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Ahead of the Hoopla Impro festival (26th-27th April 2019), Hoopla's director Steve Roe explains why improvised comedy has exploded in popularity in recent years... Now there are 100s of improv groups ...

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 ...

The Improv is the stand-up comedy proving grounds. 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 ...

The business of comedy has come a long way since the late Budd Friedman opened New York’s 50-seat Improvisation at 44th Street and 9th Avenue in 1963 on the site of a defunct Vietnamese restaurant. It ...

LOS ANGELES — Comedy club pioneer Budd Friedman, who helped launch the careers of Richard Pryor, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Bette Midler, and many others, has died at age 90, relatives told multiple ...