Brian Williams featured The Second City on tonight's news broadcast featuring interviews with alums Tina Fey, Bonnie Hunt and Martin Short as well as CEO/Executive Producer Andrew Alexander. To check out the segment, visit www.nbc.com.
For extended in-depth interviews with Tina Fey, Bonnie Hunt and Martin Short, visit www.msnbc.msn.com.
Alum Nia Varadalos takes us backstage with her at The Second City’s 50th Anniversary celebration this past weekend.
Check out this gallery and many more at www.facebook.com/thesecondcity
To recognize our 50th Anniversary, Governor Patrick Quinn, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Senator John Cullerton and Alderman Vi Daley honored Second City with a variety of proclamations and plaques proclaiming today, the official anniversary of The Second City, as Second City Day. Happy Anniversary!
Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Andrew Alexander, Richard Daley, Martin Short,
Eugene Levy, Cathrine O'Hara, Harold Ramis
Vi Daley, Andrew Alexander
SCTV Golden Classics, a new public television special featuring some of SCTV's most hilarious moments, premieres Thursday, December 17 at 9 p.m. on New York metro area public television station WLIW21. The special will premiere nationwide on other public television stations beginning March 2010 (check local listings). Visit wliw.org for a video preview and to support this broadcast. Contact your local station to request the show at pbs.org/stationfinder.
Check out people.com for a great video shot at our red carpet on Saturday night. People's intern asked various alums about their fondest and wildest on stage memories from The Second City.
During the 50th Anniversary Festival, as part of it's long-term commitment to emerging talent and the brand's partnership with The Second City, PUMA announced the PUMA & The Second City "LOL" Scholarship Program, offering ten scholarships to the organization's training center in Chicago and Los Angeles as part of The Second City Outreach & Diversity Program in an effort in increase diversity among the improv community. Check out this great video with clips from our 50th Anniversary and more information about the scholarships. Thanks to Puma for your help in this great cause!
Check out today's New York Times for an extensive feature on Second City along with a special video highlight from Saturday's anniversary show.
Jon Glaser of Adult Swim's Delocated put some photos and memories from his trip back to Chicago for the 50th Anniversary on his blog. Check it out at the Delocated Blog.
The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun Times offer up a pair of terrific wrap up articles on The Second City’s 50th Anniversary weekend. It was an amazing and most memorable weekend, and both newspapers summarize Saturday’s Alumni Reunion Performance perfectly.
On a Saturday night, December 12th, Second City alumni from all generations returned home to perform classic scenes at our 50th Anniversary Festival. Their performances delighted audiences and helped raise money for The Second City Alumni Fund. Here is the list of scenes and alumni that performed in the 7pm shows at the Mainstage and e.t.c.
ACT ONE – 50th ANNIVERARY REVUE
ACT TWO – 50th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
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