Descriptions of Chicago's Second City comedy theater group as told to the author by troup members and historical information collected by the author.
Drawing on interviews, letters, recordings, and police records, an investigative journalist chronicles the life of "Saturday Night Live" star Phil Hartman, focusing especially on the years and moments leading up to the comedian's murder.
Equal parts funny and righteous, Unscripted is a moving debut novel that Printz Award winner Nina LaCour calls “a truly special book, written at exactly the right time.”
"New and updated second edition of The Second City, which tells the story of the comedy institution in with photos and stories from the cast"--
“I was very actorly . . . stupider behavior”: Second City Unscripted, p. 200 “Stephen approaches . . . jump in”: Ibid. “In the improv . . . watching you die”: Elle, March 20, 2009 “All ofa sudden . . . about it”: Second City Unscripted, ...
Beginning at eight o'clock, he remembered every shattering detail from December 3, 1947, the night his then girlfriend Lucy invited him to Broadway, to the Ethel Barrymore Theater, to see A Streetcar Named Desire.
A sweeping yet intimate--and often hilarious--history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular
Through Geoff’s eyes, the book introduces readers to key tenets of improvisation: concentration, visualization, focus, object work, being in the moment, and the crucial “yes, and.” His experiences with the basics of improvisation do ...
A brief description of the history and goals of two improvizational comedy groups, the Compass and Second City, accompanies interviews with past members from Mike Nichols to Gilda Radner
I took on a prestigious assignment as Denison's regional director for the Great Lakes Colleges Association New York Arts Program. I allied myself with the right people. I taught nine different classes in my department, volunteering to ...
Strange Things Happened on My Way to the Zoo