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Beginnings

We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and up-and-coming comedians, musicians, writers and artists about their earliest creative acts and about other formative childhood experiences.

Beginnings episode 8: Elliott Kalan

Jul 28, 2011

Elliott Kalan is an Emmy-award winning writer for The Daily Show and co-host of the amazing bad movie podcast The Flophouse (which is worth listening to regardless of whether you like bad movies or not, as the effortless riffing and chemistry between Elliott, Dan and Stuart is delightful). Simply put, Kalan is a funny...

Beginnings episode 7: Rue Brutalia

Jul 28, 2011

Rue Brutalia is Jason Kalter and Jon Pack, a sketch duo that's been performing here in New York since 2006/2007. The duo met in one of Kevin Allison's sketch classes at The PIT and struck up a fast friendship and writing/performing relationship. Rue Brutalia's sketches are delightful and absurd and fun and playful, and...