The Second City

...University of Kentucky's Memorial Hall. If the name Second City doesn't ring a bell, many of its alumni certainly will - and they will explain why Kunkle refers to the theater as "the Super Bowl." The veterans include current A-list comedy...

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...guts all over the world since 1959. Famous for its SNL recruits, Second City boasts a whole slew of successful alumni, including Tina Fey, Jim Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Chris Farley and Amy Poehler. This is where our favorite comedians...

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...require black pants or skirts and white shirts. In 1967, the Second City brought the world The Second City, a comedy sketch troupe that has since spawned branches in Toronto and Los Angeles. Many Second City alumni - including John Belushi,...

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...One Night Only" - Presented in both our Mainstage and e.t.c. Theatres, the revues will feature alumni from every generation performing classic scenes from The Second City archives. The list of alumni slated to return to the theatre is still...

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...Candy, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Rachel Dratch. The list goes on forever because this marks the company's 50th year in the funny business. Of course, Second City has to throw itself a big birthday party to...

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Carell, Colbert to star in Second City show Second City has released the lineup for its big, 50th-anniversary mainstage show Dec. 12. Titled "The Second City Alumni: One Night Only," the show will be staged in both of Second City's mainstage...

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When Sedaris and Dinello were offered the opportunity to create a television series for HBO Downtown Productions, Colbert left The Second City and relocated to New York in order to work with them on the sketch comedy show Exit 57. The...

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THEATER: The Second City returns to improvise at the Rep LITTLE ROCK In its 50 years as the nation's premier improvisational comedy troupe, Chicago's Second City has helped launch the careers of Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, John Belushi, John...

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...with his own realm. While Colbert, a South Carolina native who trained in improvisation at Chicago's famed Second City, earned three Emmys as a "Daily Show" writer, he has since proved himself a competitor. Last year, his show won a...

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