3pm Saturdays Live from Times Square NYC

Walt Frasier

Tag: Comedy

  • January Improv Forum – Classes, Showcases & More

    January Improv Forum – Classes, Showcases & More

    Sign up for a full year today and get the rest of 2025 on me! (November 15, 22, December 6, 13, 20)

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    Come join the growing community of players looking for fun and self enrichment. Network with a wide variety of New Yorkers while developing invaluable skills for life at work and home.

    • 12:30-2:30 Saturdays January 3, 17, 24, 31 ($50 to drop in a single session)
    • 3pm Saturdays January 3, 17, 24, 31 FREE TICKETS to our professional comedy shows (reg $25). Have food, drinks and maybe join in on the interactive musical comedy improvised based on your suggestions and participation.
    • 2:45-4:30 Saturday January 10th is our new monthly showcase for all of our students and colleagues to play. Share the stage with other classmates and teachers, and then enjoy improv, Sketch and Stand Up comedy by guest performer. 2nd Saturday of every month!
    • NEW Mondays 7pm VIRTUAL WRITER’S ROOM Join us on zoom, share stand up and sketch comedy ideas, get your scripts read aloud by other guests. Check in and network, maybe play some improv as time permits.

    Walt Frasier

    With over 30 years of experience in theater, comedy, and television, Walt Frasier is the Artistic Director of Improv Theater LLC, a leading edutainment center known for its high-impact comedy shows and workshops. His extensive career includes performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Walt has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains, Netflix’s Lilyhammer, and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band, in addition to numerous commercials, industrials, and live performances worldwide.

  • 1920s Roaring 20s Jazz, Speakeasy, Organized Crime & Murder Mystery

    1920s Roaring 20s Jazz, Speakeasy, Organized Crime & Murder Mystery

    I love doing 1920s Murder Mystery shows.

    Early on I loved old MGM musicals about the 1920s, vaudeville and burlesque by Bob Hope, Gene Kelly and others. As a teen I played trumpet and piano in Jazz bands, including dixieland ensembles with my father (a) trombone player. Later in college, as I switched to theater, mostly Broadway & Opera, I performed in many “jazzy” shows, learning how to Tap Dance, swing and sing.

    In my 20s, I fell in love with the Godfather 2 and the history of Irish and Italian New York “families”. Part Sheehan & Murphy, I am a descendant from Irish Americans on both sides of the family. As an opera singer, I fell in love with great Italian food. Since 2012 I have been playing Santa Claus on Arthur Ave, the REAL Little Italy of New York.

    Combine all that, and 20+ years in Improv Comedy, completely immersing myself in a speakeasy or similar show just seems right. Perhaps the most natural next step in my career.

    These days I run 2-3 Murder Mysteries every week, from Clue Parties to full blown dinner theater style shows. I’m on the road 2-10 hours a day. I’m eating a lot of great event food.

    It’s not for everyone, but I love it. And like my improv comedy shows, any given night I get to play, using my talents as a singer, actor, dancer and comic. Sometimes I even get to play a little piano, or sing an Italian song with my uke.

    If you’re looking for something different, our shows are incredibly unique. Especially my Madcapped Mysteries and original Clue Parties that get your guests playing zany characters.

    Just like my improv shows and workshops, my mission is to spread joy and laughter, while building communities. In every show, I get a moment to be a fly on the wall, watching the fruits of our labors, as folks deliberate final solutions to the mysteries. Watching folks smile, rise to the challenges, collaborating with each other…. it’s what keeps me going at 2am driving home from some remote town upstate, Boston, DC, Pennsylvania or similar long-distance destination. The drives there are always gorgeous and the rides home are always long. But the 2-3 hours we get to entertain… priceless!

    We bring interactive, immersive entertainment to venues, homes and offices for any occasion. We have shows for any budget, group size and / or venue. Let our detectives lead your team / family of suspects or engage our entire team of zany characters. Let us turn your restaurant into a murder mystery dinner theater. We are ready to serve up the crime drama.

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  • 10/25 Saturday 3pm Improv Comedy Show, New York City Theater District – Discount Tickets!!!

    10/25 Saturday 3pm Improv Comedy Show, New York City Theater District – Discount Tickets!!!

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    Live from Times Square NYC and touring nationwide since 2002, don’t miss this hilarious interactive musical comedy improvised based on YOUR suggestions and participation. EMAIL for group sales and private events. We daily host corporate teams and student groups from around the world!

    10/25 features a fun cast. Evan Schultz, my partner in crime for our Long Island division, is hosting. Laurice Fattal and I are joining the team Saturday with Andrea Hernandez Mieres and David Lee Morea rounding our this week’s cast. Come be a part of the show!!!

