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The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959, and has become one of the most influential and prolific comedy theatres in the English-speaking world. [1] In February 2021, ZMC, a private equity investment firm based in Manhattan, purchased the Second City.
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Feb 24, 2024 · The improv and comedy organization that famously shuns New York City has just opened in Brooklyn — with a 200-seat mainstage, a 60-seat second stage, classrooms and a restaurant.
- Martin Short. Martin Short was planning to be a social worker until his college friend Eugene Levy got him into a legendary Toronto production of “Godspell,” alongside other future Second City performers Andre Martin and Dave Thomas, plus Victor Garber and Short’s then-girlfriend Gilda Radner.
- Alan Arkin. Academy Award winner Alan Arkin joined the Second City Chicago cast back in 1960, which launched him to a career on Broadway, which led him to Hollywood.
- John Candy. The late John Candy was only 19 when he joined the Second City Toronto cast in 1973 and just 22 when he became part of the SCTV cast. By the '80s, Candy was starring in string of classic comedies, starting with “Stripes” and continuing through “Splash,”“Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” “Spaceballs,” “Uncle Buck,” “Home Alone” and “Cool Runnings.”
- Gilda Radner. Gilda Radner was another American who developed as a performer north of the border, joining The Second City Toronto when it opened in 1973.
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It is the oldest improvisational theater troupe to be continuously based in Chicago, with training programs and live theatres in Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959, and has become one of the most influential and prolific comedy theatres in the English-speaking world.
