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Theaters
barb & star go to vista del mar
Aug. 10, 2021
Trish Has Heard Your Prayers: Barb & Star Is Going to Visit Some Theat-ars The Kristen Wiig–Annie Mumolo comedy will play at Alamo Drafthouse theaters in September.
By Jackson McHenry
remembrance
Apr. 15, 2021
Why ArcLight Hollywood Was More Than a Movie Theater The staff and fans of the legendary Los Angeles theater remember what it was about the venue that made it such a one-of-a-kind home for the movies.
By Max Cea
movie theaters
Apr. 12, 2021
L.A.’s Beloved ArcLight Cinemas, Pacific Theatres Will Close Permanently “Despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward.”
By Halle Kiefer
Upright Citizens Brigade Closes Sunset Theater in Los Angeles The organization says it’s “still working to maintain our Franklin space” as the pandemic drags on.
By Halle Kiefer
UCB Alums Team Up to Launch Nonprofit Comedy Theater in New York “The Squirrel will not merely give diversity a seat at the table; it will be the table.”
By Megh Wright
Chicago Comedy Institution iO Theater to Shut Down Permanently Owner Charna Halpern said the decision to close the theater is a financial one.
By Megh Wright
institutions
Mar. 23, 2020
UCB Could Be Facing ‘the Beginning of the End’ Amid Coronavirus Layoffs, theater closures, and silence from the Upright Citizens Brigade founders are alienating a community that may be unwilling to return.
By Megh Wright
iO West Is Shutting Down Next Week iO West, the Los Angeles branch of Chicago’s iO Theater (formerly ImprovOlympic) founded by Del Close and Charna Halpern, is closing its doors […]
By Megh Wright
Sexual Misconduct Allegations Have Put the Future of New Orleans and […] With theaters and training centers in Austin and New Orleans, three comedy festivals under its name, and a published book about improv, The New […]
By Megh Wright
movie theaters
Nov. 4, 2016
By E. Alex Jung
tie-ins for the people
Sept. 26, 2016
Birth of a Nation Wants You to Register to VoteLet’s all go to the lobby / And register to vote.
By Halle Kiefer
Broadway Mogul James M. Nederlander Dead at 94 He was the head of the Nederlander Organization, which owns nine Broadway theaters.
By Nate Jones
Second City Chicago Is Back in Business This Week Second City has announced its first live comedy shows since a fire destroyed its offices last month. In a press release today, the Chicago […]
By Megh Wright
A Fire Reportedly Destroyed Second City Chicago’s Offices Today Sad news: Earlier today in Chicago, an extra-alarm fire broke out in Old Town where Second City’s theater and offices are located, and the […]
By Megh Wright
A Barcelona Comedy Club Is Charging Audiences Per Laugh Through Facial […] Well this is weird. BBC News reports that a comedy club in Barcelona called Teatreneu is experimenting with a new way to get more customers to […]
By Megh Wright
on broadway
Mar. 11, 2014
A Confederacy of Dunces Could Be Broadway-BoundA stage version is gunning for the Great White Way.
By Halle Kiefer
oral history
Sept. 19, 2013
Read an Oral History of LA’s Wildly Influential Groundlings Theater THR 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
‘This Is the End’ Is Coming Back to Theaters This Friday If you missed Seth Rogen’s apocalypse comedy This Is the End when it was released in June, you’ll get a chance to see it again on the big […]
By Bradford Evans
Select Theaters Are Playing a Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright Marathon August 22nd The World’s End, the final movie in Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Nick Frost’s “Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy” hits theaters in the US on […]
By Bradford Evans
the box office
Sept. 4, 2011
By Caroline Bankoff
theaterpocalypse
May 22, 2010
By Adam K. Raymond
3-D Screens and Wagyu-Beef Burgers The future of moviegoing may revolve around 3-D technology and luxury theaters.
By Amos Barshad