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Magnet Theater
(212) 244-8824
254 W 29th St
New York, NY 10001
New York, NY 10001
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By matt_fried
Updated 08/26/2008
Improv and sketch comedy landed in New York in 1996 via four upstarts from Chicago who opened The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. In 2002, Second City alum Ali Farahnakian started The Peoples Improv Theater to give breadth to the community. Followi...
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Armando Diaz started The Magnet Theater in 2005 with the mission of bringing improv back to its slower, nuanced roots. Since then, The Magnet has hosted a slew of shows that have garnered critical praise around the city. If you’re free on a Saturday, go see The Tiny Spectacular at 7:30 p.m. featuring the theater’s faculty, performers, and a few surprise guests. At $5 a ticket, wouldn’t it be cool to brag to your friends that you got to see Mike Myers play an old-timey newspaper magnate with a penchant for old Cuban women? I know I did.