Archive for the ‘Improv’ Category
Growing up it was a bi-monthly event in my family. We’d drive 45 minutes to the nearest movie theater, go out for Chinese Food and then go see something. Something big. But starting this Thursday my bi-monthly childhood treat will become a weekly one…
“The Movie” is coming to Magnet Theater! This improvised long form will leave you a bit breathless. It’s an entire improvised film, complete with cuts, pans, zooms, helicopter shots, and maybe even some prohibitively expensive CGI. And if we’re lucky, we may get some Chinese Food before (but probably not).
It might be a heart-warming coming of age picture, or a tear-jerking sports hero battling cancer sort of thing. Or maybe a sci-fi horror ‘stuck on a planet battling a monster (but the real monster is their own inner demon)’ sort of movie. Maybe a combo of all three. Doesn’t matter though. I’ll be there.
“The Movie” is the first installment of The Directors Series, a 4-week series of performances wherein a Director selects a cast and presents a different form. This month Ed Herbstman is directing Fiona Mallek, Jamie Rivera, Louis Kornfeld, Peter McNerney, Chet Siegel, Nick Kanellis, Christian Palluck, Woody Fu, Elana Fishbein and Alex Marino. Every Thursday at 10pm in February!
Oh, and it’s part of Thursday Night Out – you get to see the whole night of shows for one $7 ticket.
–Willy Appelman
Armando Diaz being pointed at.
- adam mckay
- adrian wenner
- Annoyance
- armando diaz
- Billy Merritt
- Bob Dassie
- brian mcann
- Brian Stack
- Catherine Wing
- Charna Halpern
- Craig Cackowski
- Dan Bakkedahl
- dan weiss
- David Pasquesi
- David Razowsky
- ed herbstman
- Eric Hunicutt
- Gary Austin
- Ian Roberts
- Improv Interviews
- Improv Resource Center
- iO
- J.T.S. Brown
- james grace
- jason winer
- jimmy carrane
- joe bill
- jon glaser
- Josh Fulton
- kevin dorff
- laura krafft
- Magnet Theater Online Resource Library and Archives
- Matt Besser
- matt dwyer
- Matt Walsh
- Miles Stroth
- neil Flynn
- noah gregoropolous
- pat finn
- paul vaillancourt
- Peter Gwinn
- peter hulne
- rebecca sohn
- rich talarico
- Rob Huebel
- Second City
- Susan Messing
- Tami Sagher
- theresa mulligan
- Thomas Middleditch
- Todd Stashwick
Musical improv lovers, where were you January 7th? If you were anywhere but the Magnet then kick yourself in the ears and jump into an elevator shaft. If you were at the Magnet seeing the opening night of Choral Rage’s new weekend run, then massage your ears lovingly and take a leisurely elevator ride wherever you please.
Henry Kaiser and Justin Moran
Choral Rage, one of the Magnet’s veteran musical improv teams, returned to the main stage to perform a musical mono scene (sort of. Does it count if they go to an alternate version of the same location?). In their opening number we were introduced one by one to the characters, then launched into a set that included a disintegrating, loveless 30-year marriage; a four-person affair; a father/son rivalry with opposing kitchens in the same diner; a cross-country-traveling pair of lovers; and a cigarette machine that opened a portal to parallel reality diner. more
Take five of NYC’s sharpest improvisers, add a dash of Youtube, and stir well with the nimble fingers of a trusty Research Assistant in the tech booth: you get Search Engine, the newest innovative improv cocktail to hit the stage at the Magnet Theater. With improvisers hailing from 4Track, Mother, and Hello Laser, Search Engine promises to deliver knowledge that you didn’t even know you had to know.
Alan Fessenden, Jesse Falcon, Matt Evans, Alex Marino
Hello Laser: Corey Grimes, Alex Marino, Alan Fessenden, Dave Warth
Home is Where the Heart Is
It started with one show. Back in June, the Magnet Theater was kind enough to host a “Gay Pride Show” in honor of New York’s Gay Pride Celebration. Louie Pearlman along with Roman Rimer organized a one-hour show featuring indie comedy band Thin Skin Johnny and a few select GLBTQ improvisers to join in on the fun. more
