Timely Musical
Friday, November 06, 2009
Three members of the improvisational musical comedy group The Made-Up Musical Tara Copeland, Michael Martin, and Frank Spitznagel, demonstrate the art of "improv musicals."
Call for Ideas! Suggest a song title, pulled from the headlines, for the instant musical.
Comments [49]
I love these folks... Some of the kindest and smartest people I know, so back the pluck off!
Night # 1 of The New York Musical Improv Festival was a resounding success. Night # 2 will no doubt be the same.
As for the disgruntled haters who decried yesterday's radio performance, thanks for taking enough time from writing antisocial feedback on YouTube postings to write the same here.
I've seen them perform before. It's a lot of fun. It's more impressive in person. The visual and visceral elements of improv are lost on radio.
I LOVE TARA COPELAND!
I've seen Michael and Tara perform. They're both very talented. Sorry this wasn't up to the usual standard. Broadway's Next is really good too. Check them out if you get the chance.
@Brian from Brooklyn Heights - yep, I thought that was a Hong Kong Fooey riff!! But didn't believe. You just wouldn't think they'd be so pat as to throw an Asian catch-all at a Japanese person. The segment became a public radio parody, disrespecting music and improv with the off-key that I first thought was a joke speaks right to a public radio stereotype - unwitting 'smugnorance' wrapped in hyperliteracy. one day the learned might learn. Now: Let the "lighten up" "it's a joke" "they didn't mean it" begin.
Musical improv is so hard, just wish there were peeps from Broadway's Next Hit Musical instead. I'll be checking out their show tomorrow at 6:30 at the musical improv festival this weekend.
Funny stuff!
Wow, did that stink. I can't imagine a worse segment. This should have been on Sound Check and it would have stunk there, too. Only Yoko Ono was worse.
I guess I have to go back to work as soon as my ears stop bleeding.
Agreed, I would never suggest that finding two hours of quality content per day is anything less than herculean, but please... no musicals... ever.
Thanks.
Free classes! You couldn't pay me enough money to attend free improv classes with these two.
Yowza.....that was like chewing on tin foil.
you people are mean! brian does a great job so he misses the ship every once in a while, just go with it and don't act like a bunch of babies
Magnet Theater is 254 W. 29th St, between 7th and 8th, not 354 w. 29th st.
Come on, Tara.
Great performances all around.
I can find you 20 brooklyn teenagers who can freestyle way better than these folks.
I've been slowly losing my hearing over the year. Unfortunately, I wish it would happen more quickly thanks to this brutal racket.
ENOUGH. These people are NOT FUNNY. Nor are they talented.
"No time for another song."
Thank god.
getting long, no? now appreciate even more Drew Carey and co.: Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie... those cats are masters.
The Roots do this better every night! This is painful!
Please STOP!
Wal-Mart pushes itself into India
LOVE Brian's show but I'm sorry but this is torture!!!!!
Whatever happened to WNYC's broadcasts of the Capital Steps' shows? I'd love to see those come back.
can i rhyme matsui with chop suey?
I like the improv element, but are they singing badly on purpose?
This is really painful and out of tune. Good improv is great, this isn't it. By the way, Matsui is Japanese, so the Hong Kong Fuey riff in the Matsui improv song is both misplaced and on the edge of offensive.
the rhyme is less important than the integrity of the song? apparently, so is voice quality...
How about Hadron Collider? :)
This is a joke right? Like a Christopher Guest movie?
So we're invited to laugh at them, not with them? I get it! Ha ha ha!
Song title: Let's Go Mets 2010!
Colbert said it best last night:
Yankees Win World Series! Proof the Free Market Works!
The Ballad of a Million Trees
Song idea: Money can buy happiness.
The Mayor buys an election.
The Yankees buy a Championship.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!
Yikes. This is bad news. What are you doing, Brian? Why is this taking time on your show?
Thomas the Tank Engine that Couldn't
Please, please, please... Stop that infernal noise.
Oh for the love of Peter! Turning down my speakers immediately!
The arrogant rich, complacent middle class and the meek poor.
It's good to be King!!
Whoa, hey, time to go get some coffee.
How about Comptroller and High Rollers?
Comptroller: High Roller
OR
Blue politics
Rhyme for comptroller:
John Liu! New comptroller
He ain't no holy roller!
song improv title: I'm mayor yet again but this time I have a MANDATE!
Musical Improv suggestion:
NYC DOE Hiring Freeze
Let's hear a song about Balloon Boy!
"camel jockey"
song title: "Jon Corzine, we hardly knew ya"
Song titles:
I met my love during the fort hood tragedy!
10% unemployment, but I don't care
My wife said if the Yankees win, she'll divorce me
Something about Dede Scozzafava
CEOs getting the Swine Flu Vaccine
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