The Second City

Predictions for WWE Payback pay-per-view

2013-06-13 04:00:00

JOHN CENA VS. RYBACK: 3 STAGES OF HELL FOR WWE TITLE John Cena will win in two straight falls and we won't see an ambulance match. Just kidding. One "guarantee" in this match is that it will go to the third fall. To me, this is more important for...

Performer teaches others with autism the art of comedy

2013-04-11 03:05:00

For many people living with autism, it takes years to carve a place in life where they can thrive. But for Matt Kaiser, it took more than three decades for the diagnosis to come. Finding his niche was a much simpler journey. "I've found that when I...

Baltimore Improv Festival marks fifth anniversary

2011-08-11 04:37:00

A fifth anniversary might not be the grandest of milestones, but it's nothing to laugh at — except in this case. This weekend, the Baltimore Improv Festival marks its first five years with four days of activities at the Creative Alliance. "It's...

A Second helping of not-so 'Dangerous' comedy

2011-09-29 11:32:00

After drawing large crowds to Centerstage early this year with a Baltimore-spoofing blend of scripted skits and improv comedy, a famous troupe from Chicago has returned with a sequel featuring brand-new material. Although "The Second City: Charmed and...

Charm City gets Second City treatment

2011-01-06 13:08:00

Let's face it. Baltimore is ripe for satirizing. We've probably got more offbeat people, more distinctive edifices, more colorful history and habits per block than any metropolitan area in the country. Oh yeah, and some crime. The folks at Second City...

Bernard 'Bernie' Sahlins dies at 90; co-founder of Second City

2013-06-19 00:00:00

Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, co-founder and former owner of The Second City, the influential Chicago comedy venue that pioneered rapid-fire comedy sketches using ideas plucked from the audience, died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. His wife, Jane...

DeKalb tattoo artist competes on Spike TV's 'Ink Master' beginning July 16

2013-06-17 12:06:00

A Dekalb tattoo artist will compete for the title of "Ink Master" when Spike TV hit returns for a third season in July. Chris May, the owner and a tattoo artist at Proton Tattoo in Dekalb, decided to audition for the competition series after almost...

Bernie Sahlins, Co-Founder of Second City, Dies at 90

2013-06-17 14:30:05

Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, who co-founded Chicago's Second City theater and who nurtured the early careers of many of the earliest stars of "Saturday Night Live," died Sunday. He was 90. Andrew Alexander, one of Second City's current owners and its CEO,...

A first mentor, seriously

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Sometimes, if you're lucky, you get your mentors early. Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins was my first. In 1950s Chicago, life in the middle class was pretty predictable. Moms stayed at home and dressed in suits, heels and gloves to go shopping on North...

'Bernie' Sahlins, co-founder of Second City, dies at 90

2013-06-17 04:53:00

Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, the co-founder and former owner of Second City and a crucial and essential innovator in the field of American comedy, died peacefully Sunday at his home, his wife, Jane Nicholl Sahlins, said. He was 90. It is hard to...

Bernie Sahlins, Second City Troupe Founder, Dead at 90

2013-06-16 23:12:08

Jun 17 (TheWrap.com) - Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, a founder of the famed Second City improvisational comedy troupe and a producer on the TV show "SCTV," died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. Sahlins founded the Chicago comedy group with Paul...

Judy Blume, forever

2013-05-31 13:24:00

The first time I read Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" was on an eight-hour road trip over the winter holidays. I was 7. We were on our way to visit cousins and I was squeezed in the backseat with my two older brothers, sandwiched...

Matt Hovde, left, artistic director at The Second City, interviews Book of Mormon stars Ben Platt, center, and Nic Rouleau during a talk-back with The Second City students on Friday.

2013-04-29 09:28:00

The son of Jim Belushi and nephew of John, Rob Belushi (far left in white T) grew up in Lincoln Park, Old Town and Bucktown neighborhoods before moving to Chicago with his father.

2013-02-03 21:37:00

For a truly Chicago New Year's, get yourself to the hallowed, hilarious halls of The Second City on Wells Street. Both the Mainstage show "Who Do We Think We Are?" and the e.t.c. Stage show "We're All In This Room Together" got rave reviews.

2012-12-27 11:58:00