 40 minute video and thats pretty big for a little blog.

So there you go. And don't worry, New York, I'll feature one o' youse guys next week. That is, if Becky doesn't get upset about some Huffington Post story on neglected New York comedians first.