Andrew Moskos, Pep Rosenfeld

Broschiertes Buch

Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History

Beschreibung

"Having risen roughly to the middle of Chicago's cutthroat comedy scene, Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld decamped the Midwest for Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1993 to start their own improv comedy troupe, Boom Chicago. In a foreign land with zero tradition of English-language humor, Moskos and Rosenfeld unwittingly created the finishing school for some of today's most groundbreaking comedic talents. From its stages, Boom Chicago went on to launch cultural game changers like Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Amber Ruffin, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Ike Barinholtz, Kay Cannon, and Tami Sagher (and that's just a partial list). At Boom, these young upstarts honed their craft in front of unsuspecting foreign audiences and visiting dignitaries like Burt Reynolds, Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, Dutch royalty, and the Netherlands's prime minister--all while navigating a world with legal weed and prostitution, annual holiday celebrations involving blackface, cookies with weird racist names, and football that has nothing to do with the NFL."--

Autor

Andrew Moskos is the cofounder and artistic director of Boom Chicago--the first ever English-language improv comedy theater in the Netherlands. Andrew also works on major business events and cowrote Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's "most successful speech ever." Pep Rosenfeld is the cofounder and director of content for Boom Chicago. He received an Emmy nomination for his writing on Saturday Night Live's 2000-2001 season. Rosenfeld is also a stand-up comedian who got a laugh out of Barack Obama, and a public speaker known for his humorous TED Talks and interviews with thought leaders like Malcolm Gladwell. Matt Diehl is a journalist and author renowned for his contributions to the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Interview, among others. Diehl has also written/coauthored nonfiction books such as Notorious C.O.P. (with Derrick Parker), Drinking with Strangers (with Butch Walker), and My So-Called Punk, as well as publishing essays in anthologies spanning The VIBE History of Hip Hop to The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Saskia Maas is the CEO of Boom Chicago and the founder of Inter-Acting--an Amsterdam-based organization which helps autistic teenagers develop social confidence utilizing improvisation techniques.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Akashic Books, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 157mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781636141046
• ISBN-10: 1636141048
• Artikelnr.: 64540899