[Ed. Note: This is the sixth in a series of TM review roundups of shows in the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival.]

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The funniest musical I've seen in some time is A Scotsman in Thailand - and it closed on opening night. As surely as this was a tragedy, it was also unavoidable -- since Scotsman was the ad hoc work of Baby Wants Candy, an outstanding musical improvisation troupe from Chicago, now at the Players Theatre.

As near as I can tell, the group sketches out a few basics ahead of time -- but besides deciding who will have the first solo or the nominal leads, it's all improvised. The audience shouts out a title, and away we go.

At the performanc[...]