The Magnet Theater
Offering hilarious and super inexpensive comedy shows every night -- and a rigorous, comprehensive training program to boot -- New York's Magnet Theater has been called "one of the absolute best places to watch improv in the city." (Time Out New York) The Magnet Theater also has a highly acclaimed corporate training arm, the Magnet Genius Machine, where we train professionals to apply improvisational techniques and tools to create innovative ideas and present them with precision and power. Corporate entertainment packages are also available. Learn more about us at http://www.magnettheater.com/corporate.phpwww.magnettheater.com
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 5 episodes found for "The Magnet Theater".
Oct 27, 2026
Kyle GordonGUEST
Yeah, so I was doing stuff there.
Kyle GordonGUEST
I was doing stuff at the Magnet Theater, which was a few blocks away.
Kyle GordonGUEST
I remember the Magnet.
Kyle GordonGUEST
Yeah, so they're still there.
Brian GurienGUEST
Ah, no, I would never go.
Brian GurienGUEST
I would never deign to go to a magnet theater show.
Ian HerrinHOST
Yeah.
Ian HerrinHOST
They have pretty good sketch shows, but you know, you can avoid their, you can avoid their megawatt, I guess, if you want to.
Frances SimowitzGUEST
But outside of that, I do also still perform, but not opera.
Frances SimowitzGUEST
I do musical improv comedy at Magnet Theater where you get a suggestion and then me and a team of ladies, we make up an entire musical on the spot with like song, dancing, et cetera.
Frances SimowitzGUEST
It's like so fun.
Jessica FellowesHOST
Well, we've got to do a Forum 500 evening.
Aditya JoshiGUEST
And I had a little extra time, and I was like, I would love to do more theater.
Aditya JoshiGUEST
I used to do improv and stuff in New York and Magnet.
Aditya JoshiGUEST
And I was like, can I help? And Anna was like, well, I need an assistant director.
Aditya JoshiGUEST
So I went to work for Anna.
Chris HallHOST
He is an alumnus of the Second City Canadian National Touring Company and served as an alternate for Bebe in Cirque du Soleil's Mystère.
Chris HallHOST
He's a graduate of UCB and an active member of the Magnet community.
Chris HallHOST
Now, Scotty has done a lot of things in his life, like dressing up as David Crosby, a human heart, and Carmen Miranda, but with dignity.
Chris HallHOST
He's also done feature films with Ed Asner, Eric Stoltz, and Gérard Depardieu, and his wife Carol did a play with, um, friend of the show, John Fugelsang.
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Scotty WatsonGUEST
Um, UCB, of course, is, is following an idea, uh, following a, um, well, the game.
Scotty WatsonGUEST
That's fo- play the game until it breaks, and then it goes away, and then start s- start a new game.
Scotty WatsonGUEST
Whereas there's a, there's a comment in Tina Fey's Bossy Pants, um, how Second City ends a sketch is, "I love you." "I love you too." [laughs] We're like, "Ah, my character." Um, in the meantime, I also walked into Magnet, uh, Armando Diaz's place.
Scotty WatsonGUEST
Um, wandered in there.