The Phony Goes To...

Poor Frizelda, a teen witch with raven colored hair, is isolated in the woods of Winston Salem in 1692. Her mother protects her the best she can but everyone knows that mornings are for going to market and there Frizelda meets Reginald Walter the witch hunter. It's love at first sight. When he glimpses her pearly white fangs he's a besotted fool willing to do anything. He'll even turn on Mr. Salem the head witch hunter Frizelda's mother had an affair with 18 years prior. Witch-ever outcome, witch-ever way it goes, one thing is for sure--love can shine through the darkest of clouds as proven during DON'T RAIN ON MY LAPTOP from the show GET OUTTA HERE DEMON!

Runners Up 11/17

"It's a Dog's Day" from Human No More

"Microwave Mama" from Area 51

"The Other White Black Meat" from Jungle of Fear

The Final NYC Phony Award of 2011 Goes To~~~

An international team of astronauts is sent on a mission: To stop the sun from exploding. But when the spacecraft comes to a sudden halt, it is clear that a saboteur in the mix. Amanda and fellow male astronaut join forces when they realize they are both from Hackensack. And obviously "You can trust everyone in Jersey."

Will the sun explode? Will Amanda's potential for love be ruined by her friend's wife back on earth? See what happens in this out-of-this-world, out-of-this-species musical, A Voyage to the Sun featuring the song "I Left My Heart In Hackensack."

11/17 BNHM's Last NYC Show of 2011

The cast of Broadway's Next H!T Musical is back in New York this Thursday @ 8PM, performing their last show of 2011 in the City.

Purchase ($20) tickets in advance and get a $5 credit toward show merchandise!

The Triad

158 W. 72nd St.

Tickets are available on SmartTix~!

SHOW: JUNE 9, 2011

It's back.......But only June 9th! So come out to the Triad at 8PM and catch the cast of Broadway's Next H!T Musical put on a show fit for a Phony. Check out our website for ticket information!

Triad Theater

158 W. 72nd Street

The St. Patrick's Day Phony Goes To~

"I Squeezed My Love Like a Bagpipe" from the musical, The Great Regret, is the story about "a Scottish man's irrational enthusiasm for St. Patrick's day." The show takes the audience on a journey from Scotland to the US as a man tries to escape a mistake that continues to haunt him. Will he find refuge in the new world or will he find that his avengers and night terrors came after him?

Come see BNHM Thursdays at 9PM to see more musicals come to life!

Could BNHM really entertain you 15% or more of your evening on St. Patrick's Day?

Is Michael McGlone singing Danny Boy with us on March 17?

YES. That's right, the Geico Guy will be our Special Guest Star this Thursday at the Triad. So after you have had your fill of green beer, come to the Upper West Side to continue the buzz.

If you don't get tickets, you will spend this St. Patty's day green with envy.

The Triad Theater

158 W. 72nd Street

---Don't forget to VOTE for BNHM and Rob Schiffmann by March 31st!---

Running Up on 3/14

When meat goes awry at a meat packing plant, it's no wonder you might say "I Have the Worst Diarrhea" from the musical E-Coli?---

Ninja, a controversial musical about the first female ninja, follows Kotonamo in "Poof," as she learns how to be the best of her kind-by disappearing.

After years living on an island with no one but her husband, Marjorie sends out bottle after bottle of SOS love messages, only to be surprised when her knight in shining armor arrives singing, "You're My Little Poop Machine" from the musical, Island Romance.

BNHM would like to thank the National Scatology Society for their contributions to tonight's show.

SPOTLIGHT BIO: Rebecca Vigil

This week BNHM wants to introduce you to our California girl, Rebecca Vigil.

What is your favorite part of the show?

My favorite part of the show is watching Greg Triggs host. Greg makes hosting a show as intricate as Broadway's Next Hit Musical so seamless, clever, sophisticated and hilarious. He is what makes Broadway's Next Hit Musical the complete package, in my opinion. I also love attempting to improvise complex harmonies in our songs. My fellow improvisers have such talented ears, they make it so easy to create something musically unique and complex right there on the spot.

Who or what inspired you to do improv?

In eighth grade, a group of professional improvisers from a group called Comedy Sportz came to teach my "Drama class" an improv workshop. Thirty minutes into that workshop I knew improv and I were going to be together for a very long time. But I had no idea how. That summer, I moved away and started my first year of high school on the opposite side of the country. I was bumbling through the halls one day and I noticed the Comedy Sportz logo posted on the wall. It was a flier advertising auditions for the Comedy Sportz High School League. I was terrified. I knew nothing more about improv than what I had learned for 45 minutes nearly a year ago. But I auditioned and I got cast. Needless to say, improv and I have been in each other's lives nearly every day ever since.

Which came first the singing or the improv?

