Mark off Dec. 12 on your calendar. Now. That's the day of Second City's much-anticipated 50th anniversary show "The Second City Alumni: One Night Only." The venerable comedy troupe just released the line-up of performers, and it is star-studded enough to make you drop whatever you're doing and buy the $125 tickets as soon as they go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. (at 312-337-3992 and secondcity.com...
Photo by Mike-Chicago Next month, Second City alumni will converge on Chicago to help celebrate the comedy theater's 50th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, the theater will host three days of performances, panel discussions, and screenings on December 11-13 with big comedy names like Stephen Colbert, Alan Arkin, Martin Short, Harold Ramis, Jim Belushi, and Steve Carell. Tickets range in price...
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Improv theatre. I used to be really into it. Oh, back when I lived in Edmonton, we’d go to long-form improv shows every Monday night and sometimes on the weekend too. Edmonton has a great long-running improv troupe called Die Nasty that’s been running every Monday for nearly two decades, and I was such a [...] Related posts: SummerWorks Festival Preview Toronto – This week sees the...
Taking a moment out of my incredibly swamped couple of days to mention this announcement from The Chicago Tribune (emphasis added): Second City taps celebrity alums for 50th anniversary bash Originally posted: August 4, 2009 As part of its upcoming fiftieth anniversary, Chicago’s Second City comedy theater will host a one-night-only Chicago reunion of the cast of the [...]
The Second City - the timeless producer of improvisational based comedy - celebrates its milestone 50th Anniversary this fall with a series of events and happenings that will bring together alumni, recreate renowned sketches and characters, and bring the history of the theatre to life. During the weekend of December 11-13, the theatre's home on Wells Street in Chicago will serve as an historic backdrop...
As part of its upcoming fiftieth anniversary, Chicago's Second City comedy theater will host a one-night-only Chicago reunion of the cast of the iconic SCTV comedy series, featuring personal appearances by Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Harold...
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We continue our journey into The Sound of Young America's vast audio archive with this program from The Sound of Young America Classics. Guests Joe Flaherty & Allison Silverman. Joe Flaherty was a cast member on the seminal sketch comedy program SCTV. Allison Silverman is the Emmy-winning co-head writer and supervising producer of The Colbert Report. Listen to This Week's Show Download This Week's...
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