Spontaneous Broadway™ is an improv comedy show like no other!
“While the level of accomplishment ranges from predictable rhymes to inspired routines, the average is high enough to keep the audience constantly entertained”
—The New York Times
writing about Spontaneous Broadway
“A musical improvisational tour de force!”
—Davis Shepherd
founder of the original Compass Theatre
“Kooks are on the loose, flirting with the risks and rewards of improvisation.”
—The New York Times
writing about Spontaneous Broadway
“Daredeviltry”
—The New York Times
writing about Spontaneous Broadway
Do you love Broadway?
Do you wish you could see new musicals before anyone else?
Would you like to get to experience a seat-of-your-pants show that has never been seen before?
With Spontaneous Broadway™ at Mopco Improv Theatre, you get all of that and more, and you get it all for less than 20 bucks!
How It Works
Act II
Another Opening, Another Never-Before-Seen Show!
The improvisors work their magic, turning the chosen song into the inspo for a full-blown musical, complete with lots more songs made up on the spot, a plot, costumes, props, dances, set pieces, and a thrilling reprise of the made-up musical number from Act 1 that inspired the show.
Act I
You Suggest —> They Sing!
Audience members — maybe you! — suggest song titles and the Mop & Bucket Company improvisers take the suggestions and, with the help of the Mopco accompanist on keyboards, instantly launch into singing an original musical number from a show that doesn’t exist.
The audience hears all these creations and then votes on their favorite. Then it’s intermission, and the audience gets psyched for the musical they will soon be seeing!
About the show
The premise:
The show is hosted by renowned (and fictional) Broadway producer Mick Treadwell. Treadwell has a problem — he can’t make up his mind which show to present! So he arranges a backer’s showcase for deep-pocketed investors (that’s you, the audience) that will feature songs from musicals that might be the next Broadway hit. That’s when the improvisers go to work, using audience suggestions to instantly create and perform improvised numbers from these “great musicals” that have not yet been written.
Benefit over real Broadway shows:
A Broadway show costs a lot more. Spo Bro is less than $20; Broadway often starts at more than 10X that.
Broadway has nosebleed seats — where you sit so far away the air is thinner and the actors look like specks. At Mopco you are guaranteed a seat in the first 4 rows — because we don’t have any more rows!
On Broadway you might see a show that’s been running forever. But at Spo Bro, you’ll see a show that’s been running for never!
Mopco has its own parking lot — there’s no Broadway show that can boast that! Plus our parking is free!
Every night is opening night! So you can choose to wear your finest outfits, or just wear sweats… it’s up to you!
Concessions: We’ve got a great snack bar stocked with cookies, popcorn, candy… and if you’re thirsty? Well a glass of wine at a Broadway show typically costs between $18 and $30. And their sodas cost $10-12. At Mopco? $8 for wine, $3 for some high quality soda. Sure, we don’t have a souvenir cup, but that’s because our musical is made up—on the spot!
The origin story:
Spontaneous Broadway™ is a long-form improv performance created by Kat Koppett in association with Freestyle Rep in NYC. Koppett is a 25-year improv veteran, having worked with Freestyle Repertory Theatre and San Francisco's BATS Improv. She is currently co-director of the Mop & Bucket Company, an improv troupe based in the Capital District of New York State. In 1995, TheaterWeek Magazine named Kat one of the year's "Unsung Heroes" for her creation of Spontaneous Broadway, which is now performed regularly by teams of actors all over the world. She is also an author and the CEO of Koppett, a world-renowned consultancy that provides applied improvisation training, keynotes, and facilitation for businesses and teams.