FRIENDS-IN-LAW Gets Re-Piloted at NBC
Deadline reports that NBC has given a pilot green light to Friends-In-Law, a comedy from Brian Gallivan ('The McCarthys'), Tom Werner ('The Conners') and Warner Bros. TV.
THE GALE Returns To The Groundlings Theatre
After a sold-out year long run, The GALE returns to the world-famous Groundlings Theatre with five shows scheduled for 2018. This 90-minute improv show celebrates the beautiful (though sometimes rough) LGBTQ journey.
Molly Shannon to Co-Star in ABC's Comedy Pilot from Brian Gallivan
The project 'centers on an overworked father dreaming of being 'on vacation all year' who decides to uproot his family from the city and move them to New Hampshire where they open a group of tourist cottages but rarely, if ever, feel like they're on vacation. SNL alumna Shannon will play his deadpan wife Cathleen who is an exhausted but loving mother.'
BWW Review: Second City Skewers the Real O.C. in Improv Show (ends 4/11)
There's a funny saying that's been going around for the past few years: 'It's funny... 'cause it's true!' While some aspects of this particular show have been exaggerated for (relatively) full comic effect, Second City's CAN YOU BE MORE PACIFIC? (now playing at The Laguna Playhouse thru April 11) hilariously skewers the over-the-top personality types that have become infamously synonymous with the citizenry of Orange County: wealthy, egostic, (predominantly) Republican, luxury-indulgent, overly nipped-and-tucked, and seemingly comfortable with life behind the so-called Orange Curtain.
STAGE TUBE: Second City Retells ROMEO & JULIET with Gay Friend Addition
The famed Second City comedy group deconstructs what might have happened in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet had Juliet had a 'sassy gay friend' providing advice prior to killing herself in the show's famous final scene. BroadwayWorld brings you their suggested alternative ending, starring Second City alumni Brian Gallivan and Stephanie Allynne.
The Second City Announces 50th Anniversary Schedule
To celebrate The Second City's 50th Anniversary, the legendary comedy theatre will host a weekend of performances, panel discussions and screenings at its intimate theatres on Wells Street and in The Piper's Alley Complex in Chicago on Friday, December 11th through Sunday, December 13th. See below for a complete list of events for the weekend.
Galati, Lapine, Etc. Receive Jefferson Awards Nominations
Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati, Gary Griffin, Mary Zimmerman, David Ives and James Lapine, as well as performers Tyler Hanes, Rondi Reed, Mary Beth Peil, Hollis Resnik, Anthony Crivello and E. Faye Butler are among the nominees for the 2006 Joseph Jefferson Awards, which recognize achievement in Chicago-area Equity theatre