Harold Night Blog

This Harold Night starlet is going through a big change. At first it seemed like just any quarter life crisis, but now things are getting out of control… like out of this solar system out of control. Although she’s trying to hide it, this funny humanoid is transitioning to live the rest of her days as an alien.

You know him as loud, crude, and boisterous, but this Harold Night Heartthrob is putting down his pantomime and chuckle sward to become a pastry chef! Instead of dropping C bombs on stage, this hunk of puff pastry will be dropping dollops of dreamy clotted cream onto sweet teeth everywhere.

Watch out Partridges/Jacksons/Osmonds! This spritely young Harold team is getting in tune with another side of their creativity. You may not see any albums coming out soon, but these hip cats and kittens have been strumming and drumming away as a family band around the Camberville area. Their early 90’s third wave ska sound will pick it up on the airwaves before you know it!

Want to learn more? See you at Harold Night this Thursday.

-Natalie (Maxitor)

Nils is finally heading home and so that he can grace the stage at Harold Night.  But before he heads back, he sent us one last pic.

A colleague just sent me this awesome article that says when you learn to improvise you are essentially teaching part of your brain how to shut off (or make it "drunk").

BIG THINK: What Improv Teaches Us About Creativity by Sam McNerney

Want to see it in action? Come to Harold Night this Thursday. Maxitor will first start shutting off our brains on stage and then continue to do so at the Field.

See you there!

Natalie (Maxitor)

After taking a week off for the excellent Geek Week Festival, Harold Night is back this Thursday night.  In the 8pm show we've got The Buskers, Rich Uncle, and Respectable Gentlemen.  And in the 10pm show we have Birthday Milk and Mister Diplomat.

Also note that our ticket prices are now $12 and $10 for students starting this week.  BUT we've got a great deal for online ticket purchases.  If you buy your Harold Night ticket online and use the promo code "IBCARD" you'll get two dollars off and only have to pay $10!

We've already sold over half of our tickets for this week's show, so get your tickets online now!

Hey Harold Nighters,

Have you read Erin Gibson's insightful article about women journalists reviewing women comedians on their looks rather than their comedy? No? You should. It's great.

Pretty Funny (Minus the Funny)

Erin calls out the mean girl mentality that some women bloggers have been affecting recently, specifically on lady comedians. As more and more women make it to the comedy mainstream it seems they are being held to the same beauty judging scope as actresses rather than their male comedian counterparts. Why would Hollywood do that? Don’t they know comedians are funny and therefore don’t have to be picture perfect?

If you read Ashley Judd's recent rebuttal to the media's obsession with her face (which you should - here) you know that actresses (and some male actors) have been plagued by this harassment for quite some time. Not to get all Women’s Studies 101, but have you seen a magazine recently? Any magazine? Shouldn’t a women comic be exempt from the “Whose Saggy Butt is This“ exposé?

Should we be surprised that lady comics are getting the same disrespect as actresses? Not really. Should we perhaps make an extra effort to stop differentiating between women comics and women actors and just judge everyone by their work? Sure. But what if that actress is in a lot of comedies but didn’t “come up” as a comedian? I guess that counts. But what if a woman is a celebutaunt whose entire career seems to be focused on their looks, can't we judge them then? Ugh, please, this was just supposed to be a simple blog post so you would read Erin's essay.

See you all next week-

Natalie (Maxitor)

Harold Night will be back next week with The Buskers, Rich Uncle, Respectable Gentlemen, Birthday Milk, and Mister Diplomat.  Our shows have been selling out so be sure to get your tickets online!

Check out this new Harold Night promo video done by our great ImprovBoston intern Steve Nicholson!

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Nils is rounding out his travels and is looking forward to sleeping in his own bed again.  But here's a pic from his latest adventure.

He's at it again.  Guess where Nils in at today.  He took an extra long trip, since Ginsburg has the week off.

Erik “The Lizardman” Sprague is playing in the 10pm slot at Harold Night on April 12^th. Erik will be telling stories & monologues for Mr. Diplomat & doing improv + “god knows what” with Respectable Gentlemen.

From Wikipedia: The Lizardman was a Ph.D. candidate at the University at Albany before beginning his transformation…(into becoming a lizard man.) He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. The Lizardman also hosts the Jägermeister Music Tour with bands including Disturbed, Slayer, and Slipknot. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Meghan and their pet ferrets.

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