Entertainment & Arts
Interviews with more than a dozen BIPOC performers and staff at the Groundlings and UCB reveal systemic problems within L.A.’s sketch and improv world.
July 13, 2020
The Groundlings’ founder, Gary Austin, died April 1. He was 75.
Sept. 18, 1994
Comedy: Groundlings make merry with holiday show
Dec. 1, 2011
The iImprov/sketch comedy institution the Groundlings turns 40 this year.
May 22, 2014
Groundlings salute Phil Hartman, mark 25th year with a show that’s not as funny as it should be.
Sept. 27, 1999
“The Best of the Groundlings”--Members of the Groundlings troupe, above, will present a special New Year’s Eve comedy improv tonight starting at 9 at the Groundling Theatre. * “Second Annual Acme New Year’s Jubilee”--”Mad TV’s” Lisa Kushell and Alex Borstein are among performers who will entertain at the Acme Comedy Theatre tonight starting at 9 p.m. * “L.A.
Dec. 31, 1998
The Groundlings are back in an all-new revue, “The Groundlings’ Big Spin,” which opened last weekend at the company’s theater in West Hollywood Theatre.
May 21, 1989
Happening this weekend: Music at Getty Center, the Groundlings, etc.
Dec. 3, 2011
Acme Comedy Theatre, that other troupe, scrambles for yuks and bucks.
Aug. 9, 1998
June 18, 2008