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Bottom line, the show is meant for familys, so if you have some kids then it is a great place to go to that you might find some enjoyment in. However, for a young adult like myself, I wouldn't reccomend the show mainly because most young adults don't like a show that is G rated like this one.
I have seen Comedy Sportz many times before. I went to the 6:00 show, and because of that, there were many kids. There was also a much smaller audience. Because of this, the energy was lower, and many of the jokes had to be lowered to the kid's level. However, all of the performers still did a great job, and after the first couple games I was in hysterics.
I will always respect people who do improve, it's very hard to not only be topical, and funny, but clean enough for the younger audience. I thought there was no way to keep it "clean", but they did, and I was entertained for the whole show.
We visited Chicago from London England on the lookout for some challenging comedy but sadly we were disappointed here. This was an evening show which seemed to be pitched at college students but in fact seemed skewed to 12 year olds - with large parties of these in the audience. But even 12 year olds can be treated like adults (without necessarily offering 'adult' ie blue material).The standard of improv here was pretty routine and obvious - often very laboured and distinctly lacking an any sense of irony. Being brought up on the world-class improv of London's Comedy Store we'd hoped for something even edgier from our US cousins - we also visted Second City and that was better but still not outstanding - more under graduate. Like comedysportz just not mature or sophisticated enough. Frankly both were a disappointment.
I was in Chicago with my 17-year-old and 15-year-old who are hard to impress these days. Despite the grumpy attitudes going in, they laughed and thought it was fun (even though they wouldn't admit it). It is a nice middle-ground between something toddler-ish and something that has a minimum entrance age of 21. And, it was really easy to find off the El.
This show exceeded my expectations by far! The two teams gave incredibly funny performances and I just kept wondering how they can come up with those lines without seeming to think about it. The idea of having two teams battle each other playing improv games with a referee presenting the show is a great one and makes this show special. The audience was included, too, giving suggestions and the teams would get volunteers up on stage. Every actor could relate really well to the audience, too, since the chairs and tables were all really close to the stage which was a big plus. I loved it and I'm gonna go again for sure! I can only recommend going and finding out for yourselves what an amazing show they put together.
