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Built specifically for the show, the cabaret was an elegant and intimate 100-seat theater, revealing a sophisticated art deco-style decor. The audience sat at round black tables with green and black chairs around a small black-and-white checkered stage, slightly raised. [3] Hailed by the June Sawyer of the Chicago Tribune as a Cabaret for the 90s.
iO, or iO Chicago, (formerly known as ImprovOlympic) is an improv theater and training center in central Chicago. The theater teaches and hosts performances of improvisational comedy. It was founded in 1981 by Del Close and Charna Halpern. [1] [2] The theater has many notable alumni, including Amy Poehler and Stephen Colbert. [3]
The Residents at the Vic on February 7, 1986. The Replacements at the Vic on April 11, 1986. Trouble Funk Red Hot Chili Peppers Beastie Boys at the Vic on January 4, 1987. In November 1988, Michael Butler produced the musical Hair at the Vic Theater to celebrate the shows' 20th anniversary. The production ran until February 1989. [1]
The Vic & Paul Show (2010-11) After a 22-year hiatus, the Practical Theatre Company reemerged in June 2010 when Barrosse, Zielinski and Rashid opened The Vic & Paul Show in Los Angeles. They brought the improvisational comedy revue to Chicago for a one-week run in June 2011: the first PTC show in Chicago in 23 years. [20]
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” kicks off a week of shows on Monday night at the Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture in Chicago with Michael Kosta as host, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D ...
At the time of its closing in 2000, Co-Ed Prison Sluts, a musical comedy with a frequently rotating cast, was the longest-running musical comedy in Chicago, having played for 11 years. The Annoyance took up residence in a new building in 2002, and signed a lease for an Uptown location in 2004.