Browse Descriptions for: DC Improv

Order By:

Mac

Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

The opening bill in July 1992 read Ellen DeGeneres, Dave Chappelle and Brian Regan - three careers in one night, on a stage that has been Washington's comedy headquarters ever since. The DC Improv at 1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, two blocks from Farragut North station, was founded by the late Mark Anderson, a club owner with rooms in California, Arizona and Texas who judged the capital badly served by part-time comedy venues. He converted the former Christini's restaurant space - once a disco - in...