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Musical Improv Level 4: Cinema Studies with Frank Spitznagel and Nikita Burdein
Class Description
This course is for people who like movies but also love Musical Improv! Students will build on their previous training where they learned to improvise musicals and build a narrative. This advanced training will focus on performing more cinematic, genre-driven musicals. Inspired by the Movie form, students will work within Hollywood genres to create characters, plot points, special effects and stage pictures. And then for the best part -- this class will culminate in a 4-week run of class shows. Prerequisite: Musical Improv Level Three.
Application Deadline: noon on 6/13
Notification Date: 6/20
Frank Spitznagel is the Musical Director at Magnet Theater and a piano accompanist who frequently plays for such improv groups as I Eat Pandas, Veal, The Made-Up Musical, Gusto, and many others. He is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano performance. His work can be heard on several studio recordings. Frank has composed for Comedy Central and the Aspen Comedy Festival. He accompanied Itzhak Perlman in an original jazz composition by Benny Golson at Lincoln Center. He also played the American premiere of The Hired Man Off-Broadway. He has been musical director for productions such as Nunsense (all incarnations), A Chorus Line, Chicago City Limits, and several original musicals.
Born in the USSR, Raised in Chicago, and now in NYC, Nikita is an improviser, filmmaker, and writer of film, tv, and theater.
He has trained at the Magnet Theater and Upright Citizens Brigade since 2011 and performs weekly with Magnet house teams Wonderland (musical improv), Bodywork (non-musical improv) and Premiere (musical improv). He also performs with UCBT Lloyd Team seventeen, indy darlings Fancy Man, and Karaoke based musical improv with Happy Karaoke Fun Time.
Full Session Schedule
Session Schedule*
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Jun 29, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts) -
Jul 13, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts) -
Jul 20, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts) -
Jul 27, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts) -
Aug 3, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts) -
Aug 10, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts) -
Aug 17, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street) -
Aug 24, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
Show Schedule*
- Aug 17, 2024, 4:30 PM
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street) - Aug 24, 2024, 6:00 PM
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street) - Aug 27, 2024, 7:00 PM
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street) - Sep 7, 2024, 4:30 PM
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
*scheduling subject to change