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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. [47] Originally established in September 1993 in downtown Detroit, [47] it relocated to a strip mall in Novi in 2005.
1.3 Chicago ETC (1983-present) 1.4 New York Mainstage (2024-present) ... producers, and musicians who have collaborated on revues at The Second City. [1]
September 21, 1976. (1976-09-21) –. July 17, 1984. (1984-07-17) Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto 's Second City troupe.
Life and career. Sills was born Paul Silverberg in Chicago, Illinois, to a family who believed in the teachings of modern-day Judaism. His mother was teacher and writer Viola Spolin, who authored the first book on improvisation techniques, Improvisation for the Theater. [1] Spolin in turn was the student of play therapy theorist Neva Boyd. [2]
Bernard Sahlins. Bernard Sahlins (/ ˈsɑːlɪnz /; August 20, 1922 – June 16, 2013) was an American writer, director and comedian best known as a founder of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe with Paul Sills and Howard Alk in 1959. [1] Sahlins also opened the Second City Theatre in Toronto in 1973.
City of Big Shoulders. [edit] "City of Big Shoulders" is a nickname coined by Carl Sandburg in his 1914 poem " Chicago," which describes the city as "stormy, husky, [and] brawling." It is the last of several nicknames in the poem; the others hint at the city's major industrial activities, for example, the meat-packing industry and railroad ...
Red Theater Chicago [32] Remy Bumppo Theatre Company [33] The Second City [34] Shattered Globe Theatre Company; Silk Road Rising [35] Steep Theatre Company [36] Steppenwolf Theatre Company [37] Strawdog Theatre Company [38] Theatre-Hikes; Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre [39] TimeLine Theatre Company [40] Trap Door Theatre [41] Victory Gardens ...
Martin de Maat. Martin de Maat (January 12, 1949 – February 15, 2001) was a teacher and artistic director at The Second City in Chicago. He also taught at Columbia College and Players Workshop. He studied under Viola Spolin.