Whose improv is it anyway? : beyond Second City / Amy E. Seham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seham, Amy E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Improvisation (Acting).

Comedy.

Stand-up comedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On both sides of the stage improv-comedy's popularity has increased exponentially throughout the 1980s and '90s and into the new millennium. Presto! An original song is created out of thin air. With nothing but a suggestion from the audience, daring young improvisers working without a net or a script create hilarious characters, sketches, and songs. Thrilled by the danger, the immediacy, and the virtuosity of improv-comedy, spectators laugh and cheer. American improv-comedy burst onto the scene in the 1950s with Chicago's the Compass Players (best known for the brilliant comedy duo Mike Nichol

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. The First-Wave Paradigm; Interlude: The Second Wave; Chapter Two. ImprovOlympic: The Truth about Improv; Chapter Three. ComedySportz: Play's the Thing; Interlude: The Third Wave; Chapter Four. The Annoyance Theatre: Carnival of Misfit Toys; Chapter Five. The Free Associates: The Rules of the Game; Chapter Six. Improv in Black and White; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-38208-3

9786613382085

1-60473-759-X

OCLC:

773827393