Boom Time

December 8, 2020 10:27 AM

How a small theater in Amsterdam became the most influential American comedy factory you’ve never heard of.
posted by Pendragon (5 comments total)

Good read! :-)
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 10:53 AM on December 8, 2020

I went to a show by Boom Chicago in 2000. According to the article, a bunch of future big names in comedy were on the cast at that time. Unfortunately, as much as I'd like to be able to say that I saw Jordan Peele performing before he hit the big time, I cannot for the life of me remember who was on stage. What I DO remember is that it was probably the funniest show I've ever seen in my life.
posted by Transl3y at 11:01 AM on December 8, 2020 [4 favorites]

I also went to a show at Boom in 2000 while living in A’dam. It was a work event and I don’t remember a damn thing. I remember hearing about other companies taking their new employees to Sauna Deco for their hazing which seems much more humorous. Glad I got to see Boom.
posted by misterpatrick at 3:33 PM on December 8, 2020

I saw them so many times! And when I had a really international team, we did improv training there together to work on communication.
posted by frumiousb at 5:04 PM on December 8, 2020

Never been in the door, but I used to go to the unpermitted dance club downstairs ;)

I keep hearing about how great it is but my exposure to it is only through a corporate event that was verging on cringe but I don’t blame them, it’s the nature of the corporate event.
posted by thedaniel at 11:25 PM on December 8, 2020