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Openhaus, Cambridge MA | Nearby Businesses


40 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA 02139


Here's how OPENHAUS works! --Signing up for OpenHaus grants you standby access to SketchHaus (9pm) --The only way to GUARANTEE your seat in the OpenHaus audience is by going to SketchHaus! Check out the show if you want a for-sure spot in the room. --You can sign up to either: Perform a sketch with your group, have other performers perform a sketch you have written, perform in other people's sketches. There will be sign up sheets in the Lobby until 10:10! --The first FOUR acts on the list will definitely go up, the remaining (however many) will be chosen in a lottery style. We're gonna try to get everyone up but we gotta have a hard close time of 11:05 -- No more than five minutes per act! If you have a properly formatted script, that should mean less than five pages!

Comedy Club Near Openhaus

ImprovBoston
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40 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-1253

The Comedy Studio
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
1238 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 661-6507

"The comedy club of your coolest dreams." —Boston Phoenix Editor Choice The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, has cemented its reputation as one of the nation's top laugh labs--earning a solid reputation among industry heavyweights as a "must visit" club for anyone seeking cutting-edge performers or writers for media projects. Running strong for 18 years, the Studio continues to set the stage for excellence in stand-up performance acclaimed by critics and passionately cheered by audiences. Shows six nights a week! Standup Wednesday through Sunday, Mystery Lounge on Tuesday! Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, $12. Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, $10. Stay in the Comedy Studio know! http://eepurl.com/nG2pn Discounted parking in Harvard Square! https://www.proparkboston.com/offers

ImprovBoston
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40 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-1244

ImprovBoston is a nonprofit improvisational theater, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers shows five nights per week at its theater in Central Square and training programs in improvisation, stand-up comedy and sketchwriting.HistoryFounding and the Early Years (1982–1993)In 1982, Ellen Holbrook, a former student at Second City in Chicago and a producer of the Chicago Improv Olympic, moved to Boston with the idea to found an improvisational comedy troupe similar to Second City. Holbrook had the encouragement of former members of The Proposition, an earlier improv-comedy troupe, and Director David Shepherd, the founder of the Compass Players and the Improv Olympic. In the beginning, she assembled and trained several loosely knit bands of improvisers into teams that competed in the Boston "Improv Olympic" at Reilly’s Beef and Pub near Government Center. Holbrook also arranged for David Shepherd and Second City's Michael Gellman to come to Boston to teach improv workshops to local performers. In 1983, Holbrook founded ImprovBoston, along with Katy Bolger and Nicholas Emanuel, as they wanted to transition to a more professional organization.The group moved to Satch's near Copley Square, owned by former Boston Celtic Satch Sanders. In 1984, ImprovBoston officially became a not-for-profit corporation and moved to Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge at Inman Square, where they remained for several years. Show formats varied but often included several improv games based on audience suggestions, set sketches based on improvs from past shows, musical improvs and song parodies. ImprovBoston troupe members often took turns directing shows, but other ImprovBoston directors during this time included David Thibodeaux, Jack O'Connor, Leslie Curtin and Brad Jones.

ImprovBoston SketchHaus
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40 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-1253

The home for unique comedic voices in Boston. Every week features a new and exciting take on sketch comedy, whether it be through experiments in format, innovative performances or wholly original writing, SketchHaus will always keep you on your toes. SketchHaus: the most original, cutting-edge sketch comedy New England has to offer.

Harold Night
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40 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-1253

Seven teams. Two unique shows. One night that will never be performed again. Harold Night is now at 7:30pm AND 9:30pm. Come to the 7:30pm Top Shelf show & get into the 9:30pm Fresh Blend show for FREE.

The Comedy Lab at ImprovBoston
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40 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-1253

Wednesday nights at 8:00pm see three high-quality shows that push the boundaries of comedy.

The Mendoza Line - A Weekly Comedy Show
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
722 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215

Liquid Courage
Distance: 0.9 mi Competitive Analysis
15 Ward St
Somerville, MA 02143

(612) 747-8355

Phoenix Landing Comedy Presents
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
512 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 576-6260

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VivaLatino Cambridge 2015
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
University Park & Sidney Street (between Franklin & Pacific) in Central Square
Cambridge, MA 02144

(617) 379-0210

Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Distance: 0.9 mi Competitive Analysis
12 Holyoke St
Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 495-5205

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, known informally simply as The Pudding, is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its burlesque crossdressing musicals. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals was described by John Wheelwright in 1897 as a "kindly association of men of all ages in a gay evening of simple enjoyment".HistoryFormed in 1795 as an artistic-minded fraternity, the Pudding began hosting mock trials of such phenomena as timely Harvard presidents and the study of mathematics. The Pudding put up its first full performance, of a well-known tragic burlesque entitled Bombastes Furioso, on December 13, 1844. It has performed a production every year since, except twice during World War I and twice during World War II. After a period of producing popular comedies written by established playwrights, the Pudding began to write its own shows, starting with a production of Dido and Aeneas written by Owen Wister in 1882.Previous members of Hasty Pudding have included Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Randolph Hearst, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, Oscar winner Jack Lemmon, humorist Andy Borowitz, artist Henry Ives Cobb, Jr., and former Massachusetts governor William Weld. In 1948, Felisa Vanoff (1925–2014) became the first female choreographer of the company.

