Rachel Potter, Marty Thomas, and More Join ON THE SPOT At The Green Room 42
by Julie Musbach - August 16, 2018 On The Spot, an 'always new' musical comedy show, premieres Sunday September 2, 2018 at THE GREEN ROOM 42 at 9:30PM. Running Off-Broadway every week since 2015, the show is thrilled to make its debut at New York's most exciting new performance destination. ...
Conejo Improv Troupe Returns to Solve the Crime of the Century
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2019 At the June 29 performances of The Conejo Improv Players, the troupe will make a return to their signature groundbreaking original show: a one-act, improvised Agatha-Christie-style murder mystery....
Straight To Video Kicks Off Halloween With Improvised Horror Movie At The Tank
by A.A. Cristi - October 01, 2018 Veteran improv team Straight to Video will kick off Halloween festivities with 'Straight to Video Presents: The Improvised Horror Movie'. Based on the suggestion of an audience member and using the tropes and cliches of horror classics from 'Dawn of the Dead' to 'Rosemary's Baby', Straight to Video ...
IMPROVISED BUFFY Returns With Anti-Violence Project Fundraiser
by A.A. Cristi - February 01, 2019 After taking January off, the gang is back on February 5th for a second season in the East Village's Under St. Marks - or, as they call it, "The Bronze". This month, the Scoobies are donating half of their proceeds to the New York City Anti-Violence Project, which provides direct support to survivor...
On The Spot ACLU Fundraiser Comes to The Green Room 42
by Stephi Wild - January 02, 2019 On The Spot, an 'always new' musical comedy show, returns Sunday January 6th, 2019 at THE GREEN ROOM 42 at 7PM. Running Off-Broadway every week since 2015, the show is thrilled to be back at New York's most exciting new performance destination, for a special fundraiser show for the ACLU....
Stars Of WICKED And WAITRESS Join California's Citrus Singers At 'On The Spot'
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2018 On The Spot is the only show in New York City that combines the dulcet tones of cabaret, with the frantic hilarity of improv comedy. Weekly guest singers prepare songs and improvisers build a musical book around them. The results bring down the house....
Keith Johnstone's MAESTRO Comes to the Drama and Dance Centre
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2019 Shawn Kinley, a top improvisation teacher from Canada, will be in Malta to give Maltese actors and improvisers the opportunity to attend two separate workshops on the art of improvisation. The culmination of these workshops will be a performance of Keith Johnstone's Maestro. Directed by Mr Kinley an...
VIDEO: The Roots Freestyle About Audience Members at THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Stephi Wild - April 04, 2018 On last night's Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon chatted with members of the audience and asked The Roots to improv songs about them on the spot. Check out the clip below!...
Straight To Video Recovers From Thanksgiving With Improvised Family Drama At The Tank
by BWW News Desk - November 27, 2018 Veteran improv comedy team Straight to Video will help you recover from all that time with your family over Thanksgiving with 'Straight to Video Presents: The Improvised Family Drama'. Based on the suggestion of an audience member and using the tropes and cliches of classic films like 'August: Osage...
Victorian Avant-Garde Artists Society Presents: At Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2018 Six of Melbourne's best improvisers will create a completely unique and utterly absurd parody of "cutting-edge" theatre. Comedy, tragedy, Dada, Brecht and Beckett collide in a one-off theatrical masterpiece never before seen and never to be seen again....
WHAT I CALL FORGOTTEN Coming to Theatre Princesse Grace 4/2
by Alan Henry - March 19, 2019 WHAT I CALL FORGOTTEN is playing at Theatre Princesse Grace is Monaco on April 2, 2019....
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hosts COMPLETELY IMPROVISED POTTER
by A.A. Cristi - February 26, 2018 Completely Improvised Potter returns to Melbourne International Comedy Festival after a sold-out 2017 debut. Watch as they invent hilarious new Harry Potter adventures before your very eyes. Using only an audience suggested title, drawn from the goblet of fire*, of what could've been a Potter book (...
YOU HAD ME AT SABBATICAL Comes to Alexander Upstairs
by Stephi Wild - September 26, 2018 The Long Shots take audience suggestions to play out hilarious on the spot comedy improv - scene after scene blowing you away with their quick, witty scenes, characters and convoluted plots....
