Improv Everywhere is a group that stages “happenings” in public places – from an elaborate wedding reception for a random couple emerging from city hall to having hundreds of people ride the New York subway system without pants. Their latest production is a 4′07″ musical number they staged in a Queens, NY supermarket. It is charming and very funny — people continue to look for produce as a Broadway-style number is performed inches away from them. New Yorkers!
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Michelle 11.10.09 at 6:53 am
I’m afraid to send this on to my teens – or the next thing you know, they’ll be doing this!
It made me wonder what joys we miss out on if we are too restrained or well behaved….
Denise 11.10.09 at 10:01 am
I love the comment after the singing is over…“They turned life into a musical!” Thanks for a great smile-break this morning.
Paul 11.10.09 at 10:49 am
Michelle,
You used the word “joys” and I think it captures the spirit of this event really well. Don’t you think we all need more joy in our lives?
Paul
Paul 11.10.09 at 10:50 am
Denise,
Always happy to oblige. I think the little interview at the end of the video helps put the whole thing into context, don’t you?
Paul
Eric 11.10.09 at 1:29 pm
Tempermentally, breaking into song in a grocery store is just about the last thing I would ever do. And yet what great joy flowed from these young people, and what delight they gave the store customers. The Spirit of Jesus was surely present there. How much I bottle God up inside me when God could be so much more manifest in me.
Paul 11.11.09 at 7:26 am
Eric,
I appreciate your point about how we “bottle up God” inside of us and how much better it would be if we let God’s light shine through us. I shall reflect upon what you’ve said.
Paul
Michelle 11.13.09 at 8:56 pm
Paul and Eric — there is a wonderful reflection here about a mother who takes a field trip into her daughter’s world – where people do break into song spontaneously!