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...there, have a basic idea of lines, and play a dialogue back and forth for three hours. ” While American tradition is used to improvisation in the form of instruments and jazz, what we are not as familiar with is the type of vocal improv, which will happen next Friday night. Each of the six compositions (three performed by each singer) will start off with a traditional, spot-invented vocal prelude, which will be backed up by the violin. Later, percussion will be added. “As the concert progresses, we will start with heavy, deep classical...
...years due to his involvement with the a capella group the Din and Tonics and Hasty Pudding Theatricals.IMPROV-MENTSThe real hotbed of performance comedy at Harvard are its extracurricular improvisational comedy groups, On Thin Ice (OTI) and the Immediate Gratification Players (IGP).OTI—which specializes in comedy improv based around two-minute games à la TV’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”—will perform at the Demon ComedyFest. One of OTI’s games allows onlookers to suggest excuses for a tardy office worker...
...troupemates may not be ready for Saturday Night Live or The Daily Show, but groups like The Brown Standup Comics are playing a lead role in the vibrant comedy scene that is springing up on college campuses around the country. Stand-up comics, sketch comedy troupes and improv groups are performing in packed auditoriums, dormitory lounges and cafeteria halls at their own schools and occasionally taking their shows on the road to other campuses. Some colleges have even begun offering stand-up comedy courses. "The stand-up comedy movement on campuses is blossoming," says Doug Holsclaw, whose stand-up comedy...
...course, comedy is a language that's already very familiar to them. "We're the first generation to grow up with an all-comedy TV channel - Comedy Central," says Grace Parra, 21, who is president of Columbia University's Fruit Paunch improv group. "We grew up watching Nickelodeon at Night. We saw kids doing comedy for kids. That kind of stuff sticks with you." Their sense of entitlement to humor was honed further by shows like The Simpsons, South Park and the improv series Who's Line Is It Anyway? as well as by edgy comics like Dave Chappelle...