CHICAGO'S FAMED SECOND CITY COMING TO UPT

TITUSVILLE, Oct. 29 -- On Thursday, November 8, Chicago’s legendary comedy theatre The Second City will appear at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville at 7:30 p.m. in Henne Auditorium of the Broadhurst Science Center.  The performance will feature some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from Second City’s forty-plus year history.

Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world’s best and brightest.  Their alumni reads like a who’s who of American comedy, as it includes Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Martin Short, Shelley Long, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Harold Ramis, Gilda Radner, John Candy, Chris Farley, and countless others.

An evening with The Second City will provide audiences with the chance to see comedy stars in the making with hilarious satires and cutting-edge improvisation.  If your parents asked you not to speak about it at the dinner table, chances are it will be made fun of in an evening with The Second City.  Second City’s spontaneous and irreverent humor inspired Saturday Night Live and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

The Second City is sponsored by the 2001-2002 Spotlight Series.  Tickets may be purchased through UPT’s Student Affairs Office at 827-4460, or at the door.


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