Word on the Grub Street is that the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is eyeing the now-abandoned Two Boots Pioneer Theater space at 155 East 3rd Street. Alex Sidtis, directing manager of UCB-Chelsea, "revealed that the troupe is hoping to open an East Village outpost," and because most comedy is exponentially more funny when you add alcohol, it's all "depending on whether it can secure a tavern wine license (the theater will plead its case at a January 12 meeting of Community Board 3’s licensing committee)." Sidtis points out the pluses of the space, mainly "that the 99-seat theater has a lobby, and the layout, “It’s a little different [than that of the Chelsea location]. The shows will be more presentational and less theatrical in nature.”." Two Boots owner Phil Hartman told the site, “I love the theater and I’m pleased to think that it would stay alive as a theater and not get gutted and turned into something else.” The neighborhood got significantly less funny when Mo Pitkins closed over a year ago. Photo via NYDailyPhoto.