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The Groundlings

improv July 6, 2020

Groundlings Community Calls Out ‘Whitest Improv Institution’ in Open Letter“If you honestly believe that black life matters, prove it by taking the steps to make them matter on your stages.”

By Megh Wright
tv review Mar. 27, 2017

TV Land’s Nobodies Isn’t Totally Fresh, But It’s Still FunShowbiz gets squirmy in the Melissa McCarthy-produced series.

By Jen Chaney
last night on late night Apr. 6, 2016

McCarthy and Falcone Recall Their First SketchWhile at the Groundlings.

By Halle Kiefer

comics talk to comics Mar. 17, 2016

Jim Rash Talks to Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse About Idiotsitter“We have a part where you’re the dean of a college. A community college.”

By Jim Rash and Jesse David Fox
beef Oct. 6, 2014

Did Saturday Night Live Steal This Famous Improv Theater’s Sketch?Sources claim “parallel thinking.”

By Jesse David Fox
oral history June 5, 2014

‘Vanity Fair’ Talks to Groundlings Alums to Celebrate the Theatre’s 40th […]Vanity Fair has a new oral history out today of The Groundlings, LA’s legendary improv theatre that has spawned countless comedic talents on […]

By Megh Wright
Mar. 24, 2014

Talking to Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse About Their Comedy Central […]Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse’s Comedy Central web series Idiotsitter wraps up this week, with the series possibly seeing its odd couple […]

By Joel Arnold
oral history Sept. 19, 2013

Read an Oral History of LA’s Wildly Influential Groundlings TheaterTHR has a new oral history of The Groundlings Theater, the LA-based comedy institution where Phil Hartman, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, and also […]

By Bradford Evans