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	<title>Newcity Stage &#187; Improv/Sketch/Revues</title>
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		<title>Review: K.C. Redheart Presents Process/The Playground Theater</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2012/01/16/review-k-c-redheart-presents-processthe-playground-theater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Freeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[K.C. Redheart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RECOMMENDED In a remount of their well-received 2011 improv format, Playground Theater ensemble member K.C. Redheart once again takes the audience through “the entire process of bringing a show to the stage,” breaking the action into three parts: the initial table read, a tech rehearsal and opening night. Working from an audience suggestion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2012/01/10/review-chicago-sketch-comedy-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2012/01/10/review-chicago-sketch-comedy-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommended Comedy Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awkward Silence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Posen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Claiborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exquisite Corpse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gretchen and Regina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage 773]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sean Miller Explosion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RECOMMENDED If alcohol did not exist, sketch comedy would have to invent it. I arrived at this brilliant insight sitting alone at a cabaret table on a Sunday afternoon watching the charming duo of &#8220;Gretchen and Regina&#8221; deliver a set of clever, funny songs about romance and heartbreak to a roomful of Sketchfest patrons swigging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Sky&#8217;s the Limit (Weather Permitting)/Second City e.t.c.</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/07/22/review-skys-the-limit-weather-permittingsecond-city-e-t-c/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2011/07/22/review-skys-the-limit-weather-permittingsecond-city-e-t-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Freeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aidy Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Jennings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessicay Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Sohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Lehrer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second City e.t.c.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Baltz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lightheartedly ominous backdrop (the Chicago skyline with a colorful storm bearing down on it) of the Second City’s thirty-fifth revue on the e.t.c. stage nicely sets up the theme of impending disaster that runs through this series of sketches and songs. Whether it’s a zombie apocalypse, an unexpected pregnancy or a couple arguing after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>411: South Side Funny</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/06/23/411-south-side-funny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[-News etc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Pintor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southside Ignoramus Quartet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy the loose vibe at Second City shows—the cocktail-lounge atmosphere, the audience-performer interaction—then you might just love the shows being produced in a Pilsen backyard by the Southside Ignoramus Quartet (SIQ) on June 25, July 9 and July 16. SIQ offers all the trappings of a great North Side show—special guest comedians, improv [...]]]></description>
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		<title>411: A Practical Return</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/06/09/411-a-practical-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Barrosse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practical Theatre Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Zielinski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Barrosse always intended to return to Chicago, the place where he made a name for himself in the 1980s creating improv comedy revues while helping found the Practical Theatre Co. When the group—which for a time in the early part of the decade rivaled Second City as members like Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: South Side of Heaven/Second City Mainstage</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/04/12/review-south-side-of-heavensecond-city-mainstage/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2011/04/12/review-south-side-of-heavensecond-city-mainstage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Bungeroth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgar Blackmon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Robinson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;God works in mischievous ways&#8221; seems to be the subtext of an ambitious attempt to take the sketch-comedy-revue format beyond its traditional contours in the ninety-ninth mainstage show at the Second City. This ensemble, along with director Billy Bungeroth, has created a through line in the sketches, something about the inevitability of fate and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theater of Life: After all these years, The Backrow puts stage on the backburner</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2011/01/11/theater-of-life-after-all-these-years-the-backrow-puts-stage-on-the-backburner/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2011/01/11/theater-of-life-after-all-these-years-the-backrow-puts-stage-on-the-backburner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[-News etc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnie Niekamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Baer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sketchfest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Backrow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With literally hundreds of theaters, from Steppenwolf to the storefronts, Chicago is a mecca for would-be actors and comedians. Every year thousands of kids fresh out of college sign up for classes at iO or Second City with dreams of becoming the next Bill Murray/Chris Farley/Tina Fey/insert famous funny person&#8217;s name here. Growing up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>411: Live on Stage, It&#8217;s a Baby Shower!</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/11/09/411-live-on-stage-its-a-baby-shower/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2010/11/09/411-live-on-stage-its-a-baby-shower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[-News etc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angie McMahon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemically Imbalanced Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slightly Altered]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Angie McMahon can finally breathe again. Chicago&#8217;s satellite Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear had its day, and now McMahon will have her own. In a sense, she will still be working, but this time in her comfort zone, on the stage, where she will be producing and starring in—a baby shower. &#8220;It was my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies/Second City</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/07/19/review-spoiler-alert-everybody-diessecond-city/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2010/07/19/review-spoiler-alert-everybody-diessecond-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Metz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allison Bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Hovde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelly Gossman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Robinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timothy Edward Mason]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The opening gag in Second City’s 98th mainstage revue dares audiences to break the fourth wall, and it involves not a single cast member in sight. It is a radical moment (best experienced firsthand) for such a mainstream, name-brand comedy theater.  At Second City, audiences have been conditioned to assume nothing too uncomfortable will be asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Absolute Best Friggin’ Time of Your Life/Second City e.t.c.</title>
		<link>http://newcitystage.com/2010/05/03/review-the-absolute-best-friggin%e2%80%99-time-of-your-lifesecond-city-e-t-c/</link>
		<comments>http://newcitystage.com/2010/05/03/review-the-absolute-best-friggin%e2%80%99-time-of-your-lifesecond-city-e-t-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Metz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improv/Sketch/Revues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommended Comedy Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beth Melewski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billy Bungeroth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Jennings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Anthony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Sohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second City e.t.c.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Baltz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Flanigan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RECOMMENDED If there is one reason to see Second City’s thirty-fourth revue on the e.t.c. stage, his name is Brendan Jennings, one of the newer writer-performers in the cast who makes his presence known with a good-natured mania that is impossible to ignore. Of the many talents who’ve worked on Second City’s stages in recent years, [...]]]></description>
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