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Eugene Cordero of Creep, Bobby Moynihan of The Stepfathers, and Charlie Sanders of Reuben Williams, have gotten together to write one of the funniest sketch shows in New York. Buffoons: Never Gonna Give is preforming this Friday the 13th at 7 pm at the UCB. Don’t miss it. Here is a taste…
Directed by Neil Casey & Brian Finkelstein
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“If you want to sing out, sing out…” UCB NY Announces a new sketch show and makes a pun.
The UCB Theatre is thrilled to announce the creation of MAUDE NIGHT!
Much like Harold Night showcases the improv talent of performers who have completed classes at the UCB Theatre, Maude Night will feature sketch comedy written by students who have completed sketch classes at the UCB Theatre.
WHAT IS A MAUDE TEAM?
- Maude Teams will consist of six (6) writers each. These writers will have the option of being writers only or writer/performers.
- Maude Teams will meet once a week with an approved director to get feedback on their sketches and will put up a show at the UCB Theatre once a month featuring the material they have created.
- Maude Teams are meant to to create opportunities for sketch writers to improve by:
- getting regular feedback on their material
- getting experience in a “writer’s room”
- writing for a deadline
- seeing/performing their work on stage
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Last Show April 4th at 8PM, RESERVE NOW!
New York City is a tough place to carve out your little slice of life. It’s an urban jungle full of weirdos, small apartments, bad bars, awful roommates, failed relationships, unobtainable goals, bed bugs, exorbitant gym membership fees, and a series of unlivable neighborhoods that have been made hip with catchy acronyms. It’s enough to make a grown woman sick… enough to make two grown women sick… enough to make two grown woman and an audience under a supermarket sick.
MEGAN & BRIDIE: Friends Without Benefits is one of those rare shows that totally surpassed my expectations. From the awesome preview skits I had seen at a few UCB Harold nights, I had pictured Megan and Bridie to be far more self deprecating and creepily dependent story line, but in reality the show is a wonderful mix of scenes documenting the meeting of two totally opposite women in the big city — one desperate for an apartment, one desperate for companionship.
Bridie Harrington and Megan Neuringer do a terrific job at creating characters that are both totally believable and ridiculously funny. Bridie plays a oblivious, fitness obsessed gal, whose search for the next big exercise leads her towards workouts that I know I have seen advertised at my local Crunch. Megan plays a neurotic Jewish gal whose life is filled with a series of problematic relationships that always seem to leave her unfulfilled. The two are thrown together in a co-dependent friendship, stemming from the need of an apartment, which begins to tear itself apart by their conflicting personalities.
Megan & Bridie: Friends Without Benefits is a terrific show filled with all the detritus that life serves up, viewed with refreshing candor and humor, with characters you can’t help but love. It’s like sex in the city, without the sex and with ladies you don’t want to strangle. The last show plays Wednesday April 4th 8PM at Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre (37 W 26th & 8th Ave). Make your reservations now.
Directed by Jason Mantzoukas
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Chris Gethard and Zach Woods have created a series of 1 minute shorts about The Most Awkward Boy in the World. Check out their YouTube Channel for more awkwardness.