Laughing Matters

I have seen the Battle Acts performance, and it was a great evening. I laughed myself silly. The way the games are played engages the audience, and the nicest part is that they stay away from potty-​humor, so the show never makes you cringe or roll your eyes thinking «gross!».
Avondale Estates is such a pretty area, and there’s a great little Irish pub about a block away that you can visit after the show.
Delightful!

I am not sure if I should give them 3 or 4 or 5 stars. Here is what happened:
Scene: My father’s 60^th birthday party at a decent hotel ballroom. About 50 people. 99% Indians and about half were older than 45. Most do not understand the concept of improv.
The Show: We had 2 improv comedians from the LM perform for about 45 mins.
The Result: The first half of their performance was mediocre. The later half was decent.
Analysis: My wife and I had gone to see a show by a group of LM comedians with a couple of our friends. At that show, the same thing happened — it took them half the show to warm up. The audience at that show was small and most of the people had not been to an improv show before. So, it seems to me that if I was hiring improv comedians, I should only do it for a crowd that has seen something like this before. And for LM, they should not be taking half the show to warm up. With about 10 years of experience for their experienced comedians, they must start with being funny and by the end of the show, people should be rolling on the floors.
So, all in all, rating an improv show is also about rating the audience. In our case, the audience was not ready for such a show. Thus, overall, the show is rated as average or below average.