Spontaneous Broadway from BATS Improv

Sat, May 6
8:00 p.m.
$15; $12 advance online at www.improv.org

As you file into the theater, you are instantly transformed into
millionaire philanthropists! (Well, not actually...but that's the
conceit of this particular improv format.)

You, the audience, get to pretend that you are investors at a
"Broadway Backers Audition" where you get to hear brand-new musical
theatre numbers and then decide in which one you'd like to invest.

Of course, at BATS, this is all 100 percent improvised, so to help it
along, the audience fills out slips of paper with song titles for
"songs that have never been written." The suggestions are collected
and players then draw the titles out of a bowl...where they then
improvise a completely original Broadway-style musical numbers based
on the song title.

After ten songs, the audience votes on their favorite number by using
"checks" to decide which show you want to invest in. (Don't worry, it
won't cost you anything.) In the second half that song is used as the
basis for a full-length improvised musical. It's a night of
improvised song and dance that is always an audience favorite.

Directed by John Kovacevich and Joshua Raoul Brody.

Friday, May 6 will feature the musical talents of Renata Fermata,
Brandie Branndey, Dee Dee DeFrost, Lyle Hogan-Hernandez, Gie LeFeq,
Mimi Pecker and Posey Pepper. Music by Mr. Murry Weinberg.

Friday, May 13 will feature Brandie Branndey, Dick Granite, Lyle
Hogan-Hernandez, Jorge!, Gie LeFeq, Henry Williams, and some
additional Broadway lovelies to be named later. Music by the not
bitter Tony Muzhik.

Venue:

Bayfront Theater at Fort Mason Center
Buchanan at Marina Blvd.
San Francisco
415-474-8935
http://www.improv.org

Enter at the intersection of Buchanan Street and Marina Boulevard.
Make a sharp right to park in the Center or a left to park along the
Marina Green. Parking at the Center is currently free, but paid
parking will be implemented beginning May 22, 2006. Parking outside
the gates of the Center and along the Marina Green will continue to
be free.

Public Transportation Muni Lines To or Near Fort Mason Center:
10 Townsend
22 Fillmore
28 - 19th Avenue
30 Stockton
47 Van Ness
49 Van Ness/Mission
82x Presidio/Wharves Express.

Additional Info:

415-474-8935
http://www.improv.org/shows/spontaneousbroadway.htm