This Could Be On Broadway: In Concert at 54 Below
This Could Be On Broadway follows a tight-knit group of high school kids mounting The Matrix Musical, in a quirky exploration of what it means to be a theatre kid. This show has something for all musical theatre lovers, whether you’re a Rent-Head, an Anything Goes-Ho, or a Heathers-Hottie!
The Great Debate: Canada vs The World
Dim the lights, sharpen your wits, and may your pettiness pack the same punch as your papa’s poutine! The Great Debate is going international and headed to Buffer Festival in Toronto
Buffer Festival 2024
We're thrilled to be going back to Toronto to be a part of Buffer Festival! We’ll be participating in the Charity Gala as well as presenting a very special edition our Great Debate game show!
Spies Are Forever: The West End Concert
Gillian Lynne Theatre – London, England
For one night only, Tin Can Bros bring their sensational comedy musical, Spies Are Forever in Concert to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End! Smart, original and uproariously hilarious, prepare for an unforgettable night of music, comedy and a whole lot of undercover action!
Solve It Squad: Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Assembly George Square Studio Two – Edinburgh, Scotland
JINKLES CHRIST! A group of former kid detectives return to the scene of their greatest unsolved case: the gruesome murder of their talking dog, Cluebert. Can an ambitious narcissist, a lovable doofus, a skittish sad-sap and a scheming brainiac overcome their traumatic past to save the day one last time? From the creators of Spies Are Forever and founding members of Team StarKid comes a zany riff on Scooby Doo about friendship, second chances, and all the ways fame can f*ck you up.
The Great Debate: Drag Queens vs Dungeon Masters
The Cat's Crawl – Los Angeles, California
The GREAT DEBATE is back! Get ready for a clash of epic proportions as Dungeon Masters face off against fabulous comedy queens in debates about the silliest shit imaginable! With live drag performances between the rounds, this showdown is sure to be as fierce as a critical strike and as fabulous as a well executed Gloria Gaynor lip sync. Who will emerge victorious, and who will cry boohoohoo all the way home? You'll just have to join us to find out. And with Cancer season in full swing, get ready for claws-out drama, heightened emotions, and laughs reaching celestial heights!
Solve It Squad: Los Angeles Preview
The Rosalie at Theatre 68 – Los Angeles, California
JINKLES CHRIST! A group of former kid detectives return to the scene of their greatest unsolved case: the gruesome murder of their talking dog, Cluebert. Can an ambitious narcissist, a lovable doofus, a skittish sad-sap and a scheming brainiac overcome their traumatic past to save the day one last time? From the creators of Spies Are Forever and founding members of Team StarKid comes a zany riff on Scooby Doo about friendship, second chances, and all the ways fame can f*ck you up.
Spies Are Forever: Live to Film Concert Experience
El Portal Theater – Los Angeles, California
It’s time to spy… again! Get ready for an electrifying night at the theater as Agent Mega and Co. triumphantly return to LA after 8 years with the Spies Are Forever Live to Film Concert Experience. Join an elite ensemble of stage and screen sensations as they bring the show’s infectious music to life alongside the viral proshot of the original production. Indulge in an evening shaken with catchy tunes, stirred with uproarious laughter, and topped off with just a twist of betrayal. For fans of spy thrillers and musical comedy, this espionage extravaganza is not to be missed.
The Great Debate: Dropout v. Smosh
The Cat's Crawl – Los Angeles, California
Dim the lights and sharpen your wits! It’s time for the GREAT DEBATE, the civilized comedy game show for uncivilized times. Tin Can Bros presents a new spin on the classical debate format, pitting silver-tongued contestants in a war of words over ridiculous topics. Watch your favorite comedians duke it out in a prizefight of passion and pettiness! 6 contestants. 4 rounds. All competing to become the evening’s champion: The Master Debater.
Buffer Festival Toronto 2023
Come join us at Buffer Festival where we'll be hosting the Awards Gala!
How the Grunch Cribbed Christmas!
How the Grunch Cribbed Christmas
A New Musical About the C-Word*!
*Christmas
November 18, 2022 at 8PM
November 19, 2022 at 3PM and 8PM
November 20, 2022 at 3PM
El Portal Theatre
5269 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
*All audience members will be required to wear a mask and provide proof proof of Covid-19 vaccination to attend*
Book by The Tin Can Bros
Music & Lyrics by Nick Gage
Directed by Corey Lubowich
How the Grunch Cribbed Christmas! is a brand new Solve It Squad musical mystery one act holiday show from Tin Can Bros.
This Chrismahanukwanzakah Season, Scrags, Gwen, Keith & Esther are competing to be the most charitable team at Mayberry’s 1st Annual Holly Jolly Toy Drive and Nondenominational Winter Pageant Slash Variety Show as the clock ticks down to the culmination of the evening: a live performance of the holiday classic, How the Grunch Cribbed Christmas.
