The comedy duo of Michael Issac and Calvin Evans are two of Chicago's Very Own, Evans from the North Side and Issac from the South Side. The friends are producing their first comedy show together, ...

The College of DuPage’s New Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Kirk Muspratt, will perform three times on ...

What do Tina Fey, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Martin Short, Stephen Colbert, Gilda Radner, Joan Rivers and Chris Farley have in common? They all got their start at The Second City — the ...

Deanna Ortiz was named Chicago Reader 2023’s Best Standup Of the Year and is the host of the podcast ‘Crushes! with Deanna Ortiz’ as well as The Drunk Cooking Show on Instagram. Crushes! was nominated ...

Eliana La Casa is a is a bilingual Argentinean stand up comedian who was featured on Comedy Central Latinoamerica and BBC Radio 4 London’s international live show “Welcome to Wherever You Are”. In ...

In the pantheon of Chicago comedy, a city that has birthed legends like Bernie Mac, Robin Harris, and Sherri Shepherd, Jeremiah Frazier known better as FrayWay stands as both inheritor and innovator.

Chicago -- Every Friday night for the past decade, a group of improv actors from Second City, I.O., ComedySportz and other smaller troupes have gotten together at Chicago's Annoyance Theatre to ...

The Latina Comedy Festival is kicking off its fourth year — and largest festival — on Thursday, more than doubling the acts from seven last year to 20 this year. It’s also happening during Hispanic ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Chicago’s comedy scene was once a late-night affair. On Saturday nights at Second City, the last show didn’t start until 1 a.m. At the iO Theater near Clybourn Avenue, the comedians and employees ...