But they're keeping their day jobs. It's Saturday night at Luna Park, a trendy Hollywood nightspot. Now they're taking on the world's entertainment capital with an offbeat combination of improvisation, comedy and a cappella singing. Pulling the audience into the act is part of their appeal. One member of the troupe plays a radio announcer who keeps things moving.
Interactive theater can be tricky.
Tonight's crowd wants to see a scene about a leper. The Franklies are unfazed. They pick up cues deftly and rarely interrupt each other. At least half the laughs come from Greg Chun's eclectic sound effects on the synthesizer. In what may be a Tinseltown first, the Franklies punctuate their improv performances with original a cappella.