Food, drinks, friends and, of course, laughter are the key ingredients of Brea Downtown's Improv Theatre. On any given night, a comedian tries out new and old material at the intimate club, self dubbed "Original Comedy Showcase and Restaurant."

With a few simple tools and rules under your belt, you can throw an improv party! As few as five and as many as 30 energetic, enthusiastic people can rotate performing and watching improv games in a snap.

Located in the center of Washington DC, and easily accessible by Metro, The DC Improv attracts some of the biggest names in stand up comedy. Great for a date or a group setting with friends, you will definitely get your laughs in at this comedy club.

Looking for ways to improve rapport with customers, clients & prospects...cast your gaze to improv - improvisational behavior. Here's how to Impress...through improv!

Improv Everywhere, started in North Carolina by a student, has brought goofiness all over New York City for years. Today, with a national television show in production, the whole country may be able to enjoy their random acts of humor.

Chicago offers three wonderful schools to learn or enhance your improv skills: Second City, iO, and Annoyance. Each school offers a different improv philosophy.

Tips for how to achieve successful improvisation and analysis of Inspiration and Times Flow in Stephen Nachmanovitch's Free Play.

It's a simple setting, 5 guys on stage, 100 people crowded into the auditorium. As foul jokes and obscenities fill the air, everyone is laughing so hard you can't help but not care that you were offended by a joke just 30 seconds ago.

Some of comedy's heaviest hitters have hailed from Chicago: Tina Fey, Mike Meyers, Bill Murray and Stephen Colbert are all alumni of Second City in Chicago. Add to that, the multitude of smaller neighborhood comedy and improv venues, and you've got a recipe for laughter.

Chicago has some of the best improv and stand up comedy venues for a night of laughs.

Eat until your stuffed, laugh until you cry, but come 10:30 PM, it's time to say bye-bye!!

If you like improv comedy, then Wild 'N Out is for you.

Whose Line Is It, Anyway? is a hilarious half-hour of improvied fun. It's also a show from which we can learn how to handle everyday "impromptu" situations.

The small, cozy atmosphere of the Livery Theatre makes the comedy improv group's performances even more hilarious. You feel as is you are on stage with them and you can be-they do hold classes!

Thank God You're Here is a new comedy improv show on NBC. It deserves to become a big hit.

Boink Whiz is an entertaining group activity that can be played as a warm-up for an improv troupe, as an icebreaker with a new team, or even as a drinking game.

They call themselves improv that squeals.

This is a review of a performance by Second City Las Vegas, an offshoot of the original Second City in Chicago.

Although Looking for Comedy... won't be considered one of Brooks' classics, if you are a fan, you should enjoy this film

New Year's Eve presents a good insight into the musical aspect of the band, but there was more to them than that

One cannot truly become an effective teacher without integrating both the art and the science of teaching.

There are many ways to celebrate birthdays aside from the hum-drum of predictability.

Raleigh has several locations where some great standup comedy can be seen. The premiere performing site is Charlie Goodnights with performers from around the country. The other sites boast their own companies of national artists.

Tampa, Florida holds so many things to do that a short book would hardly do justice but here are some of my top picks for family entertainment and nightlife in Tampa.

Everyone in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex knows about Addison. What they know is that Addison has the best up-scale shopping, many of Dallas' finest restaurants, fine hotels and great nightlife.

Ybor City is a charming historic area that is enjoying a revitalization. What's new, old and fascinating about "Florida's Latin Quarter." Get a look at the parties to the family options.

Legion of Mary is a testament to musicians who want to push their artistic limitations and see what else lies beyond by trying new ideas, by innovating and improvising, and by bringing it all back home into one reality.

Whitehead's London 1966-1967 is an adequate document of the place and time. A rental might be the safer route for all but the most diehard of fans.

Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook is an outstanding showcase for the talents of everyone involved: the songs of Rodgers and Hart, the musicianship of The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet, and the singing of Tony Bennett.

These films stand out in ways that speak to our manhood-grit, toughness, supreme confidence, the ease of handling the opposite sex and when those aren't enough: a can of Whup Ass, WWE-approved.