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29 March 2012 9:44 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
NBC‘s new comedy, Best Friends Forever, is coming your way April 4th (but you can watch the full pilot episode below), and stars/writers Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham were recently available to talk about the show.
It’s an interesting show that looks at what happens when two best friends are thrown back together when one of them faces divorce. Jessica finds it easy to move right back into the comfort zone when she returns to the apartment the two girls used to share, but Lennon’s live-in boyfriend, Joe might have something to say about the living situation.
It’s a fun, and somewhat frantic show, clearly developed and written by two people with a background in improv, and it tackles its comedy with an aim at reality. I’m not one to put forward an opinion on whether or not people really talk like this, »
- Marc Eastman
15 March 2012 8:46 AM, PDT | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »
Willie Geist spoke with Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre co-founders Amy Poehler and Matt Walsh for a segment about improv and the Ucb called "Making It Up" on NBC's "Rock Center with Brian Williams" on Wednesday night. Poehler, Walsh, Matt Besser, and Ian Roberts founded the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 1996. The Ucb is dedicated to fostering both an appreciation and education of improv through performances and classes. Ucb opened its second location in New York, the UCBeast Theatre, last year.In addition to his interview with Poehler and Walsh, Geist also spoke with Chris Gethard, an improv comedian who has been in the business for over a decade. He performs twice a week at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and UCBeast Theatre in New York City, but admitted that even though he loves New York, he's considered relocating to Los Angeles to look for more employment opportunities. "I've just been. »
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