But with Gwen in charge and a real life Grunch wreaking havoc, the Squad is going to have their work cut out for them if they want to save the holidays!
Featuring:
Ashley Clements (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Non-Transferable)
Gabe Greenspan (Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye)
Lauren Lopez (A Very Potter Musical, Twilight: The Musical New World Stages)
Joey Richter (A Very Potter Musical, Danger Force Nickelodeon)
Brian Rosenthal (A Very Potter Musical)
& MORE!!
Tickets
Patreon Presale July 27, 2022 at 10AM PT
General On Sale July 29, 2022 at 10AM PT
Spies Are Forever: In Concert at 54 Below
After a sold-out run in Los Angeles and cast album charting at #6 on iTunes, the Tin Can Brothers are thrilled to bring the songs of their hit musical Spies Are Forever to Feinstein’s/54 Below. Join an outstanding cast of Broadway, television, and internet stars on a daring musical adventure, featuring a contemporary musical theatre score from Clark Baxtresser & Pierce Siebers.
Spies Are Forever is the story of secret agent Curt Mega as he struggles to cope with his traumatic past and prove to himself that he still has what it takes to be the super spy he once was. Throughout the evening we’ll travel the world of 1961 to black market arms deals, state galas, high stakes poker games, and, of course, a sophisticated club just like this one…
This Could Be On Broadway: Staged Concert Reading
Digital tickets available for a limited time through April 4, 2022
Book by: Lauren Lopez, Brian Rosenthal, Joey Richter, & Corey Lubowich
Music & Lyrics: Clark Baxtresser
Director: Corey Lubowich
Executive Producers: Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal, & Corey Lubowich
Associate Producer: Lauren Lopez
Choreography: Corey Lubowich & Lauren Lopez
Additional Choreography: James Tolbert
Gender Consultant: Esther Fallick
Stage Manager: Tammy Babich
Director of Photography: Justin Ivan Hong
Sound Engineer: Ilana Elroi
Sound Mixing: Matt Dahan
"This Could Be On Broadway” is a new stage musical from the creators of “Spies Are Forever” about a group of high school students mounting their spring musical and the shenanigans that ensue. From callbacks to the cast party, the stage is a battleground where egos flare, showmances rage, and the only option is to option up.
Get your ticket to this staged concert reading and be the first audiences ever to experience this new musical about a high school musical!
Runtime: ~2.5 hrs including intermission
Talkback Runtime: ~1 hr
Cast
Solve It Squad: Back In Biz
Vol. 1 Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 2PM PT
Vol. 2 Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 2PM PT
Written by Tin Can Bros
Director: Corey Lubowich
Original Theme Song: Nick Gage
Theme Song Animatic: Meg Lloyd
Stage Manager: Tammy Babich
Mayberry’s finest fucked-up former kid detective gang, the Solve it Squad, is back in biz and ready to crack the case. Exotic animal dealers, tech billionaires, drug cartels, and child-nappers beware! Unless, that is, the Squad bungles it first… Solve It Squad: Back In Biz will feature the original Solve It Squad cast plus special guests in two livestreamed readings of scripts from Solve It Squad: the Animated Series!
Cast
📕Solve It Squad: Back In Biz Vol. 1 (March 13, 2021 2pm PST) Features the episodes: The Solve It Squad to the (Dog) Rescue & The Solve It Squad Takes a Chill Pill, with special guests: Jiavani Linayao & Robert Manion.
🐶In The Solve It Squad to the (Dog) Rescue, Scrags adopts a new talking rescue dog to fill a Clubert shaped hole in his heart, while the Squad investigates the theft of a tiger from the Mayberry Zoo.
❄️In The Solve It Squad Takes a Chill Pill, the Squad’s taking the day off! Reeellaaax!!! Gwen and Esther take a staycation, while Scrags and Keith help Gwen with her to-do list. It’ll be rejuvenating... until Gwen’s kids are kidnapped and it all goes to shit.
📗Solve It Squad: Back In Biz Vol. 2 (March 20, 2021 2pm PDT) Features the episodes: The Solve It Squad Cashes Out & The Solve It Squad Says No To Drugs, with special guests: Darren Criss & Joanna Sotomura
💰In The Solve It Squad Cashes Out, Keith calls in a favor from when they were kids to wrangle the Squad into investigating his case: a sus Kickstarter run by a tech billionaire who is way better than Keith in every way.
💊In The Solve It Squad Says No To Drugs, Esther trips balls on a new wackadoo designer drug as the Squad follows breadcrumbs dropped by a deadly Russian cartel.
Wayward Guide Drive-In Premiere!
This is the Official Wayward Guide For The Untrained Eye Premiere!
