Word: improvization
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...veteran performers. Margo, the Russian, who is currently serving as the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s president, also graced the Mainstage last Spring in the title role of Sweeny Todd. Though currently a first-year, Levy has also accrued impressive credentials herself as a performer for the improv comedy group the Immediate Gratification Players, and in lead roles such as Gladys Green in last season’s Loeb Ex production of The Waverly Gallery...
...ABOUT GIVING ME A RUN-THROUGH OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH? JUST IMPROV FOR ME. I CAN CLEAN IT UP IN THE EDIT. It's a funny thing. It's a hard thing to sit through when you're nominated. I've got to tell you, the Golden Globes this year was the first time I ever went to one of those ceremonies that I won. And I didn't know how to deal with it. But that's part of me. I've always felt myself as an outsider, you know what I'm saying? Usually at these events they...
...Tudor, 56, of San Diego, joining the Late Bloomers Comedy Improv Troupe, which is geared to people over 55, started as an adventure but turned into something therapeutic. "When I retired last year, I wanted to keep busy," says the former corporate executive, "and improv sounded like a blast, even though I had no prior stage training." Tudor had recently suffered several bouts of serious illness and had lost a beloved 49-year-old brother-in-law to a heart attack. Doing improv not only became an exciting new hobby but also taught her to live emotionally in the present...
Other groups offer musical reviews, oral histories or improv, like the San Diego--based Late Bloomers, who perform at a local theater, charge for their performances and pay the actors. And there are groups that use the theater to tackle social issues relevant to the aging population. The Heyday Players, a troupe of 44 volunteer actors between their mid-50s and mid-80s who perform under the auspices of the Round House Theatre--in partnership with the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Health and Human Services--tackle such themes as alcohol abuse, bereavement, family relations and isolation...
IDES(ISH) OF MARCH. Join the Immediate Gratification Players (otherwise known as the IGP) for yet another evening of improv. Who cares if the very next day will be the anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar? They sure don’t. Let’s laugh! Friday, March 14th at 8 p.m. Free. Adams House Lower Common Room...