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Monday, October 23, 2006

WHO'S GOT GAME? A New Improv Show is now available for viewing online on RTV (Click Here)




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Click above to listen to the theme song to WHO'S GOT GAME? (Singers, Stephanie Jennot, Ryan Love and rapper Lanigiro. Song Lyrics & Music by Van Dirk Fisher, Music Arrangements and Rap by Lanigiro.)

To see a video clip from the show scroll down.
You may now view
Who’s got game? on RTV and cast your votes for the BEST PLAYA PLAYA. The results from the online votes will be announced at our next LIVE TAPING on Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 6pm at the Roy Arias Theatre at the TIMES SQUARE ARTS CENTER, 300 West 43rd Street, 6th Floor. Tickets are online at www.therianttheatre.com and are $10 if purchased by Thursday and $15 if purchased after Thursday.

Your name will automatically be placed in a drawing to win a CASH PRIZE when you see the show online and cast your votes. We also had a dance competition, where audience members danced to our theme song
Who’s got game? Help us choose the best dancer online. The dancer with the most points wins a CASH PRIZE.


Danielle, Zaria, Jamie & Hillary play the improv game "Freeze Tag" on the show WHO'S GOT GAME?"

If you would like to enter our dance competition you may sign-up to compete at the theatre the day of the show or you may email us a video of you dancing to our theme song Who’s got game? Send the video file to TheRiantTheatre@aol.com. The submitted videos will be aired online and we will have our online viewers vote for the best dance video and the winner will win a PRIZE!



Sharon, Ylva, Terron, Nick & Michela play the game Freeze Tag on the show WHO'S GOT GAME?

Saturday, October 14, 2006

WHO'S GOT GAME? A New Improv Show To Begin Live Taping On Sunday, October 22nd at 6PM at the Times Square Arts Center




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Click above to listen to the theme song to WHO'S GOT GAME? (Singers, Stephanie Jennot, Ryan Love and rapper Lanigiro. Song Lyrics & Music by Van Dirk Fisher, Music Arrangements and Rap by Lanigiro.)

New York City hold on to your seats a new Improv Show is taping live on Sunday nights! The show begins on Sunday, October 22nd at 6pm, and runs thru Sunday, December 17th at the Times Square Arts Center at 300 West 43rd Street in the Roy Arias Theatre.

Van Dirk Fisher, the founder and artistic director of the Riant Theatre and producer of the critically acclaimed Strawberry One-Act Festival, presents a dynamic new improv show called: WHO’S GOT GAME?

20 actors have been chosen to compete for the title of Best Playa Playa. Each week the actors will partner and compete to win points from the theatre’s judges and from the audience. Each week one team of two actors will be eliminated. At the end of the night the audience will cast their votes and decide WHO’S GOT GAME? The (2) actors who manage to make it to the final show on December 17th will then compete for a CASH PRIZE of $500.00. But the cash prizes don’t stop there! At every show audience members qualify for a chance to win $100 or more just by casting their votes.

The Judges are Karen Page, host of Riant! Riant! Arts & Entertainment, Robert Pemberton, director and performer, Kristin Hoffman, director and Van Dirk Fisher.

Tickets are $10.00 if purchased by Thursday, October 19th and $15.00 thereafter. You may also purchase VIP tickets to see all 9 shows for $100 and receive complimentary drinks, reserved seating and a WHO'S GOT GAME? T-shirt.

There are also discounts for bringing your friends. If you bring 3 friends who pay full price you get in for free; if you bring 2 friends who pay full price you get $10 off your ticket price; if you bring 1 friend who pays full price you get $5 off your ticket price.

Be the first to try our specialty drink created just for this show Player’s Delight!

The first 75 people to purchase their tickets online will receive a complimentary drink. The first 25 people to purchase tickets online will also receive a special door prize. Order your tickets now! Go to http://www.therianttheatre.com/ or call 646-623-3488.

On hand to sing the theme song WHO’S GOT GAME? will be r&b recording artist Stephanie Jennot, Ryan Love and hip hop artist Lanigiro. If you think you’ve GOT GAME and you think you can DANCE, you can also sign up to show us what you’ve GOT! The Winner who does the best dance to our song WHO’S GOT GAME? will win a special prize.

The videotaped show will air on Riant TV (RTV) at www.therianttheatre.com/video on Monday through Saturday 24/7 where viewers can pay $15.00 to view the show and cast their votes and also have an opportunity to win more cash prizes for playing the game.

Friday, October 13, 2006

COURTNEY FLEGE WINNER OF THE OUTDOOR STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL WILL APPEAR ON SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO, ON NBC AT 1AM, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH

We are proud to annouce that Courtney Flege, the 11 year old singer from Williamstown, who won the Outdoor Strawberry Festival for singing was the Child Star of Tomorrow at The Apollo Theater. The show will air on Saturday October the 14th on NBC. The show was hosted by Whoopie Goldberg, and Courtney and her friends all got to meet Whoopie. She sang Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin, and received a standing ovation from the world famous Apollo audience.




























(Yvette Clark at the Award Ceremony & Performance for the Strawberry One-Act Festival singing Where's My Little Boy from the musical SOMEBODY'S CALLING MY NAME.)

Also, on the move . . . alumni, Yvette Clark, who performed at the Award Ceremony & Performance for the Strawberry One-Act Festival in February and appeared in the Riant musical
SOMEBODY'S CALLING MY NAME, is touring as Motormouth in HAIRSPRAY. Be sure to see her performance when the show comes to your city. She's sensational and all the critics have raved about her performance.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Audition for Improv Show: WHO'S GOT GAME?

Auditions are being held for the new improv show WHO'S GOT GAME? To receive an appointment for Thursday, October 5th call the Riant Theatre at 646-623-3488. The show will begin Monday, October 16th and run for 10 weeks on Mondays ONLY through December 18th! Seeking actors, recording artists, hip hop dancers, comics, and spoken word artists. No pay.

20 ACTORS WILL COMPETE FOR $500 WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO THE ACTOR WHO WINS THE GAME. ALL ACTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL 10 SHOWS TO COMPETE.

WHO'S GOT GAME? will also air on RTV at www.therianttheatre.com/video.

Ticket holders for the in studio taping of the show as well as the online viewing audience will have the opportunity to WIN CASH PRIZES. Subscribe to The Riant TV to receive notices. (See Subscribe in the right hand column.) In studio seating will be limited. TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH at www.therianttheatre.com/tickets.html

More photos from the Strawberry One-Act Festival: Series 5

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More photos from the Strawberry One-Act Festival: Series 4

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Photos of plays in the Strawberry One-Act Festival: Series 3

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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

More photos from the Strawberry One-Act Festival: Series 2

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Photos of plays in the Strawberry One-Act Festival: Series 1

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Photos from the Awards Ceremony & Performance of the Strawberry One-Act Festival