The coronavirus lockdown has forced actress Amy Poehler to permanently close the New York City comedy club and training centre she co-founded almost two decades ago.
The doors of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and the UCB Training Center in Manhattan have been shut for over a month as part of authorities’ efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, and the unpredictable economic situation has made it tough for Poehler and her business partners and pals Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh to keep the improv venues afloat.
In the public announcement, the pals explain they had already been reassessing finances for the Big Apple locations in the months leading up to the global pandemic, which has also temporarily shuttered their Los