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Expats review – Chicago’s improv squad riff on the ridiculous

This quartet – familiar from Veep, SNL and Second City – respond well to audience suggestions but keep rebooting the process rather than delivering a full story

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2024

Paul Sullivan: Why do we cling to Michael Jordan’s mythical title as the greatest player of all time?

CHICAGO — Chicago still is known as the Second City, though it dropped behind Los Angeles to No. 3 in U.S. population back in 1982.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 10, 2023

Actor Melinda Dillon, ‘A Christmas Story’ mom from Chicago, dies at 83

Two-time Oscar nominee, for ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘Absence of Malice,’ got her start at Goodman School and Second City.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2023

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Former Second City actor-writer Michael Lehrer, who had ALS, dies at 44

The performer, who continued to do comedy after developing the neurodegenerative disease, ‘died with dignity on his own terms,’ says his girlfriend and caretaker.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 18, 2023

Andrew Duncan, original Second City actor, dies

‘The quintessential straight man’ appeared in the Chicago theater’s first revue and later in the movies ‘Love Story’ and “Slapshot.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2022

Second City plans expansion to New York

A new space in Brooklyn will supplement the existing theaters in Chicago and Toronto.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Second City alum and prolific character actor Mike Hagerty dies

Hagerty’s face and blue-collar Chicago accent were immediately recognizable.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022

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