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Second City teachers reach tentative contract deal to avert strike

After nearly two years of negotiating, instructors at the storied Old Town theater reached an agreement with Second City leadership and suspended plans for a strike that had been set to start Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Second City teachers set deadline for strike that could halt shows there

If picketing begins Tuesday, ‘it’s extremely possible’ that actors and stage managers could refuse to cross the line, says a spokesman for their union.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Home Alone’ actor Ken Hudson Campbell, from Elmhurst, recovering after cancer surgery

Former Second City actor played a Santa Claus impersonator in the 1990 holiday classic.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Pearl Jam comes ‘Alive’ in heartfelt United Center show

Pearl Jam filled Tuesday night with as much Second City tributes as they did songs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alan Arkin, who went from Second City to Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ turn, dead at 89

“I never knew that I could be funny until I joined Second City,” he once said. His many movies included “Catch-22,” “The In-Laws” and “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming”

Chicago Sun-Times

Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning 'Little Miss Sunshine' actor, dies at 89

Oscar winner Alan Arkin has died at age 89

The Independent UK

‘The Blackening’: How a Chicago comedian’s takedown of horror cliches grew into high-profile Hollywood movie

Second City alum (and critic) Dewayne Perkins co-writes and co-stars in comedy film about why the Black characters always die first.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Popular bar that was 'great for football' closes its doors

Second City, in Ancoats, has been liquidated

Manchester Evening News

Practical Theatre Company comes back to Evanston, where the laughs began

The sketch group that launched Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the ’80s puts on a new show in the comedy-conducive suburb.

Chicago Sun-Times

Colbert plucks Louis-Dreyfus, Carell, Fey, other stars for Second City advisory board

‘Late Show’ host and Second City alum will be chair of the group meant to ‘help encourage a new generation.’

Chicago Sun-Times

World Comedy Expo piling on the laughs for inaugural event in Chicago

The expo, running March 25-27, will bring together more than 170 stand-up comics and sketch/improv groups from Chicago, across the country and across the globe for 27 comedy showcases.

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