UCB Theatre to Open East Village Location?, Aziz this wknd
Dave Hill, A.C. Newman, Carl Arnheiter (elf) & Brett Gelman @ UCBNY (via)
“Exciting news for the East Village — we’ve discovered that the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has designs on the former Two Boots Pioneer Theater space at 155 East 3rd Street. Alex Sidtis, directing manager of the UCB’s current location in Chelsea, revealed to [NY Magazine] that the troupe is hoping to open an East Village outpost, depending on whether it can secure a tavern wine license (the theater will plead its case at a January 12 meeting of Community Board 3’s licensing committee). The location will mean more stage time for its performers…
Sidtis loves the fact that the 99-seat theater has a lobby, and says of the layout, “It’s a little different [than that of the Chelsea location]. The shows will be more presentational and less theatrical in nature.” Phil Hartman, who built the theater a decade ago and still owns the adjacent Two Boots pizza parlor and video store, tells us “I love the theater and I’m pleased to think that it would stay alive as a theater and not get gutted and turned into something else.”…”
[NY Magazine]
The current NYC UCB Theatre is located at 307 W. 26th St. It’s there that you can catch Leo Allen‘s weekly Whiplash show on Monday nights at 11pm…for free. This week (tonight) (11/5), Reggie Watts and Marc Maron will be two of his guests.
Leo Allen’s Monday night spot used to be held by Aziz Ansari and the Human Giant crew doing a similar type of comedy show with the same types of guests. Don’t miss Aziz when he does a much bigger type of show January 9th and 10th at Comix. All dates HERE.
The above photo was taken at the UCB Theatre in NYC, on December 18th.
