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The New Job Show
Comedy
- $
Stand-up and improviser Jarret Berenstein, who performed in the very funny collection of solo sketches and bits Boosh Kla-Klau last year, talks about the process of looking for gainful employment.
- Fri May 24
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York
- $10
The Friday Night Sh*w
Comedy
- $
Audience members are encouraged to let loose, exorcising their demons with anonymous rants and confessions, which a cast of improvisers will then use for comedic fodder The show's cast includes notable Magnet improvisers such as Nick Kanellis and Laura...
- Fri May 24
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $10
Made-Up Musical
Comedy
- $
After a long conversation with a notable New Yorker, John O’Donnell and a rotating cast of singing improvisers create a new musical on the spot. The city's great go-to improv pianist, Frank Spitznagel, accompanies the action.
- Fri May 24
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $7
The Weave
Comedy
- $
Some of the Magnet's elite improvisers perform a lively, physical set that lets the team create recurring, crisscrossing stories both in smaller groups and as a whole.
- Sat May 25
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $10
:Kiss*Punch*Poem
Comedy
- $
In this combination improv show and poetry slam, comedy scenes inspire verse readings from local wordsmiths; their poems then help to feed more improvisation.
- Sat May 25
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York
- $10
Trike
Comedy
- $
- Critics' pick
Improv duo Nick Kanellis and Peter McNerney meld playful physical transformation and careful scenework in a weekly show that delivers an impressively quick and detailed overlap of events in its conclusion.
- Sat May 25
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $7
Musical Megawatt
Comedy
- $
Two of the Magnet's new crop of musical-improv house teams perform at 7 and 8:30pm; at 10:15pm, all are invited to participate in a song-filled mixer with live accompaniment.
- Tue May 28
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $5
Megawatt
Comedy
- $
A rotating crew of house teams, curated by theater director Armando Diaz, improvise a variety of long-forms.
- Wed May 29
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $7
Thursday Night Out
Comedy
- $
Come early for the mixer at 7pm, during which anyone can perform. Longtime house teams hold down the 8 and 9pm slots. At 10pm, directors get their pick of Magnet performers to enact a specific improv form. And Inspirado at 11pm pits two teams against...
- Thu May 30
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $7
The Friday Night Sh*w
Comedy
- $
Audience members are encouraged to let loose, exorcising their demons with anonymous rants and confessions, which a cast of improvisers will then use for comedic fodder The show's cast includes notable Magnet improvisers such as Nick Kanellis and Laura...
- Fri May 31
- Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, (between Seventh and Eighth Aves), New York, New York
- $10














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