New York Musical Improv Festival

New York Musical Improv Festival NYMIF was created over 11 years ago to celebrate the art of musical improv and bring together perfor

The Magnet Theater is proud to be hosting the 11th annual New York Musical Improv Festival. The NYMIF celebrates the community of improvisors, actors, singers, and musicians who gather in NYC once a year to meet, perform, and lets face it - show off. The first NYMIF was created eleven years ago - to promote musical improv and bring those performers together. Since then, musical improv has exploded

across the country with new programs starting every year. In New York City, musical house teams have become a staple at all of the major comedy theaters. The Magnet has expanded its own program to four levels and now boasts eight musical house teams. Past festivals have included teams and performers from Austin TX, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Palm Beach, Paris France, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh NC, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC, and even a half-mile away - from Broadway. We are always looking for cutting-edge and traditional musical improv performers. Past shows have featured everything from an improvised rock concert to a fully costumed Dickensian musical, improvised hip-hop, college groups, duo and solo shows, and even the cast and band from Broadways “Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson.”

If you or your group have a passion for musical improv and want to be considered for the New York Musical Improv Festival - please visit www.nymif.com to fill out the online application form.

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Artists are Powerful!!

12/18/2022

I heard a rumor... NYMIF2023...

If anyone is awake right now.... my cousin Debbie is shooting 2400 baskets in 24 hours to raise money for the Special O...
05/16/2021

If anyone is awake right now.... my cousin Debbie is shooting 2400 baskets in 24 hours to raise money for the Special Olympics.

UPDATE: 12 MIDNIGHT. They have raised over $157,000!!! Debbie has made 1300 free throws so far.

UPDATE: 12NOON The local police department ran the ceremonial torch all the way to Debbie's basketball hoop. Debbie's son Frankie just lit the Special Olympics cauldron.

Hey Everyone! My cousin Debbie Antonelli is doing something superhuman this weekend - shooting 100 free throws at the top of every hour for 24 hours in a row!! to raise money for the South Carolina Special Olympics.

She is an absolute badass - and was athlete of the year at NC State A LONG TIME AGO. Last year she shot at 94% for 24 hours - something to make current pro athletes wish they had her skill and stamina.

If you have $24 you can spare (or more) please donate to this wonderful cause.

If you have insomnia and need entertainment, log on at 2am to see my wine-infused sister Kelley Mannix Averette and my cousin Denise Dell take over the airwaves to ROAST Debbie in the way that only cousins can. It will be worth your time

24 Hours Nothing But Net - 12 to 4

Since March 12th, 2020, The Magnet Theater has been frozen in time. That night, a sold out house was ready to greet our...
11/28/2020

Since March 12th, 2020, The Magnet Theater has been frozen in time.

That night, a sold out house was ready to greet our opening night performers at the 11th annual New York Musical Improv Festival. Just two hours before our first show was supposed to kick off the four day fest, Broadway and all NYC theaters were shut down.

Over the past three months, members of the Magnet Theater Community have been coming to the theater one by one to be photographed sitting in the theater - ALONE.

Thanks to photoshop and Blue Haus Photography. The Magnet Theater is FULL once again!!

Got a case of post-(V)NYMIF Blues?? Chase them away with a healthy dose of Musical Megawatt TONIGHT starting at 7pm (ET...
07/28/2020

Got a case of post-(V)NYMIF Blues?? Chase them away with a healthy dose of Musical Megawatt TONIGHT starting at 7pm (ET)!
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These shows are FREE to watch on twitch.tv/themagnettheater. LINK IN BIO if you would like to purchase a ticket to support the theater during the shutdown.

𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏'𝙎 𝘼 𝙒𝙍𝘼𝙋 on The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙!!! 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 to all of the incredible international performers 𝘢𝘯𝘥 audience members w...
07/21/2020

𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏'𝙎 𝘼 𝙒𝙍𝘼𝙋 on The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙!!! 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 to all of the incredible international performers 𝘢𝘯𝘥 audience members who joined us virtually from their homes and welcomed us into theirs in the name of keeping the magical art of Musical Improv and NYMIF alive during these unprecedented times.
An ENORMOUS round of applause 👏👏👏👏👏 for performer and tech wizard, Justin Torres and our glorious Musical Director, Frank Spitznagel for all of their tireless work that revolutionized the performance of digital musical improv which made The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙 possible. We are endlessly grateful for our tireless Techs, Liz Tallman, Tori Smith, Justin Torres and Tech coordinator, Sean Taylor who broadcast the shows onto the virtual stage.
Thank you, everyone for your ongoing support of what would have been The 11th Annual NYMIF. We look forward to seeing you back at the theater when it is safe for all of us to come together once again.
Be well and stay safe,
Robin Rothman & T.J. Mannix
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Check out www.nymif.com for more information about THREE upcoming 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 this Friday, 7/23 & Saturday, 7/24!

THANK YOU to 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 for closing out The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙 with such an 𝘌𝘗𝘐𝘊 ENCORE Performance!! 👏👏👏*FYI - If you...
07/21/2020

THANK YOU to 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 for closing out The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙 with such an 𝘌𝘗𝘐𝘊 ENCORE Performance!! 👏👏👏
*FYI - If you missed last night's livestream you can catch the show recordings for the next 2 weeks on twitch.tv/themagnettheater
𝙋𝙇𝙐𝙎 check out www.nymif.com for more information about upcoming 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 this Friday, 7/23 & Saturday, 7/24!
🎶🧲👶🍭🍬🎹
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We had another incredible night of The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙 with performances from teams from all over the US and abroad, and w...
07/19/2020

We had another incredible night of The 𝕍𝕀ℝ𝕋𝕌𝔸𝕃 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙 with performances from teams from all over the US and abroad, and we've got 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘛𝘖 𝘎𝘖 with an 𝗡𝗬𝗠𝗜𝗙 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 from 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘆 TONIGHT at 9pm (ET)!
*FYI - If you missed the livestream of any of your favorite teams, you can catch the show recordings for the next 2 weeks on twitch.tv/themagnettheater
𝙋𝙇𝙐𝙎 stay tuned for some more SPECIAL NYMIF Announcements on www.nymif.com
🎶🌎🧲
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All NYMIF shows will be livestreamed on twitch.tv/themagnettheater/
Anyone can watch this show. LINK IN BIO if you'd like to purchase a ticket (or two, or ten, go nuts!) to support the theater during the shutdown.

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The 11th annual New York Musical Improv Festival

The Magnet Theater is proud to be hosting the New York Musical Improv Festival for its 11th year! The NYMIF celebrates the community of improvisors, actors, singers, and musicians who gather in NYC once a year to meet, perform, and lets face it - show off. The first NYMIF was created in 2008 - to promote musical improv and bring those performers together. Since then, musical improv has exploded across the country with new programs starting every year. In New York City, musical house teams have become a staple at all of the major comedy theaters. The Magnet has expanded its own program to four levels and now boasts eight musical house teams. Past festivals have included teams and performers from Austin TX, Australia, Boston, Chicago, Delray Beach, Denver, Edmonton, France, Germany, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh NC, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC, and even a half-mile away - from Broadway. We are always looking for cutting-edge and traditional musical improv performers. Past shows have featured everything from improvised rock concerts to acoustic rap to a fully costumed Dickensian musical, improvised hip-hop, college groups, duo and solo shows, even Tony Award Winning performers. If you or your group have a passion for musical improv and want to be considered for the New York Musical Improv Festival - please visit www.nymif.com to fill out the online application form.