Curious Comedy Theater, a longtime provider of adult improv classes and workshops in town, is expanding its offerings to kids and families starting this fall. The move comes during a complicated time ...

The 21st century hasn't been kind to Northwest magicians. Though entrenched for generations as a staple of urban nightlife entertainment, illusionists disappeared without warning from area clubs and ...

Oyster stew carried the play. As did myriad plot, prop and costume suggestions from the shorter half of the audience of "Fruitcake," a Curious Comedy Theater production billed as "an improvised ...

Minority Retort, Portland’s new stand-up showcase featuring comedians of color, started off strong on January 23 with a huge audience at Curious Comedy Theater—we’re talking no empty seats, and a line ...

Most Portlanders know their city is crawling with comedians. What most might not know is that comedy fans can enjoy more than stand-up. Improvisational comedy, better known as improv, might not have ...

ONE OF THE KEY differences between improv and stand-up comedy is that the best improv is generated spontaneously, never to be recreated, while the best stand-up is written, tested, and rewritten until ...