All-New Off Broadway Sensation Mixes Improv and Cabaret to Create a Brand New Musical ON THE SPOT
by Louisa Brady - April 17, 2016 What do you get when you combine some of the best vocalists in New York with World-class improvisers? You get a brand new type of show, where a new musical is created each night ... 'On the Spot'. ...
Jason Kravits Returns to Rockwell Table & Stage
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2017 An entire cabaret show made up on the spot. Who does that? Television and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits pulls off the improbable (or at the very least, unadvisable) in OFF the TOP!, one of the most hilariously spontaneous evenings of cabaret you're likely to see. After a wildly successful evening a... 
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....
ORIGINAL CAST: THE COMPLETELY IMPROVISED MUSICAL at the Butterfly Club
by Rebecca Russo - November 22, 2016 It's everybody's worst nightmare. You're standing on the stage. The last note of the overture dies in the air… But you don't know your lines! What's the choreography?! Harmonies? Were you supposed to learn harmonies?! This might terrify you, but it thrills Original Cast and their audiences alike eve...
The Chuckleheads Return to The Dilworth Neighborhood Grille
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2017 The Charlotte improvisational theatre troupe, the Chuckleheads, present The Did Ya Miss Us Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at The Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, 911 East Morehead Street, Charlotte on Saturday, January 21, 2017 beginning at 8:00pm....
Birmingham's First Improv Festival Launches 21 October!
by Liz Cearns - September 15, 2016 Some of the best Improv companies and artists will descend on Birmingham from Friday 21 - Sunday 23 October for the city's inaugural Birmingham Improv Festival 2016. Birmingham Improv Festival 2016 offers audiences three days of completely improvised plays, musicals, sketches, puppets, costume ...
'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: Josh Brolin & Kate McKinnon Do Their Best Celebrity Impressions on TONIGHT
by Caryn Robbins - January 27, 2016 On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy and guests Josh Brolin and Kate McKinnon took turns picking random celebrities to impersonate on the spot in a game of 'First Impressions.'...
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.'...
Soothplayers' COMPLETELY IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE to Play MICF 2016
by Tyler Peterson - March 03, 2016 Soothplayers are proud to bring Completely Improvised Shakespeare to the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival! Using nothing but their wits, wills, and a title provided by the audience, Soothplayers will present twenty-two all-new Shakespearean plays at Trades Hall for a full festival season...
Citrus Singers Set for ON THE SPOT at Broadway Comedy Club
by Tyler Peterson - May 31, 2016 'On The Spot' is the only show in New York City that combines the dulcet tones of cabaret, with frantic hilarity of improv comedy. It has been in existence for over a year, and will soon celebrate the six-month anniversary of its open ended weekly run at the Broadway Comedy Club. It has an excellent...
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.'... 
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... 
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....
Landless Theatre to Host Group Read of JK Rowling's 'CURSED CHILD'
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2016 Having difficulty following the script format of the new HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, or just want to celebrate the adult years of your favorite boy wizard with friends and fellow fans? ...
UCB Comedians Perform Favorite Showtunes Today
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2016 Tonight, January 30th at 11:30 PM, six well-known improvisers and sketch performers from the UCB comedy community will perform show tunes with live piano accompaniment for this classy and hilarious $5 cabaret show....
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 ...
Amsterdam Police Mistakenly Kick in Opera Singer's Door Confusing Singing With Screaming
by Christina Mancuso - January 29, 2016 Police in Amsterdam kicked in the door of an opera singer after neighbors called to report a man screaming. ...
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!...
Joseph Tawadros New Album 'Live at Abbey Road' to Be Released 7/12
by Caryn Robbins - July 05, 2017 London based Oud virtuoso and triple ARIA Award winner, Joseph Tawadros AM, and his percussionist brother James recorded an extraordinary live, improvised album at Abbey Road studios, London in March, to be released on July 12th, 2017....
Hot 8 Brass Band Announces New Album and Tour
by Caryn Robbins - February 01, 2017 GRAMMY nominated Hot 8 Brass Band is set to release their fifth album, On The Spot out March 31 on Tru Thoughts, and embark on an extensive world tour including select markets in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Australasia....
SHOW UP for Genre-Twisting Solo Show Based on Audience's Lives
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016 Solo performing artist Peter Michael Marino (Desperately Seeking the Exit, Late with Lance!) presents his newest creation, Show Up. ...
ON THE SPOT: New Year's Eve to Ring in 2017 with Improv Show & Fireworks
by BWW News Desk - December 31, 2016 2016 was a big year; Pokemon Go launched us into augmented reality, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time with 23 gold medals and the unthinkable happened, Beyonce continued to rule as Queen Bee. Come celebrate an eventful year with improv comedy at Bovine Metropolis Theater ...
FAKE CHURCH Comedy Show Coming to Le Poisson Rouge
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2016 Comedy show FAKE CHURCH is headed to Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday, August 25th....
Joseph Tawadros New Album 'Live at Abbey Road' to Be Released Today
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2017 London based Oud virtuoso and triple ARIA Award winner, Joseph Tawadros AM, and his percussionist brother James recorded an extraordinary live, improvised album at Abbey Road studios, London in March, to be released on July 12th, 2017.... |
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