- Amazing Improvised Musical
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Play: The Amazing Improvised Musical
Reviewer: Dick Karp
Reviewer Email: dick@catapult.com
Rating: 1 Star
Improv is variable, and the show (Sept 13, afternoon) I saw was at the low
end of the scale. Too many potentially interesting risks not taken, too
many offers blocked, too much wimping. Sometimes I felt that they broke
into song because it was easier than advancing the plot, and indeed the
story ended with one key element unresolved. I came away feeling that they
had to work more on the basics.
Play: The Amazing Improvised Musical
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 4 Stars
This is funny to see. You can see it more than once and still find it funnier.
I laughed more the second time. The tension that they might not pull it
off is always broken by a big laugh when someone in the cast does (pull
it off). They sing, which is good, but the singing isn't as funny as the
situations they make up, which are funnier. Also, I am bitter because they
did not pick any of my ideas which were very clever and would have made
funnier musicals than the ones I saw. Also, people kept asking for "Union
Square" and "Public Restrooms." Why? Some in the cast need
to take charge more and sing when there's space. Some in the cast need to
allow space for their partners to sing too. One show I saw, the lady seemed
to be pushing her ideas onto the plot when it wasn't necessary and others
weren't picking it up. But she pushed until they did. I think she was the
director. Then the big finish fell flat. It would have been a very good
show, but it had an anticlimatic finale. Big Finales are hard. THey're still
funny.
Play: Unscripted Theater's Musical
Reviewer: Janet Miller
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Rating: 4 Stars
This is an incredibly talented group of performers who create a story and
music on-the-fly. Great music, great story. This is a show worth seeing!
Play: Amazing Improvised Musical
Reviewer: Karen Marek
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Rating: None
This show is really fun, and their grasp of Sondheim is pretty remarkable.
The ensemble works beatifully together, and they're able to turn on a dime.
Go--you'll be glad you did!
Play: the amazing improvised musical
Reviewer: TLerner
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Rating: 4 Stars
fabulous ensemble improv work. DMV! the musical was top notchsies. Excellent
listening, the story flowed, the loose ends were tied up. A long-form troupe
with great potential. Maybe some voice lessons would add that extra nip
of spark to the show.
Play: The Amazing Improvised Musical
Reviewer: Vince Vitale
Reviewer Email: WorldGazer@aol.com
Rating: 4 Stars
Having studied the musicals of Sondheim, the Un-Scripted Theater Company
creates a musical out of a suggestion from the audience. Probably less impromptu
than we are led to believe, this is still a fun romp.
Play: Amazing Unscripted Musical
Reviewer: David Hadbawnik
Reviewer Email: dhadbawnik@yahoo.com
Rating: None
I went into this one thinking it could either be the worst or the best thing
I saw during the Fringe. A totally improvised musical? Making up tunes and
lyrics on the fly? But they pulled it off. Going from a situation given
by the audience -- an earthquake at Union Square -- they actually weaved
a convincing and compelling story out of this thin thread, with diverse
characters who progressed and grew as they went along. Some of the songs
were pretty good, although, given the limitations of the form, they tended
towards the slow-building, "Maria"-type numbers. Still, all of
them were funny in their way, and some of the cast members' improvs were
truly amazing and extremely hilarious. Give this one a whirl.