May 2012
5 posts
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Couples' Retreat Goes Musical at @thePIT! This... →
rubincomedy:
This Friday night, duos get the chance to SING! Join us as we introduce some of the funniest improv duos performing in town! This show is special as we have musical improv duos performing with musical accompanist Eric Gersen! — R&J (Robin Rothman-Taylor & Jonathan Roufaeal) — Marshall York & Jamie Cummings of Borealis And as always, hosted by & performing: RuBin!...
The Subject in May! →
rubincomedy:
We’re super thrilled to have been asked by our hero Christina Gausas to be part of this amazing show that’s happening at the Magnet Theater this month!
This month Christina Gausas is directing “The Subject” — an improvised form that follows the central character of the evening (the subject), never leaving the stage while the others enter and exit as various friends, relatives,...
April 2012
6 posts
“Be nice. The world is a small town.”
– Austin Kleon
Couples' Retreat - Next Friday, 8pm @ the PIT... →
rubincomedy:
Spring is here! And so is RuBin!
Join us next Friday, 8pm at the PIT Underground (123 E. 24th Street bet. Park Ave. & Lexington Ave.) as we showcase some of the funniest improv duos playing in NYC today. Some of them may be seriously funny, other duos may be beautifully tragic. We can promise you that all of them will be equally memorable.
- Caitlin & Nicole (Caitlin...
March 2012
11 posts
3 tags
theneedtofail:
Here is a clip of Abbi Jacobson...
"HOW TO 'MAKE IT' IN COMEDY" by Rob Delaney. This... →
This should be required for all artists. Just don’t quit.
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Steele/Quinn Presents: Mix Six! →
rubincomedy:
RuBin is super amped & excited to be playing this Tuesday with 2 awesome duos: Steele/Quinn (Lorie Steele & Elizabeth Quinn) & OJ In A Sippy Cup (Oscar Montoya & Julia Morales)!
Three two-prov teams, three 10 minute sets and then the six of us mix it up together.
This Tuesday, 7pm at the PIT Underground (123 E. 24th Street bet. Park Ave. & Lexington Avenue)!...
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Couples' Retreat This Friday @ 8pm at the PIT... →
shinyimprov:
rubincomedy:
Last month, Ruby got sick from eating some bad Japanese candy & couldn’t make the show that night. This time, we’re barring Ruby from eating any candy that week! (Just kidding! Kinda…) Join RuBin (2012 INNY Nominee - Best Comedy Duo!) as they host another phenomenallineup of improv duos at the Peoples’ Improv Theater this month! - Blanks & Blank (Jodi Lennon...
February 2012
13 posts
Vote For RuBin for Best Comedy Duo! USA! USA! →
rubincomedy:
We started as a duo in October 2009. Little did we know that we would shake up the improv world like we have.
RuBin has been something that the two of us adore. We absolutely love performing with each other. We’ve been through a lot of good & bad - almost all of it good - and we wouldn’t trade a single thing for it.
If you’ve seen us perform in the last 2 1/2 years and...
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5 Year Improv Anniversary!
On this day 5 years ago, I took my very first improv class ever - Level 1 at the Magnet Theater with John O’Donnell. The 1 notable person that emerged from that class with me was Frank Angelini, who later got onto the Magnet Megawatt team Attack Heart Attack & is now the artistic director of eGarage in LIC. When I stepped into the classroom at Chelsea Studios, I had only 2 goals in...
the Montreal Improv blog: Guest Writer: Jill... →
montrealimprov:
Jill Bernard has been performing with ComedySportz-Twin Cities since 1993, and is a founding member of HUGE Theater in Uptown Minneapolis. Her one-woman improv piece, Drum Machine, has been featured in over forty improv festivals. She has taught and performed improv in Norway, Canada, and over…
Jill Bernard knows what’s up.
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The Soul Glo Project - Keisha and I are... →
poupak:
… and don’t we have a GREAT show for you!! Special Black History Month with some surprises!!
Tonight, Thursday February 9, 11 pm, UCB East (153 E 3rd street). Come to the show and then hang with us at Hot Chicks Room!
InvAsian - tonight!
Couples' Retreat Lineup for This Friday @ the PIT! →
rubincomedy:
RuBin’s got another killer lineup of improv duos at the Peoples’ Improv Theater this month! Join us as we introduce & laugh at some of the funniest improv duos playing today! - Steele/Quinn (Lorie Steele & Elizabeth Quinn) - Ryanna (Ryan Stadler & Anna Moore) - Michelin (Michelle Thomas & Colin McNally) - Green Eggs & Ham (Chris O’Neil & Lydia Gammill) -...
January 2012
22 posts
3 tags
the Montreal Improv blog: Guest Writer: Rick... →
montrealimprov:
Rick Andrews is a teacher and performer at The Magnet Theater in New York City. He teaches and performs around the country with The Magnet Theater TourCo, with ensemble Brick, and his duo, The Cascade.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about two words we hear a lot when improvising: “Fear” and “Trust”.
Fear
One of the biggest hurdles in becoming a good improviser is our fear....
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The Onion: Miranda July Called Before Congress To... →
leilacohanmiccio:
Oh god, this is so perfect.
“We see you have a website here in which you give people what could best be described as arts and crafts ‘homework assignments’ of various sorts, but to be quite honest, we can’t make head or tail of it,” Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said while consulting a laptop in order to view one of July’s perplexing Internet outlets,...
Poupak's Parisian Life in New York: The Soul Glo... →
poupak:
I am more than excited to be co-hosting this show tonight!! Thank you Keisha Zollar for offering me this opportunity!
The Soul Glo is coming back with an amazing line up! Join us, as usual, for our comedy variety show featuring a diverse cast of performers, and bringing to the stage the very…
TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT!
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
– Joseph Chilton Pearce (via saddest-summer)
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kellyoxford:
