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...female swan—and that was a great experience.” Indeed, he has had the courage to play roles ranging from that female swan to Hamlet, and from a manipulative thug to a homesexual man during the Holocaust. He has also acted in student films and improv comedy...

Author: By Elizabeth D. Pyjov, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10 | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

...native of small-town Illinois and an alumna of the Second City improv comedy troupe (where she shared the stage with The Office's Steve Carell, with whom she would later appear in 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Lynch always wanted to act and recalls few moments of doubt that she'd make it. That took some doing, considering that by 1999 she was 38 and had spent seven years in L.A. on a "relentless" but only marginally fruitful quest for comedy, acting and singing gigs. But that spring, she ran into Christopher Guest in a local restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best in Show | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

Anyone who’s seen “The Donkey Show” will tell you: it’s bat-shit crazy. The concept sounds like something from the world’s campiest, most hallucinogen-happy comedy improv troupe: “Alright, darling, I want ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ told in the style of ’70s disco—with roller skates, and glitter, and no pants...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What It Takes To Be a Donkey | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

After a few improv games, we finished off by taking turns in a Soul Train, suddenly filling an ordinary church basement with “Funky Chickens,” “Shopping Trolleys,” and dance moves unlike anything that I could respectfully name...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What It Takes To Be a Donkey | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...block, FM is here to help.  Here, six of Harvard’s premier comedy groups give their advice on never-fail knee-slappers and a taste of their own senses of humor.  They were asked the same three questions—whether they are improv sketch aficionados or aspiring Daily Show writers—so pick out your favorite or try and glean some insight from the different groups’ senses of humor.  Because sometimes, Knock-Knock jokes just don?...

Author: By Jose Delreal, Nora A. Tufano, and Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Tries Hilarity | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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