Drum Solos and T-Shirt Guns: On the Road With the Stars of "Broad City"

Backstage with the creators of "Broad City" as they prep for the second season of their smash Comedy Central show. “This is making me sweaty,” says Ilana Glazer

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All photography by Ariel LeBeau
Ilana glazer and Abbi Jacobson Image

“This is making me sweaty,” says Ilana Glazer on stage at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass. It’s early November, a couple hours until she and Abbi Jacobson, her co-star on the Comedy Central series Broad City, kick off their “Broad City Live” national tour and they’re running through the beats of their sold-out show. It’s unclear whether Glazer is feeling nerves, the hot stage lights, or exertion from trying to stay upright on roller skates while shooting a T-shirt gun into rows of empty foldout chairs. In response, Jacobson rips the cannon from her hands and yells, “Say hello to my little friend!” before accidentally firing a tee into the stage lights. “Oh shit.”

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