PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 18, 2007
City Week
By DANA PFEIFFER
Cast members of the Emmy Award-winning TV series "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" will be in the flesh on Saturday for a night of comedy and musical improvisation.
Ryan Stiles (The Drew Carey Show, Two and a Half Men), Greg Proops (Bob the Builder), Chip Esten (The Office, New Adventures of Old Christine), Jeff B. Davis and director Bob Derkach are getting together for an entertaining mix of Whose Line? games you know, new games you haven't seen yet and interaction with the audience.
"The main difference between this and the (television) show is that we don't stop; it's continuous," Stiles said. "It's a big stage, and we like to do stuff that's a little more active, but any hard-core Whose Line? fans will be happy with it."
Whose Line was originally a British radio show; Drew Carey and Stiles tweaked the format a bit and brought it to America's viewers, turning it into an inexpensive hit on ABC. Because the show was such a success, the group began touring. Stiles used to do similar gigs with up to nine people, but he said shows like Saturday's, featuring only four, allow the comedians to perform for the entire 90-minute event.
"It's great; it's like a big reunion," Stiles said. "It's more fun (with fewer people). We travel around in this huge rock 'n' roll bus and play poker in the back. ... We all have wives and kids, so we get to pretend like we're working and it's really hard."
Stiles said the show is kid-friendly, good for people age 8 to 88.
