Julia Lunetta, accompanied by pianist Neara Russell, illuminated by human spotlight Jim Bredt, and adored by Miss Sweetie Poo, sings “A Perfect Diet Regimen” — a song from “The Atkins Diet Opera“. This short video was filmed at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Improbable Research Cabaret that was part of the […]
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Big-Banks/Big-Bang Opera preview
Big Banks and the Big Bang theory combine in these two new episodes (#122 and #121) of the Improbable Research TV series. These were filmed at an early rehearsal of “The Big Bank Opera”. The plot: Stylish bankers in a swanky Wall Street bar explain the explosive rise and fall of big banking and big […]
Improbable Research Collection #121
Here’s the new episode — #121, “Big Bank Opera Rehearsal, Act 1” — of the Improbable Research TV series. The episode depicts an early rehearsal of Act 1 of “The Big Bank Opera”, in which stylish bankers in a swanky Wall Street bar explain the explosive rise and fall of big banking and big bankers. […]
An opera NOT without risk
The image below shows a solicitation mailed to noted attorney William J. Maloney, who every year serves as the V-Chip Monitor in the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The solicitation advertises “3 RISK-FREE ISSUES” of the magazine Opera News. Ha. Mr. Maloney is not afraid of operatic risk. On Thursday night, October 1, he will play […]