Chicago's Famed Second City Will Return To MPAC For The Holidays
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 21, 2021
While the weather outside could be frightful, the laughter inside is most delightful as comedy's best and brightest roast the chestnuts out of all the things we lovingly loathe about the holiday season in The Second City's It's A Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Life.
GGC Players Will Virtually Open LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS This Month
by Stephi Wild
- May 4, 2021
Lovers and Other Strangers is an evening of five untitled comedic one-acts adding up to less than eighty minutes of brilliant comedy writing and wonderful relatable people seduced by love, arguing about love, marrying with love, cheating with love and confused by love. The play was turned into a hit movie starring Diane Keaton, Gig Young, Richard Castellano and Bea Arthur.
Private Equity Group ZMC Buys The Second City
by Nicole Rosky
- Feb 18, 2021
ZMC said today that it has acquired The Second City, the world's premier brand in improvisation and sketch-based comedy entertainment and education. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Hillary Rollins Presents THE RIGHT TO CABARET at The Gardenia Supper Club
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 6, 2020
MaryJo Mundy, the highly acclaimed and beloved cabaret singer and founder of the longest running open mic at the famed Gardenia, hosts the 4th night of what celebrates and fosters musical theatre/cabaret performers,
while also showcasing her own remarkable talent. On the third Saturday of every month Ms. Mundy (co-hosted monthly by Alexis Gach and singer/songwriter/producer Hillary Rollins ) throws a 'cabaret party' on-stage at the Gardenia along with three guest performers.
THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY Announced At The MAC
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 15, 2020
The Second City returns to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Valentine's Day Weekend for a?oeThe Best of the Second Citya?? at 5 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15. Some of the company's rising stars of today will perform a sampling of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City's 60-year history. Perfect for date night, attendees will have the chance to enjoy drink specials and free chocolates and, to make the evening extra special, add-on VIP Suite Service, including a private, pre-show cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception, with coffee and dessert at intermission.
The Second City Presents THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY SWEATER At The MAC
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 19, 2019
The Second City returns to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) just in time for the holidays with a?oeThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sweatera?? at 5 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7. BroadwayWorld calls a?oeThe Good, The Bad & the Ugly Sweater a?oea holiday must.a??
THE SECOND CITY To Present Two Performances At The Lincoln November 23
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 24, 2019
There's a reason the biggest names in laughter all catapulted their careers at The Second City...it's been the funniest place on the planet since '59! Witness the next generation of comedy superstars put their spin on the legendary comedy company's greatest hits, re-booted and re-imagined for today. From sketch comedy to original songs to world-famous improv, The Second City is fresh, fast, and always spectacularly funny
BWW Review: ASSASSINS, Watermill Theatre
by Gary Naylor
- Oct 15, 2019
Assassins is never less than engaging and interesting, for all its structural flaws. Worth the ticket price just to see the virtuosity of this super-talented cast.
Musco Center Presents The Second City Tour: GREATEST HITS (VOL. 59), 10/16
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 10, 2019
The classic Second City comedy sketches and original songs that launched generations of comedy legends have been re-booted and re-imagined for the company's current cast of future superstars in The Second City Tour: Greatest Hits (Vol. 59). The tour comes to Musco Center for the Arts for one night only, Wednesday, October 16, at 7:30pm.
The Wallis Presents SISTERS IN LAW
by A.A. Cristi
- Jul 31, 2019
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Elizabeth Weber, Dale Franzen (Hadestown) and Don Franzen, presents the West Coast Premiere of SISTERS IN LAW, starring Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony, a?oeThe Walking Dead,a?? a?oeCrazy Ex-Girlfrienda??) as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephanie Faracy (Hocus Pocus, The Great Outdoors with Dan Aykroyd and John Candy, a?oeSneaky Petea?? and a?oeModern Familya??) as Sandra Day O'Connor. Directed by Patricia McGregor (Lights Out: Nat a?oeKinga?? Cole, Skeleton Crew), with an all-female design team, performances begin Wednesday, September 18 through Sunday, October 13, 2019, in The Wallis' Lovelace Studio Theater.
Toronto Fringe Festival Presents CARPE INTO MY DMS
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 6, 2019
When #thoughtsandprayers had ceased to be enough, society was too busy keeping up with the Kardashians to notice that the end was near! Carpe into my DMs is a post apocalyptic sketch comedy revue written by troupe We are Sports! and directed by Second City alumnus, Alastair Forbes. Now that the dust has settled, our selfie-obsessed survivors are faced with the harsh reality that they can't escape blame for the collapse of civilization. From micro-aggressions to robot roleplay, Carpe into my DMs takes audiences through a politically pointed and hilariously goofy journey to the end of the world!
TRUMP IN SPACE Announces Final Extension
by A.A. Cristi
- May 1, 2019
Trump in Space, winner of the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore! Producer's Award, has announced the final extension of its run of Friday nights at The Second City Hollywood Studio Theatre. The engagement must end August 16.
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