  • Fall Improv Comedy Class, Saturdays 1pm, Times Square NYC

    • 1pm Saturdays at the Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street, NYC 10019
    • Sept 6, 20, 27, Oct 4, 18, 25, November 1, 15, 22
    • 11/1 SHOWCASE 3pm
    • CLICK HERE to register with my discount code Walter101!
    • EMAIL for group sales and private events!

    I am very excited for this fall!!! We are finally returning to a normalcy schedule of classes. This session will include NINE class days. I know different folks travel different weeks, Jewish Holidays, Comic Con, etc etc etc so I have built in make up sessions. There will be a showcase on November 1st where this class will take center stage along with other invited teams.

    Every class will include a series of warm up / ice breakers, games we play in every class, rehearsal, warm up to a show and corporate team building workshops. Then we play various performance games, each week highlighting 1 new scene game plus playing a few large team games that get everyone involved.

    WHY IMPROV COMEDY?

    Improv Comedy is a ton of fun and a powerful tool to develop skills for the office, classroom, home and out in the world. A must for any performer, we also daily work with corporate teams and student groups using the same games to teach community, leadership, sales and more. Simply playing these games develops creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, self confidence and more.

    COME JOIN THE COMMUNITY

    We have a growing community of fun folks in Times Square NYC and various hubs DC to Boston. Improv builds life long friendships. Some of our “students” are more like family now. Many of our staff are former students.

    BRING THE FUN TO YOUR COMMUNITY

    We tour schools, corporate and private events DC to Boston. We also work with local community centers to establish class programs for public and private programs after school, in house corporate programming and more.

    With over 30 years of experience in theater, comedy, and television, Walt Frasier is the Artistic Director of Improv Theater LLC, a leading edutainment center known for its high-impact comedy shows and workshops. His extensive career includes performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Walt has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains, Netflix’s Lilyhammer, and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band, in addition to numerous commercials, industrials, and live performances worldwide.

    Beyond entertainment, Walt brings his dynamic skills to corporate training, having worked with an impressive roster of clients including Google, Mercedes Benz, META/Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, and many more, delivering impactful team-building and corporate event solutions. He also has significant K-12 outreach experience, having brought his unique blend of education and entertainment to thousands of schools and summer camps across various states. His reach extends to college and university campuses like Harvard, Syracuse, Princeton, and Columbia, as well as public and private events at prestigious venues such as The Smithsonian Portrait Gallery and Disney Resorts. Walt’s diverse background and engaging approach make him a compelling voice for any podcast or class.

  • 8/21 Thursday South Shore Craft Brewery Presents: MURDER AT THE MARINA – Almost Sold Out!!!

    8/21 Thursday South Shore Craft Brewery Presents: MURDER AT THE MARINA – Almost Sold Out!!!

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    Detective Frankie Horsham (aka Walt Frasier) is on the case and ready to lead you and your guests through a night (or day) of discovering clues, Interrogating suspects and crime solving.

    🎭🔪 ANCHOR POINT: MURDER AT THE MARINA 🔪🎭 A Murder Mystery Experience at South Shore Craft Brewery

    🗓 Thursday, August 21st🕕 Doors at 6:30 PM | Mystery Begins at 7:00 PM📍 South Shore Craft Brewery, 3505 Hampton Rd, Oceanside

    Welcome to Anchor’s Point, a sun-soaked seaside town where Yachties dock their million-dollar boats and locals cling to their salty roots. But when beloved Deputy Daniel Flanders turns up dead in the harbor, the tides turn dark.

    Everyone’s a suspect—

    💰 The entitled summer elites AKA THE Yachties

    🌊 The fiercely loyal Anchor Heads

    🚤 The drifting Floaters passing through…

    Secrets will surface. Alibis will unravel. And one of YOU… is the killer.

    🎟 Tickets: $35pp

    Includes Dinner and Fully Interactive Show

    🧩 Can you solve the mystery before the final reveal?

    👉 RSVP now and find your shore… before it’s your last.

    Clue Parties: The Ultimate Cocktail Party Game

    Everyone at the party is both a suspect and a detective. The show starts as our detective announces the crime.

    Then, what we call SPEED DATING FOR SUSPECTS, armed with a brief character description and a set clues, everyone interogates everyone else to collect clues that lead to the murderer.

    The show ends with our detective sharing some fun “wrong” solutions before announcing the winning team(s) thay solve the murder. However, if the murderer gets away with it, they will win a prize. Additional prizes are awarded to best actor, best costume & more.

    We have numerous themed CLUE PARTY shows for your next event!!!

    Contact Walt Frasier to plan your next great event!!!

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