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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Second city - What They Never Told You

Brilliant actor known for her roles in Home Alone, Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek who specialised in the comedy of delusion

The Guardian - UK

George Wendt obituary

Actor who played Norm Peterson in the hugely popular American sitcom Cheers

The Guardian - UK

‘Deep dish eucharist’: internet reacts to US pope with jokes and Chicago pride

Some users wonder whether new pope has had Chicago’s favorite liqueur Malört while others reference The Bear

The Guardian - US

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Lamorne Morris is the heart of "Fargo"

“New Girl” alum talks Emmys, manifests his dream gig of hosting SNL and explains what he has against cats

Salon

Joe Flaherty, Star of ‘SCTV’ and ‘Freaks and Geeks,’ Has Died

Played Guy Caballero and Big Jim McBob on ‘SCTV’, and Harold Weir on ‘Freaks’

Broadcasting & Cable

32 Comedians Who Became Actors

The improv-to-dramatic-performance pipeline is real.

Marie Claire

Celebrity deaths in 2023: Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Buffett, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeff Beck among the notables we lost this year

Locally, Chicago mourned the loss of Mike Nussbaum, Frank Galati, Dick Butkus, Harry Porterfield, Bill Zehme and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

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30+ Actors With Stand-Up Or Sketch Comedy Experience

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting.

Cinemablend

Second City reaches giddy levels of lunacy with ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Glow!’

Talented actors at e.t.c. Theater seem very much in control of their wacky premises

Chicago Sun-Times

Local News Close-Up: Chicago Is the City of Big Stories

Second City offers weather, crime and news from market’s many distinct neighborhoods

Broadcasting & Cable

Alan Arkin obituary

Award-winning stage and screen actor who exuded gravitas even in comedies such as Catch-22 and Little Miss Sunshine

The Guardian - UK

Alan Arkin was brilliant, difficult, spiritual and mysterious: ‘He’s always been underestimated’

As the Oscar-winning star of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Argo’ and ‘Catch-22’ dies at the age of 89, Martin Chilton looks back at the life and career of an actor with exquisite timing, depth and deadpan delivery – and who had little time for the trinkets of stardom

The Independent UK

What it took for Frank Sennett to write his new novel, the political thriller ‘Shadow State’

CHICAGO — Taking a luncheon break from what has been a life of considerable movement and accomplishments, Frank Sennett plunked himself into a booth at Club Lago, that pleasantly old-fashioned bar and restaurant in River North, and started talking about his three kids, his wife, his father and how he…

Chicago Tribune

Things to do in Chicago Feb. 2-8: The Mix

Lyric Opera’s world premiere of “The Factotum,” the return of Pilobolus, and Mavis Staples in concert are among the week’s entertainment highlights.

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Countdown to 2023: 10 Chicago New Year’s Eve events

From hotel parties to bar pop-ups and comedy shows to concerts, here’s a guide to some of the events to ring in the new year on Dec. 31.

The Independent UK

How Jordan Klepper became the breakout star of the midterm elections

While comedian Jordan Klepper makes it very clear that he’s not a journalist, his on-the-ground interviews of real voters are providing some of the most revelatory and terrifying snapshots of attitudes, beliefs and straight-up fairytales embraced by people across the US as they head to the polls, writes Sheila Flynn

Chicago Tribune

Second City will open a new theater in Brooklyn

CHICAGO — Second City, the Chicago-based comedy theater whose name is a rejoinder to East Coast snobbery in the arts and entertainment business, is heading to New York City.

Chicago Tribune

At Second City, a new CEO from ‘Sesame Street’

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Second City, the venerable comedy theater headquartered in Old Town, has a new CEO: Ed Wells, most recently executive vice president and global head of media and education for the Sesame Workshop, the producers of “Sesame Street,” formerly known as the Children’s Television Workshop.

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Second City hires new CEO from Sesame Workshop

Ed Wells, new boss at the Chicago company, says he’ll work on ‘bringing the Second City magic to audiences everywhere.’

Chicago Tribune

‘Finding Your Laughter’ documents the struggle of a Chicago family with Alzheimer’s, and how improv made that burden just a bit lighter

CHICAGO — One day, Arlieta Hall’s father forgot that you don’t go to Best Buy to get chairs. On another day, he thought her brother was his younger self. That was when Arlieta realized that Alzheimer’s had hit the smartest man she knew.

Chicago Sun-Times

Summer Guide 2022: Plenty of laughs on the horizon this summer in Chicago

From stand-up to improv, comedy will be everywhere on area stages in the months ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Mix: Cool things to do May 19-25 in Chicago

“Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations,” the Long Grove Chocolate Fest and a National Tap Dance Day celebration are among the cool things to see and do in the week ahead.

Chicago Tribune

Second City has a new artistic board, with alums Tina Fey, Sam Richardson, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and others

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Second City comedy theater, which has seen significant recent turnover in creative and administrative staff, will honor its illustrious roots and help its own future with a new artistic advisory board of illustrious former performers, as curated by alum Stephen Colbert.

Chicago Sun-Times

At Music Box, Bob Odenkirk remembers the Chicago day when he saw his showbiz future

An encounter with improv guru Del Close convinced the kid from Naperville that career in the arts could work.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jon Carr leaves Second City after 14 months as executive producer

Staff is told he departed "due to changes in his personal life."

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