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Author Wasson, Sam, author.

Title Improv nation : how we made a great American art / Sam Wasson.

Publication Info. Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
©2017

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  792.028 WASSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  792.028 WAS    Storage
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  792.02 WAS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  792.028 WASSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  792.028 WASSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  792.02 WAS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  792.028 WASSON    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  792.028 WAS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  792.028 WASSON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  792.028 WA    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Note "An Eamon Dolan book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [384]-435) and index.
Contents Hi, how are you? -- We the Jews: 1940-1968 -- We the punks: 1969-1984 -- We the nerds: 1984- -- Goodnight, everyone.
Summary A history of the uniquely American art form of improv, from its beginnings during the McCarthy Era through the rise of such institutions as Second City, the Groundlings, and the Upright Citizens Brigade and such performers as Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Bill Murray.
Subject Improvisation (Acting)
Comedy.
Stand-up comedy.
Comedy. (OCoLC)fst00869083
Improvisation (Acting) (OCoLC)fst00968302
Stand-up comedy. (OCoLC)fst01131440
ISBN 9780544557208 (hardback)
0544557204 (hardback)
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