Out of Town News
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
0 Harvard Sq
Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 354-1441

Out of Town News is an iconic newsstand located in the center of Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.The newsstand was long noted for stocking the leading newspapers from around the nation and around the world. Customers, especially academics, would come long distances to get the most recent editions of their home town paper, or of newspapers from parts of the world where important news events were unfolding.In 2008, it was announced that the newsstand might go out of business because its unique function of supplying yesterday's Times of India or Le Monde, flown in overnight, was made obsolete by the ability to read them online. However, in January 2009 a new owner signed a lease to take over the newsstand and keep it alive.Since the MBTA Red Line extension was finished in the 1980s, the newsstand has been housed in the former MBTA kiosk, a National Historic Landmark built in 1928 as a shelter for the Harvard Square stop on the Boston Elevated Railway, a precursor to the MBTA.

Charlie's Kitchen
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
10 Eliot St
Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 492-9646

Charlie's Kitchen is a restaurant serving American fare with New England specialties in the Harvard Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. “Charlie’s” houses bars on two separate floors; additionally, a front patio and backyard beer garden are open seasonally. The Boston Phoenix named it one of the best dive bars in Boston in 2009.HistoryOpened by Charlie Lambrose in 1951, Charlie's Kitchen is considered to be one of the last vestiges of "old" Harvard Square. It is located at 10 Eliot Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Waitress Helen Metros has waited tables at Charlie’s for over 50 years.Green InitiativesDespite the grungy exterior, Charlie’s Kitchen's management has undertaken several eco-friendly initiatives. Solar panels on the roof heat water for kitchen-use and the restaurant composts all of its food waste and recycles. Some plastics, including the beer garden cups, are also compostable. Three vehicles run on the restaurant’s waste fry oil.AwardsCharlie’s Kitchen’s jukebox has won the Boston Phoenix’s reader-polled "Best of Boston Award for Best Jukebox" for the past five years, most recently in 2010. It also won The Improper Bostonian’s Boston’s Best Bar for the Harvard Square Neighborhood in 2010 and the Weekly Dig’s Dig This Award for Best Outdoor dining in 2009.

Divinity Hall, Harvard Divinity School
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
12 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 955-3174

Divinity Hall, built in 1826, is the oldest building in the Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. It is located at 14 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts.The Hall was designed by Solomon Willard and Thomas Sumner, and dedicated on August 29, 1826, with William Ellery Channing giving the dedicatory speech, "The Christian Ministry." It was the first Harvard building constructed outside Harvard Yard. As George Huntston Williams wrote in his 1954 history of the Divinity School, theological students needed to be isolated from undergraduates lest they drink up "more of the spirit of the University than of the spirit of their profession." A decade later, on July 15, 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered his famous Divinity School Address, "Acquaint Thyself at First Hand with Deity," in the Hall.The building is a rectangular two story brick building, laid in Flemish bond, with only minimal brownstone trim. It has a hip roof that is only broken by a gable at the center of the long side, part of a projecting central section three bays wide. The build has a pair of entrances on either side of this central section, which are framed by Greek Revival Doric porticos.In its early days, Divinity Hall contained the entire Divinity School. It was later used as a dormitory, then classrooms. Notable residents have included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker, and philosopher George Santayana. Its chapel contains a fine organ by George S. Hutchings, recently restored.

Paradise Rock Club
Distance: 1.3 mi Competitive Analysis
967 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215

(617) 562-8800

The Paradise Rock Club is a 933-capacity music venue located in Boston, Massachusetts. Because of its relatively small size, it appeals to top local rock and alternative performers as well as American bands visiting Boston for the first time . The venue accommodates small music festivals and non music related events. The Paradise is located on the edge of Boston University's campus and draws a student-based crowd. Most shows have an age requirement of eighteen or older.HistoryThe Paradise Rock Club opened as the Paradise Theater on September 22, 1977. It was owned by Don Law Company, a Boston music giant that also controlled the Boston Garden and the Cape Cod Coliseum. Don Law was a former BU student who got his start working as a promoter for the Boston band The Remains. Identifying Boston's large student population as a key music market, Law and colleague Frank Barsalona began purchasing Boston venues to capitalize on the strong local music scene and willing audience.The venue transferred hands to Live Nation, but was purchased back by Don Law and David Mugar in 2009. After the purchase, Paradise was owned by Don Law, Declan Mehigan and Joe Dunne. It is now owned by Law, Mehigan, Dunne and Mugar. Though the Don Law Company is now Crossroads Presents, they are still prominent players in the Boston music scene and own The Paradise, the Orpheum Theater, House of Blues Boston, and the Brighton Music Hall in partnership with Live Nation.