The Second City, the comedy institution that launched the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray and Tina Fey, is being put up for sale. It marks only the second time in the brand’…
and the company says it is closely monitoring the “evolving situations” in Chicago and Los Angeles, where it also has venues. The Second City’s brand of improvisational stage comedy made it a feeder for Hollywood and, most prominently “Saturday Night Live,” which populated its casts heavily with veterans of the stage shows. The list of alums reads like a who’s who of influential comedians from the 20th and 21st centuries.
But the brand has expanded beyond the theatrical stage in Chicago, where it first launched as a scrappy upstart. In recent years, the company has moved into consumer and corporate education, and has invested heavily with online courses. “While all our lives have been affected by the pandemic, The Second City has found green shoots that have further highlighted our growth potential,” The Second City president Steve Johnston said in a statement.
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