The Magnet Theater Reviews

Watched Trike on Saturday night - two funny guys who know how to spin a story well. Would recommend!

Best comedy you can find in NYC! Such a friendly environment.

Honestly, I love bringing people to come see shows because they are never short on amazing. I am away for college and without fail, always go for a show or 3 when I am back home. This is one place I hope to never stop raving about. They are incredible! I don't have a favorite group to specify but just letting my love out there.

Great improv show tonight (The Friday night sh*w). It's great to see the differences between improv in the USA and improv in Europe (which is based on Canadian improv). The comedians were great and able to adapt to any ideas.
I preferred here than at the UCB Theater because the comedians were not seating all the time and were creating an environnement with objects and furnitures...
However, in both places I thought there were to many laughing and not enough emotions...

Wonderful place, tons of funny talented creative people. My happy place

Been here multiple times to see my friends improv show. Nice small theater.

Improv comedy theater. $7 entry, cheaper than par prices. Cold bottled beer and wine by the glass that is fairly priced (see pic). Friendly staff. Nice location. Well air conditioned theater. Two troops performed for the show. Always nice to see young inspiration. Thanks for a nice night!

I always take any overseas visitors to this improv club. Tuesday nights are Megawatt musical improv and they create half-hour full musicals on the spur of the moment -its such a great night out. exceptionally skilled improvisors. There are four one-hour shows for the price of $7 in total! Best theater bargain. The rest of the weeks shows are also fantastic -I am just a big magnet musical improv fan.

The comedy is good, but here's the thing - the elevator has a tendency to be overcrowded from other businesses in the building, and even though we were waiting over 30 minutes to go down and the elevator kept malfunctioning, the people who work here wouldn't let anyone take the stairs, which seems pretty dangerous and illegal tbh!

Honestly, I thought about signing up for classes, but I probably won't now that I see I'll be trapped in the 10th floor of a midtown building for eternity.

Awesome classes, even better shows. Really great place to learn and watch improv and sketch comedy.

Not yet well known, but getting there, very cozy and friendly theater. I like it way more than ucb.

Magnet is an awesome theater and community! One cool thing they do is have shows that feature underrepresented voices in the comedy community, like the LGBT focused show Thank You For Coming Out.

Fun idea for an inexpensive night of comedy. Beer, wine and soda sold at the theater and there is a very nice bar next door to get drinks or small plates, before or after a show. Friendly community. There are shows six nights a week. Musical Improv teams perform on Tuesday nights!!!

magnet theater is one of the best places in all of new york city. its comedy is consistently experimental, playful and fun; the people are as friendly as it gets; the community is welcome. you can learn improv, musical improv, sketch, character, and storytelling. can't recommend enough.

A great place to see live improv shows. The theatre personnel are fantastic too.

One of the best theaters to learn and watch improv comedy in the city. Everyone treats everyone like family and you'll always leave with a smile on your face!

Had a lot of fun watching improv musical shows there

My favorite improv theater in the city. $7 gets you in for as many shows as you like during the week. Trike on Saturday's at 9 is by far the best improv show I've ever seen.

Wonderful evening of improv and laughs. Hope to make another show!!

It's more of a meetup or an overt social environment than a place where you learn techniques for improv. I was more impressed with UCB and the PIT. I made my complaints to the director but her response was what I expected. She probably gets emails with complaints like this all the time. Spend your money elsewhere for learning improv and if you are looking to meet someone, invest in a dating app.

My best friends both perform here. I really like Inspirado: The Only Improv Competition in the World.

Staff is rude and deceitful. I went in with my wife and asked a staff member if they had seats available, they said absolutely . I bought my tickets, and as I walked in I was told I could not seat with my wife. When I asked why did he not mention it before he completely ignored me. Not having seats is fine, just be upfront with your customers.

The best improv in the city hands DOWN! Everyone is friendly and they even offer FREE INTRO CLASSES! you cant beat that! Rick Andrews and Louis Kornfeld are genius in their show Kornfeld and Andrews if you have time 9pm Sunday nights check them out! And every Wednesday and Thursday the Magnet theater has a FREE mixer where you can go up on stage and perform a 2 minute 2 person scene... 6pm wed nights and 7pm Thurs. nights! Theyve helped me get over my stage fright! So if you wanna save a buck and learn from the best Magnet is the way to go!

Went for an improv show, great place, friendly staff, cool crowd. You'll definitely have fun here. The place needs some updating..

This place is the worst. The shows are bad (i.e., not funny, not interesting, lame) and the people are weird.

Great shows, great classes. You can't go wrong at Magnet!

Great space for improv comedy! Located in Chelsea and super easy to get to. They also have classes!

Great performances from some really talented people!