New Orleans Improv Festival

My fiancee is a big fan of “Whose Line Is It Anyway.” I can sometimes find her cackling in front of the TV laughing at the improve comedy taking place on the screen.

I’ve actually never been much of a fan. I honestly hated it. There was something terribly annoying about it. I couldn’t figure out what it was. Maybe it was the smarmy facials expressions on the actors. Maybe it was because everyone on stage and in the theater were laughing their asses off and I was left cold.

Whatever the case, I wasn’t looking forward to seeing some genuine improve comedy right here in New Orleans a few weeks ago when the fiancee got me to go see our friend Jenny Finkel (of the Indiana Finkels) perform in Comedy Sports at La Nuit Theater Uptown.

A peculiar thing happened. I really enjoyed the hell out of it. I thought it was awesome. I figured out what bothered me about “Whose Line” too. It wasn’t live. It was filmed live but any sense of danger was removed. Not so with the stuff at La Nuit. Anything could happen. It was hysterical.

That said, I encourage everyone to head over to the theater this week because they have something special going on. I could tell you all about it but instead I’ll just copy and paste the e-mail I received from the theater:

The New Orleans Improv Festival begins next Thursday, Nov 8th! We have an
incredible batch of performers coming to New Orleans from cities all over the
country, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and many others.

Just a sampling of our esteemed guests:

Bill Chott – Saturday Night Live, The Ringer, The Dana Carvey Show

James Adomian – Phenom YouTube George Bush Impersonator, Mind of Mencia

Jill Bernard – MTV’s Made, Funny Women Fest

If you haven’t been to La Nuit in a while, this is a perfect chance for you and
your friends to see some world-class improv right at home on Freret St! Come
celebrate one-year anniversary with us and bear witness to the new improvements
to the theater and the whole neighborhood!

Tickets can be purchased at NewOrleansImprovFestival.com – we have tickets
for individual performances as well as All-Night Passes for those looking for a
bargain.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Staff of La Nuit Comedy Theater

They also have a few Web sites y’all can visit:

NewOrleansImprovFestival.com
La Nuit Theater
ComedySportzNOLA