We lost a comedic icon on this date in 1989, when ovarian cancer took Gilda Radner from us far too early. Bob Sirott dug into his ‘Dumpster of Memories’ to grab an interview he did with the Second ...

What do Tina Fey, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Martin Short, Stephen Colbert, Gilda Radner, Joan Rivers and Chris Farley have in common? They all got their start at The Second City — the ...

Punk rock and comedy have more in common than you think. In both worlds, you're on stage, pouring your heart out in hopes that someone, anyone, will feel the same. And even still in 2018, the image of ...

The Second City comedy troupe has been around for 65 years with a home base in Chicago. Dozens of superstars, from John Belushi and Gilda Radner to Amy Poehler and Jason Sudeikis, got their first big ...

Love, Gilda is not that film. The well-intentioned effort by director Lisa D’Apolito strives to highlight Radner’s fearless energy but gets stuck on her precipitous rise to fame and her many famous ...

After 63 years of making Chicago laugh, this midwestern sketch and improv institution is setting up shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Second City, whose Chicago mainstage counts Alan Arkin and the late ...

The Second City, the legendary Chicago improv comedy institution that gave us Bill Murray, John Candy, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jordan Peele, Steve Carell, ...