Citybuzz Chicago: Second City

The Second City is the leading brand in improv-based sketch comedy. With theatres in Chicago and Toronto, Training Centers in those cites as well as Hollywood, 11 full time touring ensembles, thriving corporate communications and theatricals divisions as well as television and film operations, The Second City has been called “A Comedy Empire” by the New York Times. Second City has been the training ground for some of today’s leading comics including: Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Amy Sedaris, and Jane Lynch.