I am here to again recommend a show to folks in the Los Angeles area. No more than once a month, and sometimes less often, some friends of mine do an improvisational exercise called Instaplay. It is, pure and simple, the best improv comedy I've ever seen…and I've seen a lot of improv comedy. It's directed by a gentleman named Bill Steinkellner, who's hailed by many as the best teacher of improv comedy around, and each performance stars Jonathan Stark, Deanna Oliver, George McGrath, Cheri Steinkellner and one guest performer. The audience suggests different titles for an original musical comedy, then we all vote on which one we want to see…and then Bill and the cast favor us with the winner. Every show is totally unscripted. Every show is totally hilarious.
They do these in a real crummy little theater in Culver City and they're doing the next one on the evening of Saturday, February 1. Tickets are available here and they're pretty cheap. At the last one of these, at least six people told me they'd attended on my recommendation and were eager to return for another and bring friends. Need I say more?