Baby Wants Candy: Improvised Musical with Full Band
Apollo Theater - Mainstage (2540 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60614)
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rppantek on What to Wear
Casual/comfortable
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Very convenient to public transportation
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Goldstar Member on Where to Eat
Small bar, but there's a little bit of everything.
41 Goldstar Member Reviews
Mo in Chicago
Every show is different??? You could tell a lot of the scenes were generic enough to fit any story line. A few of the performers were stage hogs and didn't really give the others much performance time. As is true with all improv shows, some are better than others and maybe this was just an off night.Written on Aug 01 2009
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elkay
We loved "Baby Wants Candy." The show was hilarious (our suggested show title involved Ophra and werewolves). The actors and musicians were very good and really presented a funny, cohesive, and not too long show from scratch just based on the audience suggestion. The not-too-long part is vital as I have seen many an interminable improv show, doomed by actors who don't know when to wrap things up. This was a pithy hilarious event.Written on Aug 09 2010
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mmarin4
I've seen Baby Wants Candy more times than I can count on two hands. Every time it's different and every time I laugh until I almost wet my pants! They are just so damn clever! This show is like Improv meets the cast of Glee. If that sounds good to you, then you must see this show!Written on Mar 23 2010
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Blue Bullet Fan
Lots of fun, crowd energy, and adult beverages available in the lobby... well worth it!Written on Nov 08 2010
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More Information About Baby Wants Candy
Website
http://babywantscandy.com/index.php
Quotes & Highlights
- "Featuring a talent-rich cast with experience in comedy and musical theater, Candy improvises a new musical from scratch with each performance... Developing an idea is the easy part, but the quickness with which everyone in the ensemble organizes around it, building upon it and expanding it, is truly amazing" --The New York Times
- "Best Visiting Comedy Show of the Year: Baby Wants Candy!" --TimeOutNY
- "Highly Recommended! Well Worth Seeing" --The Onion
- "Critics Choice" --Chicago Reader
- "Baby Wants Candy sets the bar so high that the world's greatest high-jumpers would have trouble Fosbury Flopping over it." --NY Press
- "They are an entertainment phenomenon" --Edinburgh's The Scotsman
Description
BWC has featured several notable performers, including Rachel Dratch and Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live, Stephnie Weir of MADtv, Nicole Parker of MADtv and the Broadway show Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Peter Gwinn of The Colbert Report, Jack McBrayer of 30 Rock, Al Samuels and Kevin Fleming of Sports Action Team, Garry W. Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Mark Pender of The Max Weinberg 7 and Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band, and Johnny Pisano of the Jesse Malin Band and the Marky Ramone Band.
About the Ticket Supplier: Baby Wants Candy
Baby Wants Candy is a Chicago-based theater group that has amazed audiences around the world with our signature show, a completely improvised hour-long musical.
The Musical has rocked audiences all around the world. Truly every aspect of the musical is improvised: the plot and characters, the musical accompaniment; even the song lyrics and what we like to call the "choreography" are completely made up on the spot, with no pre-planned structure to help us. The result is a show that has been described as a cross between "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and "The Simpsons." The show is always exciting, hilarious, and above all, fun!