I have been singing for as long as I can remember. I was that kid who put on shows at the adult parties. (That sounds awful.) I was the kid that would wear a towel dress and a shower cap while lip syncing and "dancing" to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. (That also sounds awful.) I mean, singing has just always been inside of me. But I didn't start to sing in front of people, purposely, until I was in high school, which pretty much means I started my singing and improvising journeys at the same time. I suppose that is why musical improv, above all the forms and formats I have practiced, remains far and beyond my favorite form of improv.

When you aren't found at the Phony Awards, where might you be out in the city?

It sounds so lame and actor-y but I am probably attending or performing in another show. (If I say it sounds lame and actor-y before you can think it, I am still cool right?) And when I am not dedicating my life to the craft, I walk among the common folk, tasting their wares. And drinking wine.

How do you keep it all together when you are up on stage doing your thing?

I think my secret weapon is trust. I have to trust that my fellow cast members "have my back." I have to believe that we are all making decisions for the good of the show. I have to trust myself and my instincts. In improv, there is simply no time to second-guess any of these decisions. You just have to jump and trust that something will catch you.

What is your most memorable moment in improv?

It would have to be improvising for 300 New Zealanders (or "Kiwis." Though, if I had just said "for 300 kiwis," that would have been infinitely more memorable.) on their home turf. I had been having the most amazing vacation traveling around Australia only to get to fly to New Zealand to do a show with the funniest people I know for 300 hysterically laughing strangers. And all we had to do was make fun of Americans.

What was your first gig in musical improv?

My friend and I loved improvising songs together. In rehearsing with one another, we developed a two person improvised musical format recreating the love story of a couple from the audience. As we were perfecting this format we noticed there were a lot of people in our social circle getting married. So we decided to capitalize on all that happiness and start a business; Your Musical. We were hired for weddings, bachelorette parties, and anniversary celebrations all over Los Angeles to improvise a 30 minute musical recreating how the couple met and how they ultimately fell for one another. We never did seem to book a bachelor party though. Shoulda' showed more boob.

How did you become a part of BNHM?

Musical improv and I were inseparable for many years in Los Angeles but when I moved to New York, getting settled, making friends, and performing anything anywhere sort of pushed musical improv to the side. Finally, I decided to take an eight-week musical improv workshop from a guest instructor I had met recently at my theatre group. This eight week class turned out to be one of the best, most enlightening and extensive musical improv workshops I had taken and it was taught by my, now, fellow cast member Rob Schiffmann. After the eight weeks were over, Rob asked me to audition for Broadway's Next Hit Musical. I was honored. And HIRED! BOOM!

What is it like for you to take the stage here in NYC?

Every time I am on stage in New York City I am realizing a dream I have had ever since I was a little girl. I moved to New York City from 3,000 miles away, knowing no one, having no family, and with only three giant duffle bags carrying my previous life. Now I perform weekly with some of the most talented performers on the scene in the city of my dreams. It is pretty ridiculous how cool that is.

Come See "The Best Improv Comedy In New York City"

Here is a collection of a reviews popping up around the city.

"Improv At Its Best"
-Women Around Town

"The Best Improv Comedy in New York City"
-Review Fix

"Marvelous Shenanigans"
-Queer New York

"A huge hit"
-Improvisation News

"Becoming staple in the New York City entertainment scene"
-Associated Content

A Visit From Jeff Rogers

This week Broadway's Next H!T Musical was joined by guest host, Jeff Rogers.

Comedian, corporate entertainter, and actor, Jeff has been found at Chicago's Second City, in McDonalds (commercial), and on the silver screen. He is a Wisconsin native (yes, we only work with hosts from the cheese state), and he is currently based out of Chicago.

To learn more about Jeff, be sure to check out his website.

And don't forget to get your tickets for next week's show before they are sold out!

BNHM in TONY

Time Out New York gives BNHM a shout out in the MUSIC Events listings.

"[Improv is] an old game, but somehow this gang makes it seem fresh."

Come join the gang every week from now until April 21 at the Triad Theater on the Upper West Side.

High Profilin' at the Triad~

This week a few celebrities found their way into the audience of Broadway's Next H!T Musical including Michael McGlone from "The Brothers McMullen" & Geico Commercials, and all the way from L.A. Peter Vogt arrived ripped right off the set of a Gary Marshal film.

Greg: You would recognize him from “Princess Diaries 2” and the grumpy neighbor of “Hannah Montana.” How about a hand for Mister Peter Vogt…the man who single handedly ruined Billy Ray Cyrus’ family.

3 Days

3 Days until the first show of this run of Broadway's Next Hit Musical at The Triad. I am excited, nervous, exhausted and ready to start. I wonder what songs I will sing. I wonder what characters I will play. I wonder what hilarious $&%t my fellow cast members will do that will make me pee myself.

If you wonder these things too, come find out on 2/10, 17, 24 & 3/3 at 9pm at The Triad!