Chicago City Limits: MySpace or Yours
Sunday, August 23, 2009 · 7:30 pm
Mariam & Robert Hayes Performing Arts Center
828-295-9627
This is dot comedy without a computer, as the CCL cast takes aim at the faces, places and events from today’s headlines, bylines and sidelines. Whether its social networks or Internet jerks, board rooms or bored grooms, gas prices or a leadership crisis, tainted toothpaste or tainted celebrities, Chicago City Limits will take you on a virtual tour de force of high energy improvisations and gut splitting laughter for a completely unique evening of comedy!
Chicago City Limits is NYC’s longest running Off-Broadway show! Hailed as "hysterical and unpredictable" by The New York Times, An Evening With Chicago City Limits, the national touring production, has been presented at such diverse venues as Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Institution, Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, the 1995 Super Bowl, and at colleges and regional theaters in North America and Europe.
Director Paul Zuckerman defines improvisation as "comedy without a net." The troupe creates a one of a kind theatrical experience by taking suggestions from audience members and crafting scenes on the spot - everything from mini-musicals to game shows. The result is a hilarious evening of comedy that is totally unique. No two Chicago City Limits productions are ever alike.
The impressive list of guest artists who have improvised with Chicago City Limits over the years include international stars such as Paul Reiser, Robin Williams, Brett Butler, and Bill Irwin. Chicago City Limits has made dozens of TV appearances, including segments on “The Today Show,” “The McLaughlin Group,” “The Joan Rivers Show,” “The Jackie Mason Show,” and “Good Day New York.” The troupe has also appeared on Comedy Central, HBO, CNN, and CNBC. The ensemble was featured in its own TV news comedy series, Reel News, on the USA network.
Chicago City Limits was founded in Chicago by George Todisco and by actors participating in the workshop program at The Second City. In 1979, the troupe soon relocated to New York and began performing regularly at some of New York's premiere comedy venues including Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, and The Comic Strip, among others. The ensemble established its own theater in the summer of 1980 and began a continuous run now numbering over 8,500 Off-Broadway performances. The group appears nightly in its own theater at The Improv, NYC’s iconic comedy club.
Chicago City Limits is NYC’s longest running Off-Broadway show! Hailed as "hysterical and unpredictable" by The New York Times, An Evening With Chicago City Limits, the national touring production, has been presented at such diverse venues as Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Institution, Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, the 1995 Super Bowl, and at colleges and regional theaters in North America and Europe.
Director Paul Zuckerman defines improvisation as "comedy without a net." The troupe creates a one of a kind theatrical experience by taking suggestions from audience members and crafting scenes on the spot - everything from mini-musicals to game shows. The result is a hilarious evening of comedy that is totally unique. No two Chicago City Limits productions are ever alike.
The impressive list of guest artists who have improvised with Chicago City Limits over the years include international stars such as Paul Reiser, Robin Williams, Brett Butler, and Bill Irwin. Chicago City Limits has made dozens of TV appearances, including segments on “The Today Show,” “The McLaughlin Group,” “The Joan Rivers Show,” “The Jackie Mason Show,” and “Good Day New York.” The troupe has also appeared on Comedy Central, HBO, CNN, and CNBC. The ensemble was featured in its own TV news comedy series, Reel News, on the USA network.
Chicago City Limits was founded in Chicago by George Todisco and by actors participating in the workshop program at The Second City. In 1979, the troupe soon relocated to New York and began performing regularly at some of New York's premiere comedy venues including Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, and The Comic Strip, among others. The ensemble established its own theater in the summer of 1980 and began a continuous run now numbering over 8,500 Off-Broadway performances. The group appears nightly in its own theater at The Improv, NYC’s iconic comedy club.