Comedians The Lucas Brothers To Play Second City's UP Comedy Club
By: A.A. Cristi Dec. 19, 2018
Keith and Kenny Lucas, together known as The Lucas Bros, will jump out of TV and onto The Second City's UP Comedy Club stage for three nights of stand-up performances January 4 - 6, 2019.
These powerhouse brothers are no strangers to the comedy scene. They made their late night debut on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2012 and have been on a meteoric rise ever since. In addition to several Tonight Show appearances, The Lucas Bros have headlined their own stand-up special on Netflix titled The Lucas Bros: On Drugs, have been familiar faces on Comedy Central and even had their own animation series, Lucas Bros. Moving Co., which aired for one season on Fox's Animation Domination Hi-Def block in 2014 and for a second season on FXX. With a comedy resume that could fill pages, The Lucas Bros are a can't-miss.
Tickets are $20.00 and are available by phone at 312-337-3992 or online at www.secondcity.com. The show schedule is as follows:
Friday, January 4 @ 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Saturday, January 5 @ 7:30pm & 10:30pm
Sunday, January 6 @ 7:00pm
About The Lucas Bros
Comedians, actors, and writers The Lucas Bros (Keith and Kenny Lucas) continue their rise as two of the freshest, most dynamic new faces on the comedy scene. "In a short time....the Lucas Brothers have made a big impact on comedy," lauds Vulture, and the guys' first hour stand-up special The Lucas Bros: On Drugs premiered on Netflix in 2017. They were also recently seen as recurring characters on Season 1 of the hit Netflix series Lady Dynamite starring fellow comic Maria Bamford.
The brothers also hosted the web series The Super Late Morning Show on ComedyCentral.com, which premiered in February 2013. Additionally, The Bros starred in two seasons of the weekly sketch comedy series Friends of the People on TruTV, and they were featured in the FOX primetime series The Grinder starring Rob Lowe. They also appeared in the blockbuster summer comedy feature film 22 Jump Street alongside Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, and Ice Cube. They were named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch of 2014, featured in Rolling Stone Magazine's "Hot List," appeared on the cult hit TV show Arrested Development (Netflix) and HBO's Funny As Hell, and were standouts at the prestigious Montreal "Just For Laughs" Comedy Festival.
About The Second City
Since opening its doors as a small cabaret theater in 1959, The Second City has grown into an entertainment empire. With sold-out shows playing 7 days a week on 10 resident stages in Chicago and Toronto, Second City's Touring and Theatrical companies entertain an additional 1 million theatergoers a year around the globe. The Second City Training Center is the largest school of improvisation-based arts on the planet, with locations in Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles that serve 11,000 students annually. In 2016, the Harold Ramis Film launched, becoming the world's only film school dedicated to comedy. Second City Works, the B2B side of Second City, has brought award-winning improvisation and audience-driven techniques to over 600 Fortune 1000 companies, challenging businesses seeking a more collaborative culture to innovate through development programs, original digital and video content, campaign consultation, private events, and more. Second City Entertainment's foray into television and media continues to produce new content and programming, including two-time Emmy winner SCTV and the upcoming Martin Scorsese-helmed Netflix documentary exploring the iconic series' enduring legacy
Alumni of The Second City include some of the world's foremost comedy superstars, including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Aidy Bryant, John Candy, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key, Richard Kind, Eugene Levy, Jack McBrayer, Tim Meadows, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Catherine O'Hara, Bob Odenkirk, Amy Poehler, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis, Sam Richardson, Joan Rivers, Amy Sedaris, Martin Short, Cecily Strong, Jason Sudeikis, Fred Willard, and many more.
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