Audience Challenged to Challenge Cast in Broadway's Next H!t Musical

Event Rescheduled for Oct. 27

Aiken, SC (03/27/2020) — The University of South Carolina Aiken's 2019-2020 Cultural Series finale, Broadway's Next H!t Musical, an award-winning comedy driven by the audience's participation, has been rescheduled for Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the Etherredge Center.

To purchase tickets call the Etherredge Center box office at: 803-641-3305 or go online to: usca.edu/etherredge-center.

Broadway's Next H!t Musical is an improvised theatrical awards show. The performance is totally unscripted.

As they enter the theater, audience members will write down song titles they've made up and submit them to the cast. The company will then improvise songs based on those titles and present them as "nominated songs" as part of a fictitious awards show.

"The show will present much like the Tony awards, except that it will be totally made up," said Paul B. Crook, executive director of the Etherredge Center.

"Think the Phony Awards rather than Tony Awards."

Crook describes the experience as Whose Line is it Anyway meets the Tony Awards.

"This will have memorable characters, witty dialogue, and plot twists galore," said cast member Rob Schiffmann.

This performance is filled with spontaneous scenes, songs filled with dancing, catchy melodies, and non-stop jokes. Once the songs are presented, the audience will vote for their favorite one. After intermission, the performers will then present an entire musical based on the winning title.

"Don't miss the next great American musical. It could be written by you," Crook tells audience goers.

Broadway's Next H!t Musical has been seen throughout the United States and in New York City at The Triad Theater, The Tribeca Film Festival, and at The New York Musical Theater Festival, among other locations. Under the direction of improv veterans Rob Schiffmann and Deb Rabbai, TheaterWeek hailed the show as "brilliant," and The New York Post called the show "remarkable."

"Every song is fresh. Every scene is new. Every night is different," said Marc Baylin, president of Baylin Artists Management.

To purchase tickets call the Etherredge Center box office at: 803-641-3305 or go online to: usca.edu/etherredge-center.

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