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Toronto (1973-present) [ edit ] 1973 – Dan Aykroyd , Andrew Alexander , Valri Bromfield , Jayne Eastwood , Gino Empry , Joe Flaherty , Fred Kaz, Brian Doyle-Murray , Gilda Radner , Bernard Sahlins , Gerry Salsberg , Sam Shopsowitz, Joyce Sloane
The Second City Detroit was a comedy theater and training center in Novi, Michigan. It was the Second City's third mainstage location in North America following the Second City Chicago and Toronto. [42] Originally established in September 1993 in downtown Detroit, [42] it relocated to a strip mall in Novi in 2005.
She co-founded The Lusty Mannequins with her partner Connor Thompson. The Lustys also includes Karen Parker and Alastair Forbes; all four of the troupe are Second City mainstage alumni. In 2019 they won both 'Best of the Fest' at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival and 'Best Comedy Characters' from Phoenix UK at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [6]
Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show about a fictional television station that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe.
In 1974, Andrew Alexander bought the Canadian rights to The Second City. [4] At the time, The Second City's Toronto location was failing; Alexander then offered to assume its debts in exchange for the rights to operate The Second City in Canada. Sahlins agreed, and in 1974, Alexander took control of The Second City Toronto. [1]
Lee Smart is a Canadian actor, writer and comedian [1] currently based in Toronto. Smart is an alumnus of The Second City Theatre, [2] [3] Toronto's oldest comedy institution, performing there from 1994 to 2001. [4]
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The Old Fire Hall in 2007. The Old Fire Hall is the name given to the original home of The Second City company in Toronto and is located at 110 Lombard Street. [1] The Old Fire Hall was built in 1886 and served as the Toronto Fire Department Headquarters until 1910.