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Entertainment Comedy Improv & Sketch Theatres Acme Comedy Theatre 135 N. La Brea Ave., (323) 525-0202. Beautiful 99-seat proscenium theatre space, handicapped access, valet parking. Improv Comedy Show Fridays and Saturdays: The Acme Radio Hour Fri at 8pm; Celebrity Improv Mashup Fri 9pm; The Acme Experiment Fri 11pm; Acme Saturday Night Sat 6:30pm; Acme TNT Sat 9pm. Guest Shows on Sun-Thu. More information online at www.acmecomedy.com Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry - LA 4773 Hollywood Blvd., (323) 666-4268. Tomorrow Show every Sat mid- night; Cartoon Dump fourth Mon 8pm; Roll to Attack second Wed 8pm; Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys first Thurs 8pm; “Nevermore” third Wed at 8pm; “Resbox” third Thurs at 8pm; “WTF Live with Marc Maron” last Tues at 8pm. “Re-Animator: The Musical” Fri & Sat at 8pm thru Mar 27. www.steveallentheater.com (See THEATRE) Bang Improv Studio 457 N. Fairfax Ave., (323) 653-6886. Performance space and teaching studio dedicated for study of improvisation; shows Thurs-Sat. Box office opens half-hour before show time. Schwag (Free show) Thur 9:30pm; Pinata first Thur 8pm; The Big Show Fri 8pm; Streep Tease Sat 8pm; Mayfly first Sun 8pm. www.bangstudio.com Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., (323) 960-5519. Comedians, actors & writ- ers at all professional levels develop ideas and polish material in front of a live audience. All shows are free. (Reservations are required). www.hudsontheatre.com Dragonfly 6510 Santa Monica Blvd. (323) 466-6111. Point Break Live Sat 8pm; Roccopella Sun 6pm; “Drunk Talk” Sun 8pm. www.thedragonfly.com (See MUSIC) El Cid Restaurant 4212 Sunset Blvd., (323) 668-0318. Open Mic Mondays at 8pm. www.elcidla.com (See MUSIC) Groundlings Theatre 7307 Melrose Ave., (323) 934-9700. Improvisational & sketch theatre claims talented alumni including Phil Hartman, Lisa Kudrow, Julia Sweeney, Jon Lovitz, Will Ferrell, and Cheri Oteri. Shows Wed-Sun. “The Crazy Uncle Joe Show” Wed 8pm; “Cookin’ With Gas” Thur 8pm; “The Completely Different Late Show” Fri 10pm; “Et tu, Sunday?” Sun 7:30pm; “Groundlings Singles Cruise” Fri 8pm and Sat 8pm and 10pm. www.groundlings.com Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 6122 West Sunset Blvd. (323) 466-9917. “What's Up, Tiger Lily?” every Monday at 8pm. (See MUSIC) 20 DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD / SPRING 2011 The Groundlings Company iO West (Improv Olympic) 6366 Hollywood Blvd., (323) 962-7560. The Los Angeles arm of the world-famous Improv Olympic Chicago presents some of the best improv- isation performances and training west of the Windy City. Shows seven nights a week. Sundays Top Story! Weekly at 9pm; Harold Team Nights Tues-Wed at 8pm, 9pm and 10pm; iO Rep Presents Thurs at 9pm; Open- ing Night The Improved Musical Fri at 9pm; The Armandi Show with spe- cial celebrity host each Sat at 9pm. www.ioimprov.com National Comedy Theatre/ComedySportz 733 N. Seward St., (323) 871-1183 Renovated 90-seat theatre is home to ComedySportz. ComedySportz College Team Thur at 8pm; ComedySportz Fri 8pm and Sat 8pm and 10:30pm. www.comedysportzla.com (See FAMILY) Next Stage & Tres Stage 1523 N. La Brea., Ste. 208 & 209, (323) 850-7827. Home of the Beru- bians Theatre Company. Free Improv Workshops Mon 8pm; “Happily Whatever After“ Tues 8pm and 9:30pm; “Wind-Up Puppets” Wed 8pm and 9:30pm; “7 Deadly Sins” Thurs 8pm and 9:30pm; “Vampires Masquerade” Fridays 8pm and 9:30pm; “Dark Side of the Moon” Sun 8pm and 9:30pm. Plummer Park 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood Queer Open Mic & Workshop 4th Fri of each month at 8pm. Sacred Fools Theatre 660 N. Heliotrope Dr., (310) 281-8337. Located just below Melrose between Vermont and Normandie Aves. Home of "Serial Killers" comedy Saturday nights at 11pm Mar 19-Apr 23 Second City Studio Theatre 6560 Hollywood Blvd., Second Floor (323) 464-8542 Both students and professionals showcase their talents; occasional guest performances from LA's improv and sketch community. Performances almost every night. www.secondcity.com (See FAMILY) Silverlake Lounge 2906 Sunset Blvd., (323) 663-9636. Open Mic Mon 6pm; The High Fri 10:30pm; Spoken Words Sun 6pm; Milwaukee Sun 9:15pm; Up Late with Adam Fisher Sun 10pm. (See MUSIC) A& rts