improv
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of improv
By shortening
Example Sentences
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She came up in the world of Toronto’s Second City improv, working as an understudy for Gilda Radner, one of the original seven “Saturday Night Live” cast members.
And then with the cast of the young kids who put together the musical, we all came together in the auditorium where we filmed, and we were just all together on stage and created this whole improv, this hourlong improv of having them relate to each other without the script and have like a day in the life of high school together.
From Los Angeles Times
Hosting more than 350 live events, the festival will be taking place in comedy clubs across L.A. including the Comedy Store, Laugh Factory and Hollywood Improv as well as major venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Intuit Dome and the Greek Theater.
From Los Angeles Times
I learned about improv, comedy and timing.
Fred, a close friend who was also in a campus improv group, and I read our material out loud to each other.
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