Boyband Breakup is a musical sketch show about the chaotic, on-stage collapse of multi-ethnic boyband, the Groove Guys. But who causes the breakup?! Sing along to parodies of your favorite boyband songs from Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Boyz II Men and New Edition as the mystery of who breaks up the band unfolds live on stage.
The show takes place at the first concert of the Groove Guys’s 10 year reunion tour. Watch the personalities and media personas of each member come to a head as the band reminisces and relitigates their past, in full view of the audience during the concert. With flashback sketches to the good old days and brand new song releases (parodies of your favorite boyband songs from Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Boyz II Men and New Edition), the show unfolds like a murder mystery as we try to answer the question: who killed the institution, the backbone of all art, the least harmonious most harmonizing music that defined a generation? Who ended the boyband?
Written by Izaak Sunleaf and Ja-Ron Young and very loosely based on their experiences being profiled as a multi-ethnic musical group, the show explores perceived identity vs real identity – particularly along the lines of race and class – in the dumbest, funniest, most irreverent way possible; with song parodies that slap! Starring an all-star cast of Ja-Ron Young, Izaak Sunleaf, James Koroni, Rob Chen, and Devin O’Neill (previously including Warren Chao and Connor Bowen) with credits and features including MTV, New York Times, Law & Order: SVU, Billions, Bustle, UCB, SF Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest and many more sketch festivals and shows as well as collaborations with Madonna, Kourtney Kardashian, Misterwives, Pharrell and the ACLU.
Izaak Sunleaf 