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The Latest Breaking News from Second City

Second City teachers vote to authorize strike

Contract bargaining with the Chicago comedy theater has dragged on for more than two years.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 29, 2023

‘Don’t Quit Your Daydream’: Second City show not always funny, but still fun

Humor is sporadic in mainstage revue that surrounds likable cast with theatrical razzle-dazzle

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 8, 2023

My worst moment: ‘Abbott Elementary’ writer Brittani Nichols wishes she knew about the spit bucket

Chicago native and comedian Brittani Nichols is a writer on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary.” Quinta Brunson, the show’s creator and star, spent time in Chicago earlier in her career taking classes at Second City, but ironically, that Chicago connection is not how they met.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 10, 2023

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Patience a virtue of ‘Great Altercations,’ a Second City show that lets the comedy breathe

‘SNL’ alum Jerry Minor directs a satisfying mix of the long, the short, the profound and the silly.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 5, 2022

Second City show faces the moment with happiness and hilarity — and hardly any politics

At the mainstage revue ‘Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not,’ you’ll get the giggles. You’ll get warm fuzzies. You’ll get mooned by someone.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 9, 2022

Better call y’all: To write memoir, Bob Odenkirk phoned friends for details he was too busy to remember

Actor-director promises he ‘doesn’t go too deep’ in looking back at his Naperville childhood, his Second City stint and his adventures at ‘SNL,’ ‘Mr. Show’ and ‘Breaking Bad.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 25, 2022

Chicago Party Aunt creator Chris Witaske to get wet at Polar Plunge

The Second City alum also is one of the people learning how not to become his parents on Progressive Insurance commercials.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 16, 2022

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