Join us, from the comfort of your car, to experience the first 4 Episodes of Wayward Guide with the cast and crew before anyone else. Plus, we’ll round out the night with a preview of the Podcast, a cast & crew video, and a screening of Tin Can Brothers shorts, Flop Stoppers and Idle Worship. It'll be a night to remember under a spooky full moon...er...waning crescent. For more information on the Vineland Drive-In and their venues policies, check out their website here.
CANCELLED: We Didn't Plan to Kill Our Guest 2: No One's Dying This Time!
We said we would never do it again. But...
We're back on stage with We Didn't Plan to Kill Our Guest 2: No One's Dying This Time!
Joined by a different special guest at every performance, the brothers will probe their subject in this limited-run talk show. It’s sure to be fun and educational for the whole family…until they definitely don't once again accidentally kill the guest and have to parade their corpse around town in a madcap adventure to save their souls. Joined by Lauren Lopez, Angela Giarratana, and featuring audience choices polled in the weeks prior, We Didn't Plan to Kill Our Guest will be a unique nightly experience that you will be dying to catch more than once!
Buffer Festival Toronto 2019
Come join us at Buffer Festival where we'll be hosting the Awards Gala!
We Didn't Plan to Kill Our Guest
The Tin Can Bros are back on stage again after one whole year! Joined by a different special guest at every performance, the brothers will probe their subject in this limited-run talk show. It’s sure to be fun and educational for the whole family…until they accidentally kill the guest and have to parade their corpse around town in a madcap adventure to save their souls. Joined by Lauren Lopez, Jaime Lyn Beatty, and featuring audience choices polled in the weeks prior, WE DIDN’T PLAN TO KILL OUR GUEST will be a unique nightly experience that you will be dying to catch more than once!
Buffer Festival Toronto 2018
Come join us at Buffer Festival where we'll be hosting the Awards Gala!
Buffer Festival LA 2018
Come join us at Buffer Festival where we'll premiere a brand new short film as part of the comedy screening!
The Solve It Squad Off-Broadway
April 26-May 12, 2018
Wednesdays-Mondays 8PM
Saturdays & Sundays 8PM & 3PM
TBG Theatre
312 West 36th Street, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10018
Written by Tin Can Brothers
Original Music by Nick Gage
Directed by Corey Lubowich
Costumes by June Saito
Props by Amy Plouff
Stage Managed by Adam Brunetti
Featuring:
Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal, Ashley Clements, Gabe Greenspan, & Lauren Lopez
“delightfully dark... an impressively hilarious show that manages to evoke nostalgia while still feeling very fresh and exciting.”
After a sold out run in Los Angeles, Tin Can Brothers bring their new original show, The Solve It Squad to New York! The one-act play follows the adventures of a group of former kid detectives. After years of growing up and apart, they must return to the scene of their greatest unsolved case: the murder of their trusty dog Cluebert. A send-up to classics like Scooby Doo, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew, The Solve It Squad puts its own dark, twisted spin on these beloved characters.
Buffer Festival Toronto 2017
Come join us at Buffer Festival where we'll premiere a brand new short film as part of the comedy screening!
The Solve It Squad Returns
Written by Tin Can Brothers
Directed by Corey Lubowich
Costumes by June Saito
Scenery by Robert Manion
Production Coordination by Amy Plouff
Stage Managed by Jeanne Valleroy
Featuring:
Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal, Ashley Clements, Gabe Greenspan, & Lauren Lopez
“delightfully dark... an impressively hilarious show that manages to evoke nostalgia while still feeling very fresh and exciting.”
The Tin Can Brothers are back with their new original show, The Solve It Squad Returns! The one-act play follows the adventures of a group of former kid detectives. After 20 years of growing up and apart, they must return to the scene of their greatest unsolved case: the murder of their trusty dog Cluebert. A send-up to classics like Scooby Doo, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew, The Solve It Squad Returns! puts its own dark, twisted spin on these beloved characters.
Newport Beach Film Festival
At the Newport Beach Film Festival, we had the U.S. premiere our musical short film, Flop Stoppers on the big screen!
Buffer Festival Toronto 2016
At Buffer Festival 2016, we premiered our musical short film, Flop Stoppers on the big screen!
Spies Are Forever: Reloaded
A Concert Staging
July 23 & 25, 2016
Stage 773
Chicago, IL
Book by The Tin Can Brothers
Music & Lyrics by TalkFine
Directed by Corey Lubowich
Featuring:
Al Fallick, Lauren Lopez, Curt Mega, Tessa Netting, Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal, Mary-Kate Wiles, & Joseph Walker
Fresh off their world premiere this spring in Los Angeles, the cast of Spies Are Forever is coming to Chicago to give you a taste of their Cold War spy comedy! With scenes and songs from the original musical by the Tin Can Brothers and TalkFine, you’ll be thrown head first back into the adventures of Agent Curt Mega in this staged concert!
