SECOND CITY COMES TO WESTCHESTER IN DECEMBER

Chicago’s legendary comedy theatre, The Second City, will present their Dysfunctional Holiday Revue as an alternative to the usual Christmas season fare. It features some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from Second City’s 45-year history. The revue is scheduled for Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 p.m. in the Academic Arts Theatre at Westchester Community College.

Filled with a raucous blend of sketches, songs, and improvisation, this show features a healthy dose of seasonal satire. Holiday film classics, family gatherings, improvised Christmas carols; nothing is too sacred for the witty and interactive ensemble, whose famous veterans have headlined as Saturday Night Live cast members (including John Belushi, Joan Rivers, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner).

This is the perfect seasons’ greeting antidote to spike your holiday egg nog! Not only does an evening with The Second City provide audiences with the chance to see comedy stars in the making, but it will also allow them to see absolutely hilarious satire and cutting-edge improvisation. No topic or subject matter is off limits for Second City.

It all started in a converted Chinese laundry on Chicago’s north side in 1959. No one could know that by the next century, Second City would have established itself as the premier comedy institution in the world. With theatres in Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Denver; training centers in each of those cities as well as New York and Los Angeles; and touring troupes that bring its unique brand of improv-based sketch comedy all over the world, Second City has become, in the words of The New York Times, “a comedy empire.”