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Walt Frasier

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  • Madcapped Mysteries – The most original murder mystery show EVER!!!

    Book this show anywhere in New York City and surrounding counties (Westchester, Rockland, Nassau, anywhere New Jersey) for just $500! November/ December almost SOLD OUT!!! Winter filling up fast!!!

    Experience the most original mystery show ever conceived! Now one of our top selling events this show is perfect for any group, venue and/or budge. Our top detective and your guests collaboratively craft a completely unique story, with everyone becoming a character within the narrative.

    This 45-75 minute improvised immersive experience is perfect for after dinner, cocktails, or any occasion where you want to spark creativity and laughter. It’s now our #1 selling show!

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    Improv Theater LLC is a one stop edutainment center for corporate team building, office / holiday parties and more. Our comedy shows and workshops deliver high impact results. Clients include Cushman Wakefield, Google, Merck, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Bank of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Disney, American Express, WeWork, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more including 1000s of public and private events in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska….

    Past College/University campuses include SUNY Farmingdale, Molloy University, Montclair State University, Bloomberg College, High Point University, Williams College, Lynchburg College, Southern New Hampshire, Princeton, Georgetown, Vaughn, Roger Williams, Ferris State and Hastings, Columbia, Coopers Union, NYU, Hofstra, Pace, College Misericordia, University of Vermont, Mount Ida College, Stone Hill University, John Jay…

    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.

  • 11/15 Saturday 3pm Improv Comedy by EIGHT IMPROV, New York, New York

    11/15 Saturday 3pm Improv Comedy by EIGHT IMPROV, New York, New York

    Now the Longest Running Comedy Show in New York City, EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH delivers hilarious interactive musical comedy improvised!

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    EIGHT IMPROV, Live from Times Square NYC

    EMAIL for group sales and private events. We daily work with corporate teams and student groups from around the world!

    As the flagship show of New York Improv Theater, EIGHT IMPROV, formerly known as EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH, has been entertaining thousands of audiences live from Times Square NYC and touring nationwide since 2002.

    While the troupe only offers one show every week at the Broadway Comedy Club at 318 West 53rd Street, 3pm Saturdays, they are busier than ever touring schools, corporate and private events.

    Now the Longest Running Comedy Show in New York City

    The shows still often feature co-creators Laurice Fattal and Walt Frasier (HBO, MTV, Billions, Black List, Blue Bloods, etc.). Filling out the ranks are dozens of professional New York-based singers, actors, and comics improvising original skits and songs improvised based upon your suggestions and participation.

  • 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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  • Madcapped Mysteries: The Most Original Murder Mystery Show EVER!!!

    The most original murder mystery show EVER, Madcapped Mysteries is a huge hit with corporate events, birthday oarties and even teen/tween events. Our top detective leads the event attendees in creating a completely original crime story.

    PICTURED: Walt Frasier at a Post Wine & Spirits, Larchmont, NY, whose celler is an actual historical speakeasy from the 1920s. It was the perfect setting for wine tasting, cheese plates and Madcapped Mysteries!

    Madcapped Mysteries

    The first few minutes is a live action MADLIBS style exposition. The detective’s opening monologue is completed with guests filling in the blanks. A true audience collaboration helps establish the crime – victim, location and means of the dastardly deed.

    THEN some or all (depending on size of crowd) of the audience become characters in the story, from friends and family, to colleagues at work or fellow students and miscellaneous towns folks (Mayor, police chief, CSI forensics, etc).

    THEN our detective names a few as their formal suspects and everyone else is deputized as a detective to interogate suspects, collaborate and solve the crime, usually in small teams.

    The show ends with our detective reading some or all of the final solutions. This is a common thread in just about every show, but the answers in a Madcapped Mysteries show are the most fun, and by far 💯 original. One team is named the winner. Prizes are also awarded to best actor, costume and more, as per audience votes.

    BOOK YOUR NEXT EVENT TODAY

    This is one of our #1 selling Shows at Improv Theater LLC. We also have more traditional Clue Parties, full cast murder mystery dinner theater shows (with four or more actors) and of course Improv Comedy, Corporate Team Building events, college and university campus activities and k12 schools education outreach and family events.

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  • 8/16 Times Square NYC Improv Comedy

    8/16 Times Square NYC Improv Comedy

    • GET TICKETS to this Manhattan NY Show
    • IMPROV COMEDY by WALT FRASIER
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    I’m hosting the 3pm show THIS Saturday at the Broadway Comedy Club. I’m appearing less and less at our public shows these days, and we are having less and less public shows generally speaking as our private event touring business is on fire. This Saturday I am joined by my wife, Laurice Fattal, Samuel Van Wyk (my work wife 😆), Andrea Hernandez Mieres and Max Feldman. Come be a part of the show!!!!

    Come be a part of the show!

    EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH is the Times Square NYC interactive musical off-Broadway comedy show, with original skits and songs improvised on the spot based upon audience suggestions and participation. No two shows are ever the same!

    Bring This Show to Your Community

    New York Improv Theater hosts corporate teams, student groups and family events at our Times Square NYC theater almost daily for private shows and workshops as well as touring communities DC to Boston and beyond. Contact Walt Frasier today to turn your next gathering into an event to remember!!!

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