VIDEO: Emilia Clarke Shows Off Her Wookiee Impression & Chats SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY On THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Macon Prickett - May 22, 2018 Emilia Clarke breaks down what it's like working with the practical effects, animatronics and puppeteers on the Solo: A Star Wars Story set, and she attempts to translate dialogue into Chewbacca's Wookiee language on the spot....
Improv Show Highlighting Palliative Care Returns To Broadway Palm
by Julie Musbach - April 24, 2018 The improv comedy show Harry's Senior Moment which highlights palliative care returns to the Off Broadway Palm for five performances only May 3 through May 6, 2018! Join Harry and his friends as they lead the audience on an imaginative, made-up-on-the-spot, comedic romp based on audience suggestions...
IMPROVISED BUFFY Finds Its New Home At Under St. Marks
by Julie Musbach - June 20, 2018 After a successful run at The PIT Underground, Improvised Buffy has moved to its new home in Under St. Marks! The intimate space is transformed into the 'The Bronze', the iconic Sunnydale bar and hangout spot of the Scoobies, where Buffy and gang navigate the apocalypse and high school at the same t...
Straight To Video Kicks Off Halloween With Improvised Horror Movie At The Tank
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2018 Veteran improv team Straight to Video will kick off Halloween festivities with 'Straight to Video Presents: The Improvised Horror Movie'. Based on the suggestion of an audience member and using the tropes and cliches of horror classics from 'Dawn of the Dead' to 'Rosemary's Baby', Straight to Video ...
PARTY IN THE REC ROOM Returns In 2019
by A.A. Cristi - December 10, 2018 Lorna Landvik's Party in the Rec Room will be on stage for six performances on Fridays and Saturdays, January 11-12; 18-19; 25-26. This wildly popular solo improv show is filled with characters created on the spot and margaritas created in a blender. Laughter is guaranteed. Enlightenment is possible...
Howard Community College's Arts Collective's “What Improv Group?!” Presents IT'S A WONDERFUL W.I.G
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 04, 2019 Take a break from the holiday hustle-bustle and join Howard Community College's (HCC) Arts Collective's 'What Improv Group?!' (W.I.G.) for its fun-filled 'It's a Wonderful W.I.G.' - A Holiday Improv Show on Thursday, December 12, 2019....
Baby Boys Release New Song, Debut EP Out 3/1
by Tori Hartshorn - February 19, 2019 Baby Boys will release their debut EP March 1st, I'm Set will be released on Grand Jury Music. Made of some of Hippo Campus co-founders Jake Luppen and Nathan Stocker, the band is result of friends coming together in the name of music and the freedom that comes with it. ...
THIS AGAIN? Comes to Alexander Upstairs
by Stephi Wild - August 05, 2019 On the spot. In the spot. What a mess. It's a mess. Letterlik. Shit show. Thank you for having us. If I fall, I'm gonna moer you. Fringe. Fake news. Cut off. Shut down. White monopoly capital. We live here. Bottom of the barrel. That's offensive. That's a whole bunch. Problematic. You can't say that...
Magnet Theater Announces Lineup For 11th Annual New York Musical Improv Festival
by Stephi Wild - January 15, 2020 Magnet Theater presents The Eleventh Annual New York Musical Improv Festival from March 12 - 15, 2020 at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC. Most tickets are $5-$15 and feature performances by two to four different musical improv acts per show. Festival Workshops are...
Isabella Nefar Will Lead JUDE at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - March 19, 2019 Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Howard Brenton's latest play Jude, directed by Edward Hall which will be the last production that Edward will direct during his tenure as Artistic Director of Hampstead. Loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure, Jude is a modern day t...
Broadway and TV Veteran Jason Kravits Taking His Solo, Completely-improvised Comedic Cabaret Show on a World Tour
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2018 An entire cabaret, made up on the spot? Who does that?!' TV and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits pulls off the improbable (or at the very least, unadvisable) in one of the most hilariously spontaneous evenings of cabaret you're likely to see....
Fifth Annual NIGHT OF IMPROV COMEDY Coming To Sauk
by Julie Musbach - May 10, 2018 For the fifth year, The Sauk will offer 'A Night of Improv Comedy' during Jonesville's annual Riverfest on May 19.... |