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Since 1959, Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe has played a crucial role in developing some of the most successful comedians in america and Canada. Comedians such as Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, James Belushi, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, and Richard Kind, to mention a few, have all performed with THE NEXT City. Between 1991 and 1997, L.A. Theatre Works, in conjunction with Chicago Theatres on mid-air, had the pleasure of creating a amount of Second City performances featuring Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Amy Sedaris, Marsha Mason, Edward Asner and Paul Dinelo. Colbert, Dinelo, and Sedaris went on to make the hit show Strangers with Candy for Comedy Central, and Amy's best-selling book, I AS IF YOU: Hospitality Beneath the Influence is both witty and hilarious. More recently, both Carell and Colbert have enjoyed immense success, you start with their supporting roles on The Daily Show. Carell's show, The Office, is a hit on NBC, and his movies are box-office boffos. Colbert has spun his Daily Show character off into his own highly successful The Colbert Report. Hear these budding young comedians in a few of these most hilarious work before they became the stars they can be today.
