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“The Night Cap is a great place to see up and coming talent and is great for anyone who likes an open mic style show.”
“Worst $18 bucks ever spent.”
Really awesome improv. I went to see both the Night Cap and Wednesday night show (the name of which Citysearch is not letting me write, claiming it's inappropriate, even though it's totally not...i.e. rhymes with "Bump Show" and refers the the day in the middle of the week) at Improv Boston and they are both really good. The Night Cap is a great place to see up and coming talent and is great for anyone who likes an open mic style show. When I saw the Wednesday show, Improv Jones Boston was performing and gave a really energetic performance. Definitely one of the top places in town for improv.…
Best improv in Boston.
Improv is really hard - I've seen most of the major troupes in the U.S., and even the best of them have off nights. If you doubt how hard it is, try making up funny things on topics you get from
elsewhere with about 3 seconds to think about it.
ImprovBoston ("IB" to the cognoscenti) is one of the really good troupes in America. Or I should say they consist of some really good troupes. The ones I have seen most are The Family Show (some of the best entertainment for kids ever, or for adults who don't like off color jokes and words), Ruckus, and TheatreSports.
So here is what I mean by good. The improvisers are professionally trained and experienced. They take their work seriously. When a skit isn't working (and trust me, skits in improv sometimes just don't work), they bail out fast and go on to something else. They engage the audience. And they work really, really hard.
Improv isn't standup. There is no memorized routine, no retelling and retelling of the 27 jokes that seem to work. It is a high wire act. When it works it is breathtaking to behold. And at IB it works far more consistently than at most of the improv I have seen, and certainly way more conssitently than at the other improv groups in Boston.…
OK but nothing special, I'll try again. It was OK but nothing special but if you like improv it was better than the Improv Asylum and the Actors were more professional.
not what i expected.
the club was WAY to loud, the waitress was bossy and to be honest very rude. she showed no interest in the costumers whatsoever, it was ver irritating. everyone was too loud and drunk so i couldnt
enjoy the show. if you want to actually hear the comedians, i dont suggest going here.
overall it wasnt a very entertaining night, i wasnt happy with what i saw…
ehh. Improv Boston was a fair club, the service was medicore. There was ALOT of noise due to the large amount of drunk people there were there. That kinda ruined the atmosphere, and the show for me.
