About The Saturday Night Live Scholarships with The Second City, The Groundlings, The PIT and THe UCB
In the build-up to season 46 of Saturday Night Live, NBC announced that the sketch-comedy TV...
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Tag: The Second City
The Second City is up for sale
The Second City, the venerable comedy institution with branches in Chicago, Toronto and elsewhere,...
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Black Performers and Other Minority Alums of The Second City and The UCB Join Forces, Asking Their Theaters To Do better
So far this month, the longtime CEO of The Second City has announced his resignation and asked the...
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CEO of The Second City Resigns in Response to #BlackLivesMatter
How’s this for a Friday night surprise? After announcing on Thursday that it would end a...
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Episode #301: Fred Willard
When I sat down with Fred Willard in February 2020 inside his home in Southern California, he was...
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Bob Odenkirk On Shaping Chris Farley’s Matt Foley Character
Before Better Call Saul. Before Breaking Bad. Before Mr. Show with Bob and David, and...
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R.I.P. Michael C. McCarthy
Michael Clayton McCarthy achieved the comedy dream and proved you could do it going in the...
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iO Chicago alums to write, direct “Del & Charna” movie
Red Crown Productions LLC announced it’s developing a biopic about Chicago improvising...
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Harold Ramis Film School partners with NBC to offer scholarships at The Second City
Looking for funding help to become a comedy filmmaker? The Harold Ramis Film School (“HRFS”) at...
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R.I.P. David Shepherd, improv legend who co-founded The Compass Players
David Shepherd, who co-founded the Compass Players in Chicago with Paul Sills in 1955, thereby...
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The Second City expands partnership with Insight to produce original programming
This year, The Second City has worked with Insight Productions on an upcoming documentary about...
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Episode #204: Jim O’Heir
Jim O’Heir is an Emmy-winning actor and comedian best known for co-starring as Jerry Gergich...
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