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. ... 
Photo Flash: Each Performance is One of a Kind with BRAVO! AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
by Julie Musbach - October 14, 2017 The music soars and the actors all come together for the triumphant finale, which none of them have ever sung before! Everything is created onstage in the moment in the Contemporary Theater Company's fall production, Bravo! An Improvised Musical, playing October 21 November 18....
5th Wall Theatre and Coalition Theater to Stage Reading of THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2017 From Harry Kollatz Jr. (senior writer of Richmond magazine and a co-founder of the Firehouse Theatre Project) and Carol Piersol (Artistic Director of 5th Wall Theatre) comes a one-night staged reading of 'The Persistence of Memory.'... 
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 ...
'DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST', ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS and More Set for Contemporary Theater Company's Summer 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2017 Shows under the stars, laughter spilling from the theater, and kids enjoying a snacktivity break - it's all in store for this summer at the Contemporary Theater Company!... 
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!... 
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.... 
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....
VIDEO: Heidi Klum & Jimmy Fallon Compete in Epic Dance Battle
by Caryn Robbins - June 14, 2017 On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, guest Heidi Klum and Jimmy took turns using the dance move generator to make up random dances on the spot, like the 'Invisible Hula Hoop' and 'Eggs and Bacon.'... 
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.... 
Improvised Jane Austen to Present JANE'S BDAY BRUNCH at The Crowd Theater
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2017 Improvised Jane Austen (Chicago Reader Recommended & PerformInk's Critics' Pick) performs JANE'S BDAY BRUNCH today, December 16th at 1pm at The Crowd Theater.... 
BATS Improv Announces Holiday Theme Shows For Month Of December
by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2017 BATS Improv Presents Holiday Snapshot Friday nights in December. A picture is worth a thousand words. BATS talented cast of improvisers takes their inspiration from photographs provided by the audience. Each scene will start with a new photograph, and the scenes are most likely unrelated. The evocat... 
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 (...
Improvised Jane Austen Returns to McKaw Theater in June
by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2017 Improvised Jane Austen performs every Friday in June at the McKaw Theater in Rogers Park. Each night, the long-running all-female comedy team conjures a new tale on the spot in the style of the beloved 19th-century novelist. Headstrong heroines, meddling mothers, cads and suitors emerge to navigate ... 
Conejo Improv Players Solves the Crime of the Century in Latest One Act
by Julie Musbach - October 29, 2017 The Conejo Improv Players will debut a never-before seen improv event -- a one-act, improvised Agatha-Christie-style murder mystery at its shows on November 4, 2017.... 
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... 
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.... 
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....
Broadway and TV Veteran Jason Kravits Taking His Solo, Completely-improvised Comedic Cabaret Show on a World Tour
by Julie Musbach - January 31, 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....
STAGED: An Improvised Staged Reading of a Musical! to Debut at The PIT
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2017 Join six of New York City's best Musical Comedians as they completely improvise a staged reading of a musical!... 
Photo Flash: THE MAD ONES Celebrates Opening Night Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017 THE MAD ONES book and music writers Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk, director Stephen Brackett and cast members Krystina Alabado, Emma Hunton, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Leah Hocking joined friends and family to celebrate the Opening Night of THE MAD ONES at Sarabeth's on Central Park South. Broa...
Soothplayers Return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2017 Laugh or your money back. That's right: Soothplayers are so sure that Completely Improvised Shakespeare will delight and amaze you that they offer a money-back guarantee during this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival!...
The Long Shots Return to Alexander Upstairs with Long-form Improv Comedy Show
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017 The Long Shots are back at the Alexander Bar with their quirky and hilarious long form improv style! It's all made up on the spot…Come and see a series of improvised scenes and stories inspired by audience suggestions. Everything is improvised: no planning, no script, just the comedy that comes from...
Photo Flash: THE MAD ONES Celebrates Opening Night Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017 THE MAD ONES book and music writers Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk, director Stephen Brackett and cast members Krystina Alabado, Emma Hunton, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Leah Hocking joined friends and family to celebrate the Opening Night of THE MAD ONES at Sarabeth's on Central Park South. Broa... |
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