Blank! The Musical

See it if Talented cast creates a musical from whacky audience suggestions. A fun evening.

Don't see it if If you looking for something serious.

See it if You are a fan of improv. The cast was 4 women, 1 man. The surprise was the Great voices! Weak plot, but pretty much as expected for improv.

Don't see it if You are looking for a polished piece. This is improv where the audience creates the framework, by calling out things. Rough around the edges

See it if You want to glimpse into the creative minds of some great musical improv artists. You enjoy long form improv and musical theatre.

Don't see it if You dislike audience participation. You dislike long-form improv. You dislike improv that is front-loaded with audience input at the top.

Also "My father had a dream. My mother had a dream. My kids have a dream. The Nazis had a dream. I had a dream." -Papa French Fry.

If you didn't laugh at the above quote, don't worry, you had to be there. And "you had to be there" is, in fact, an excellent way of describing Blank! the Musical. The magic is really in the creation.

I caught the 9/22/18 show, the last one listed at this time. The show, this time, was entitled "Soup Is Life." It's an unfortunate reality that Americans tend to throw out food as improv suggestions seemingly 99% of the time. I don't know why.

The performers are all wonderful, and entirely game. They did not bounce back a single audience suggestion, even when 3/4ths of the options were food related.

The band is superb. I have seen musical improv before but never with a 3 piece band. (Piano, woodwind doubler, drums)

The app that is used for suggestions works well but I think it makes the audience a little more reserved when it is time to shout things out.... Read more Read less

See it if you like audience participation, impromptu fare. Fun evening with friends

Don't see it if you like staged musicals

See it if You want to see improv and a musical made on the day of. Our subject was “I shouldn’t have pressed send!”. Great job by the cast.

Don't see it if You do not like unscripted stuff. You prefer traditional fare

See it if Creative and enjoyable evening.

Don't see it if If you want a traditional planned evening

See it if you enjoy improv and appreciate the skill set involved with creating a full story on the fly set to music. Audience suggestions hit or miss.

Don't see it if you can't handle the unrehearsed, inconsistent aspects of an improvised musical. Some moments don't land, some pacing is off. That's improv.

See it if You enjoy musicals that are silly. Or improv - this is improv at a pretty high level.

Don't see it if You need a standard structure; it's perforce going to be weird since it's invented on the spot.

See it if You want to experience something different, it really depends on the audience as well so the consistency of the show may be questionable.

Don't see it if You want a guarantee good time or prefer something consistently deliver...

See it if Want to see ok improv, with singing

Don't see it if It was only ok and didn’t really stick to the theme we picked

See it if You like improv, you like musicals, you like being apart of the show.

Don't see it if You don’t improv, you want a polished musical, you like big huge production value

See it if You're looking for light entertainment.

Don't see it if You're really into Musicals

See it if You enjoy ad libbing, and look forward to having a voice in what goes on in the show. Feel free to be weird!

Don't see it if You want a pre-scripted presentation, you don't wish to participate in the creative process.

Also Audience participation is key to making this a fun day/night. It's interesting how the performers are able to think fast on their feet.

Please, no more politics. Apparently it has been done to death. I enjoyed having my own title suggestion: "'The Purpose of a Popcorn" The Musical, used throughout the show! The crew was able to bring their two storylines together, and even mimicking, what seemed like, a scene from a Broadway production.

Go again for a different show every night!... Read more Read less

See it if You want to be part of the creation of a musical. See it if you enjoy improv and want to have a fun night out.

Don't see it if You don’t like improv or small settings.

See it if you like improv.

Don't see it if you want a clearly coherent story with pre-planned songs and sets.

See it if You love improv and musical theatre. It was fascinating to see them develop an entire musical within a couple hours.

Don't see it if You hate improv. Although I can be quite critical of improv, I still had a great time!

See it if You’re looking for a great time with a bunch of friends. And you want to laugh

Don't see it if If you were looking to see a normal musical with a preconceived plot

See it if you like improv. it was fun to see the talented cast think on the spot

Don't see it if you want to see something reliably good. results obviously vary each night depending on the crowd suggestions!

See it if You love to laugh and watch things come together from a bad starting place and becoming amazing.

Don't see it if You don't like to watch things in a cafe style showcase or if you don't like improvisation and the risk of a bad show.

See it if - You want to see some spot on improv - You have an open minded sense of humore

Don't see it if - You like structured storytelling. You never know what you will get