R.I.P. Noah Gregoropoulos
by Noah Gregoropoulos, a celebrated teacher of improv comedians from Chicago, has died from cancer. He was 63. A graduate of Northwestern University, Gregoropoulous taught comedians …
Tag: The Second City
Episode #356: Niccole Thurman
Niccole Thurman is an actress, writer, and the co-host of the podcast, The Scroll Down with Marcella Arguello. Originally from Kansas, Thurman studied acting at …
Episode #329: Christina Anthony
Christina Anthony is an East St. Louis native who came up through the Chicago comedy scene. Anthony joined The Second City, where she performed with …
The Second City To Be Sold To Private Equity
As first reported by Financial Times, The Second City could have a new owner as soon as next week. FT cites multiple sources claiming the …
Updates on the First SNL Scholarships
We’re getting our first wave of winners from the new scholarship program that Saturday Night Live has introduced in partnership with four of the biggest …
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 institution would be partnering with select comedy theaters and …
The Second City is up for sale
The Second City, the venerable comedy institution with branches in Chicago, Toronto and elsewhere, is up for sale for only the second time in its …
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 legendary Chicago theater to name a replacement …
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 partnership with the Chicago Mayor’s Office in light of …
Episode #301: Fred Willard
When I sat down with Fred Willard in February 2020 inside his home in Southern California, he was noticeably weak — I held his microphone …