O Theater will present Crème de la Femme, an all-femme improv festival featuring over 20 troupes of women and non-binary ...

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In his relatively short career, John Candy created a slew of scene-stealing characters in movies, including several filmed in the Chicago area. There is the orange whip-loving parole officer in “The ...

The North Side has long reigned as the cradle of Chicago comedy. Stand-ups flock to Zanies or The Laugh Factory, and improvisers and sketch comics flit between The Annoyance, The Second City and iO.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The comedy duo of Michael Issac and Calvin Evans are two of Chicago's Very Own, Evans from the North Side and Issac from the South ...

Deanna Ortiz was named Chicago Reader 2023’s Best Standup Of the Year and is the host of the podcast ‘Crushes! with Deanna Ortiz’ as well as The Drunk Cooking Show on Instagram. Crushes! was nominated ...

“Being naturally gifted is something I don’t take for granted,” says Jeremiah Frazier, the Chicago comedian better known by his stage name FrayWay. “But listen, understand that there are some ...

Chicago -- Every Friday night for the past decade, a group of improv actors from Second City, I.O., ComedySportz and other smaller troupes have gotten together at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre to ...

Sometimes the biggest names in comedy are hard to ignore when they come through town. Just look at Hard Rock Live’s star-filled start to 2024 in Northwest Indiana: Ron White (Jan. 20) and Tim Allen ...

Chicago’s comedy scene was once a late-night affair. On Saturday nights at Second City, the last show didn’t start until 1 a.m. At the iO Theater near Clybourn Avenue, the comedians and employees ...

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