This weekend saw the grand opening of the UCB’s second location in New York, after two long years of securing licenses, tearing down walls, and proving that it’s not a sex club. Those New Yorkers, always so worried about a little sex club here or there! UCB co-founders Matt Besser and Ian Roberts couldn’t get to the big opening because of that darned snowstorm, but ultimately there was a show (featuring Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye) that Amy Poehler called “the perfect combination of funny and weird and sloppy.†Ah, improvisers, always rolling with the punches. Welcome, UCBeast!
