When Michael Longfellow joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2022, his dry, sharp wit earned immediate comparisons to legends like Norm MacDonald and Bill Hader. Best remembered for […]
In 1998, the short and sweet musical The Drowsy Chaperone was created in Toronto as a bachelor party gift for creators Bob Martin and Janet Van de Graaff. The first […]
This year, March 17 was not only Chicago’s annual St. Patty’s Day celebration, but also an observation of St. Pattie Gonia’s Day at Pilsen’s Thalia Hall. The Nebraska-born, Oregon-residing environmental […]
The first truly warm evening of Chicago’s spring pulled a raucous crowd into Uptown Square. The blocks around Lawrence and Broadway were packed with hotdog and tamale carts, fans heading […]
As a co-founder of the venerable satirical newspaper The Onion, Scott Dikkers is no stranger to launching comedy institutions. His latest endeavor is the biggest yet—the first annual FunnyCon, a […]
This review was written by Mackenzie Sinta. It’s Hard to Be Hot, directed by Jess Rogers, returns to the stage for its third iteration — and it’s sharper than ever. […]
That sketch comedy tends to be a predominantly white art form is a bit of a “chicken and egg” situation—it took seven years before Bob Curry became the first Black […]
Actor/comedian/marathoning fundraising activist Suzy Eddie Izzard (she/her) stopped by Chicago Shakespeare Theater for a chinwag with artistic director Edward Hall last week, also taking many audience questions in a freewheeling, […]
Third Coast Review contributor Tory Crowley is a native Midwesterner currently living in Budapest, Hungary. Please enjoy her European cultural notes. When I told my British co-worker that I’d be […]
This is the first in a series of articles spotlighting some of Chicago’s finest and funniest comedians worth watching. Though Laura Hugg has always loved comedy, it took many years […]
Tom Arnold knows what you’re thinking—or rather, who you’re thinking—when you hear that his latest comedy tour is titled My Crazy X-Wife. But, he says, Roseanne Barr is “not even […]
Known for his unmistakable giggle and immediate charm on and off stage, Ron Funches began his standup career in the early 2000s in Portland. The city that birthed his love […]