Dibs on the neon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe saddest part of the timing of The Improv’s closing is that it just turned 21 in April, so it barely had time to take full advantage of being in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Las Vegas outpost of one of the world’s most recognizable comedy club franchises, The Improv, has closed at Harrah’s Las Vegas. The Improv had its final show on May 29, 2016, with zero fanfare. We were there for The Improv’s 15th anniversary in 2010. Budd Friedman, founder of The Improv, was on hand to celebrate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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