2011.01.25: January 25, 2011: Improv Groups puts on "Peace Corps: The Musical"
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2011.01.25: January 25, 2011: Improv Groups puts on "Peace Corps: The Musical"
Improv Groups puts on "Peace Corps: The Musical"
Featuring a talent-rich cast with experience in comedy and musical theater, "Candy" improvises a new musical from scratch with each performance, starting with an audience member shouting out a title, which on the night I attended was "Peace Corps: The Musical." The story that emerged was about pot-smoking, résumé-building Americans who visit a third-world country to discover themselves and slay a baby-eating monster. The creature was designed and executed in an instant by four actors, some stacked on top of one another. Make no mistake: this was a very special effect.
Improv Groups puts on "Peace Corps: The Musical"
A New Song and Dance With Every Performance
By JASON ZINOMAN
Published: January 25, 2011
Caption: The cast of "Baby Wants Candy" performs an original improvised musical comedy every Saturday night at SoHo Playhouse. Photo: Katharine Hughes
How long does it take to write, polish and produce an epic, action-packed musical filled with battles, a geek chorus, supervillains and a theme about the relationship between, say, great power and great responsibility? The producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have said they needed years of planning and over three months of previews. But "Baby Wants Candy," performing on Saturday nights at SoHo Playhouse, pulled off this feat in one giddy hour.
Featuring a talent-rich cast with experience in comedy and musical theater, "Candy" improvises a new musical from scratch with each performance, starting with an audience member shouting out a title, which on the night I attended was "Peace Corps: The Musical." The story that emerged was about pot-smoking, résumé-building Americans who visit a third-world country to discover themselves and slay a baby-eating monster. The creature was designed and executed in an instant by four actors, some stacked on top of one another. Make no mistake: this was a very special effect.
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