The esteemed Chicago theater’s artistic director is out, and artists and his supporters are upset with the company’s board of directors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMKen-Matt Martin, the esteemed Chicago theater’s first Black artistic director, is going in with his eyes open.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMThe Hypocrites, a freewheeling Chicago theater troupe, has taken its popular production of “The Pirates of Penzance” around the country. Now New Yorkers can sidle up to the tiki bar.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMAiming to launch more television and film projects while connecting its performers with managers who will work closely with the comedy troupe, Second City announced a new partnership Monday …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PMHere's a story about Mick Napier that doesn't necessarily illuminate how he became one of improvisational comedy's guiding lights, a revered Second City director and the Annoyance Theatre fo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:20AMCo-creator of Ron Burgundy and Ricky Bobby likes pushing audience boundaries while fanning the comic fires of his talented casts NEW YORK — Adam McKay still has the improvising chop…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:37AM(BY MARK CARO) As Mona Golabek signs books immediately after each performance of her one-woman show, "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," at the Royal George Theatre, people ask her variations o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:19PMCharna Halpern's script about her late iO (formerly ImprovOlympic) co-founder Del Close opens with the vastly influential, hard-living, difficult, brilliant improvisation pioneer glimpsing a…
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