The Chicago Improv Festival would start on a somber note as the Chicago improv community learned that Paul Sills, a founding member and original director of Second City as well as its predecessor Compass Players (where he worked...
Read MoreStephen Colbert gave the annual Class Day speech today at Princeton University, a place near and dear to my heart — and nearer still since I was there all weekend for my college reunion. Coincidentally or not (I’d...
Read MoreJust For Laughs may be only about six weeks away, but that’s still enough time for a few Southern-based stand-up comedians to make a good impression and get on the "New Faces" lineup — there’s a final...
Read MoreThe Bastion tells me, and therefore you, as well, that there’s plenty of talented comedians coming home to roost at the 11th annual Chicago Improv Festival, which begins tonight and runs through June 8. Chicago’s...
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