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The Brave New Workshop will never be a place that sits still. That’s the nature of improvisation. Our brains are always working. Thinking about the next show, the next presentation or the next big thing. And as you can imagine, that means we’re always coming up with new stuff. Good stuff. Funny stuff. And that’s what you’ll find here: improvisation videos, photos, news and miscellaneous stuff—like a bust of John Sweeney made out of real cheese. Which we probably should have kept in a refrigerator…

New York Times Article: Toyota's Problems Inspire Musical

Article posted by Caleb | June 04, 2010

...In truth, the “Can’t Fight This Feeling” hit-makers did not authorize the verse, nor did Toyota approve the product placement, but such formalities have not prevented “Toyota! The Runaway Musical Hit!” from becoming a hot ticket in Minneapolis. Produced by the Brave New Workshop, where Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, cut his satirical teeth in a prior lifetime, the musical revue exploits the Toyota Prius’s recent voluntary recall as a springboard for sending up the day’s front-page news.

“We batted around a few titles,” said Katy McEwen, the show’s director and the workshop’s artistic director. “But this one had the most pop.”

Read the full article wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/toyotas-problems-inspire-musical/