New York Musical Improv Festival
new york musical improv festival nymif fourday festival held every year magnet theater new york city founded tj mannix producer robin rothman melanie girton mary archbold nymif celebrates form musical improvisation developed comedy theater across u canada first nymif created promote art musical improv wider audience bring together performer world musical improv become popular improv theater across country new program starting every year new york city musical house team become common major comedy theater past festival included team performer city across u nyc chicago los angeles san francisco denver boston minneapolis philadelphia austin tx washington dc baltimore raleigh pittsburgh miami providence seattle canada montreal vancouver frankfurt germany paris france nymif featured everything improvised rock concert fully costumed dickensian musical improvised hiphop college team duo solo show improvised sondheim even cast band broadway’s bloody bloody andrew jackson jeff hiller nymif teamed gildas club raising money awareness woman family living cancer previous gilda club benefit featured people cady huffman orfeh donna vivino nymifcom