Baby Wants Candy

Known for

• Founded by Peter Gwinn at iO Chicago in the mid-1990s; first cast included Rebecca Sage Allen, Don Bardwell, Ali Davis, Peter Gwinn, Nick Kanel, Bob Kulhan, Mary McCain, Stuart Ranson.
• Format: audience shouts a musical title; the cast improvises a 45-60 minute musical with original songs, choreography, rhyming verse, backed by live band.
• 3,000+ performances worldwide across Chicago (Apollo Theater), UCB NY, UCB LA, and touring. Sold-out years at Edinburgh Fringe.
• Alumni include Aidy Bryant (SNL), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Peter Gwinn (Colbert Report writer).
• Template for nearly every improvised-musical format that followed (Off Book, Showstopper!).