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  1. barb & star go to vista del mar
    Trish Has Heard Your Prayers: Barb & Star Is Going to Visit Some Theat-arsThe Kristen Wiig–Annie Mumolo comedy will play at Alamo Drafthouse theaters in September.
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. broadway
    Broadway Performances Will Return in SeptemberTickets go on sale this month.
    By Jackson McHenry
  3. remembrance
    Why ArcLight Hollywood Was More Than a Movie TheaterThe staff and fans of the legendary Los Angeles theater remember what it was about the venue that made it such a one-of-a-kind home for the movies.
    By Max Cea
  4. on cinema
    Don’t Worry, the Cinerama Dome Won’t Get Demolished (Probably)But it might need a savior like Netflix to stay intact.
    By Alissa Walker
  5. movie theaters
    L.A.’s Beloved ArcLight Cinemas, Pacific Theatres Will Close Permanently“Despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  6. improv
    Upright Citizens Brigade Closes Sunset Theater in Los AngelesThe organization says it’s “still working to maintain our Franklin space” as the pandemic drags on.
    By Halle Kiefer
  7. improv
    UCB Alums Team Up to Launch Nonprofit Comedy Theater in New York“The Squirrel will not merely give diversity a seat at the table; it will be the table.”
    By Megh Wright
  8. the law
    R. Kelly’s Manager Called In Gun Threat at Surviving R. Kelly Premiere, Feds SayThe theater had to be evacuated because of the threat.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  9. improv
    Chicago Comedy Institution iO Theater to Shut Down PermanentlyOwner Charna Halpern said the decision to close the theater is a financial one.
    By Megh Wright
  10. improv
    Black Second City Performers and Alums Demand Change in Open LetterAmber Ruffin, Ashley Nicole Black, and Chris Redd are among them.
    By Megh Wright
  11. institutions
    UCB Could Be Facing ‘the Beginning of the End’ Amid CoronavirusLayoffs, theater closures, and silence from the Upright Citizens Brigade founders are alienating a community that may be unwilling to return.
    By Megh Wright
  12. iO West Is Shutting Down Next WeekiO West, the Los Angeles branch of Chicago’s iO Theater (formerly ImprovOlympic) founded by Del Close and Charna Halpern, is closing its doors […]
    By Megh Wright
  13. Sexual Misconduct Allegations Have Put the Future of New Orleans and […]With theaters and training centers in Austin and New Orleans, three comedy festivals under its name, and a published book about improv, The New […]
    By Megh Wright
  14. movie theaters
    The Sad, Surreal Experience of Seeing an Audience Laugh at MoonlightWere we watching the same movie?
    By E. Alex Jung
  15. broadway
    Broadway’s She Loves Me Will Screen in Movie TheatersOn December 1.
    By Jackson McHenry
  16. tie-ins for the people
    Birth of a Nation Wants You to Register to VoteLet’s all go to the lobby / And register to vote.
    By Halle Kiefer
  17. obits
    Broadway Mogul James M. Nederlander Dead at 94He was the head of the Nederlander Organization, which owns nine Broadway theaters.
    By Nate Jones
  18. Second City Chicago Is Back in Business This WeekSecond City has announced its first live comedy shows since a fire destroyed its offices last month. In a press release today, the Chicago […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. A Fire Reportedly Destroyed Second City Chicago’s Offices TodaySad news: Earlier today in Chicago, an extra-alarm fire broke out in Old Town where Second City’s theater and offices are located, and the […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. A Barcelona Comedy Club Is Charging Audiences Per Laugh Through Facial […]Well this is weird. BBC News reports that a comedy club in Barcelona called Teatreneu is experimenting with a new way to get more customers to […]
    By Megh Wright
  21. on broadway
    A Confederacy of Dunces Could Be Broadway-BoundA stage version is gunning for the Great White Way.
    By Halle Kiefer
  22. oral history
    Read an Oral History of LA’s Wildly Influential Groundlings TheaterTHR has a new oral history of The Groundlings Theater, the LA-based comedy institution where Phil Hartman, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, and also […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. ‘This Is the End’ Is Coming Back to Theaters This FridayIf you missed Seth Rogen’s apocalypse comedy This Is the End when it was released in June, you’ll get a chance to see it again on the big […]
    By Bradford Evans
  24. Select Theaters Are Playing a Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright Marathon August 22ndThe World’s End, the final movie in Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Nick Frost’s “Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy” hits theaters in the US on […]
    By Bradford Evans
  25. the box office
    Movie Theater Audiences Shrank for the Fourth Summer in a RowBut don’t panic — revenue is still technically up.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  26. theaterpocalypse
    Time Warner Has a Plan to Bring Movies to TVs 30 Days After ReleaseThey’ll only cost $20 to $30 to watch.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  27. tv movies
    FCC Makes It Easier for You Never to Set Foot in a Movie TheaterWhich is probably short-sighted of them.
    By Willa Paskin
  28. the future
    3-D Screens and Wagyu-Beef BurgersThe future of moviegoing may revolve around 3-D technology and luxury theaters.
    By Amos Barshad