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The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise. It is the oldest improvisational theater troupe to be continuously based in Chicago, with training programs and live theatres in Toronto and New York.
The following are notable writers, performers, stage managers, directors, producers, and musicians who have collaborated on revues at The Second City. [ 1 ] Alumni of Current Resident Stages
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2023 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2 ).
Secondcity. Rowan Harrington[ 3] (born 28 January 1987), [ 4] better known by his stage name Secondcity, is an American-born British DJ and record producer, best known for his song "I Wanna Feel", which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart .
This piece was actually an unsold pilot from 1978 featuring the voices of Martin Short, Steven Kampmann, Peter Torokvei and Don Dickinson, all members of the Second City Toronto cast between 1977 and 1979. Short would later join SCTV as a cast member.
Bernard Sahlins. Bernard Sahlins ( / ˈsɑːlɪnz /; August 20, 1922 – June 16, 2013) was an American writer, director and comedian best known as a founder of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe with Paul Sills and Howard Alk in 1959. [1] Sahlins also opened the Second City Theatre in Toronto in 1973.
Severn Teakle Darden Jr. (November 9, 1929 – May 27, 1995) was an American comedian and actor, and a founding member of The Second City Chicago-based comedy troupe as well as its predecessor, the Compass Players. He is known from his film appearances for playing the human leader Kolp in the fourth and fifth Planet of the Apes films. [1]
Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto 's Second City troupe.