What happened to Upright Citizens Brigade?

Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. The famed Upright Citizens Brigade comedy theater and training program, whose founders include Amy Poehler, has been sold. The buyers, according to a statement from the new UCB, are the former owner/CEO of The Onion and a co-founder of Mosaic talent management.

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Does Upright Citizens Brigade still exist?

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre was founded by Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh in 1999 in New York City and has since expanded to Los Angeles. The UCB Theatre offers comedy in the form of improv, stand-up, and sketch comedy every night of the week.

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The Comic Strip Live opened in 1975, and is therefore the longest running showcase comedy club in NYC, and the world. The likes of Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and more began their careers there, and even return from time to time to do new sets.

What happened to Upright Citizens Brigade?