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A musician at a Sausalito open mic in July 2008. An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, often taking place at night (an open mic night), in which audience members may perform on stage whether they are amateurs or professionals, often for the first time or to promote an upcoming ...
California. Governor's Comedy Club. Levittown. New York. Sister clubs Brokerage Comedy Club & Vaudeville Cafe in Bellmore, New York and McGuire's in Bohemia, New York. Greenwich Village Comedy Club. Manhattan. New York. Grove Comedy Club.
The Improv. L.A. Improv on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Irvine Improv. The Improv is a comedy club franchise. It was founded as a single venue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City in 1963, and expanded into a chain of venues in the late 1970s.
Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include vaudeville, the stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, concert saloons, freak shows, variety shows, medicine shows, American burlesque, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues, such as those delivered by Mark Twain in his 1866 ...
The Comedy Cellar is a comedy club in Manhattan where many top New York comedians perform, sometimes referred to as the " Harvard of comedy clubs". [1] It was founded in 1982 by then stand-up comedian, and current television writer/producer Bill Grundfest. [2] It is located in Greenwich Village on 117 MacDougal Street between West 3rd Street ...
Swardson started performing stand-up at the age of 18, attending open mic nights at the Minneapolis comedy club Acme Comedy Co.. [4] [15] [16] Swardson stated in a 2007 interview with The Portland Mercury [17] that he did his first open mic "as a goof" but he was encouraged by the club owner to perform again and he went on to win the comedy club's award for the "Funniest Person in the Twin ...
The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles, California.The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin, whose improv techniques were taught by Del Close and other members of the Second City, located in Chicago and later St. Louis. [1]
Website. www.standupny.com. Stand Up NY is a comedy club located in Manhattan ’s Upper West Side on 236 West 78th street. Founded in 1986, the club is one of New York City ’s oldest, always featuring diverse lineups of well-known and local comedians. Comedians Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jon Stewart performed here. [1]