Name: We Always Bounce Black: A Black Excellence Comedy Revue
Start: 2025-02-01T02:00:00Z
Location: UP Comedy Club - Chicago

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Chicago giving you the winter blues? The Black Excellence Revue is here to bring much-needed warmth. Brimming with brand new songs, sketches, and – of course- The Second City’s world-renowned style of improv, this cast of future stars are delivering an unforgettable night. The Black Excellence Revue is more than a comedy show – it’s a celebration of Black Joy. And, just like at the Apollo, you are a part of the show.

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Characters, scenes, and songs created on the spot by our ensemble and based on your suggestions. You never know what might happen next...and neither do they! An improv show at The Second City is a lively, interactive event featuring the best improvisers in the world.

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A sketch is a short, fully scripted comedy scene. Maybe you call it a “skit” (but we never do). Chicago is the home of modern sketch comedy, and The Second City is at the center of it all.

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Have you ever wanted to escape? The Second City presents the 112th Mainstage Revue The Devil is in the Detours, a hilarious and unhinged descent into a dimension where chaos reigns. Join our electric six-person ensemble as they sing, dance and rock the hell out in this interactive and immersive sketch and improv comedy revue.  Don’t miss out on the wildest comedy experience of your life.

The Devil is in the Detours – The Second City Mainstage

Baby Wants Candy is a completely improvised, full band musical! Having performed over 3,000 improvised musicals to thousands of fans from Chicago to New York to Singapore to Scotland, this group not only performs in Chicago, New York, and LA but also tours internationally, including multiple sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
BWC cast &amp; alumni include Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Peter Gwinn (Colbert Report), Thomas Middleditch (HBO&#8217;s Silicon Valley), Lauren Conlan Adams (Kimmy Schmidt), Jessica McKenna (Party Over Here), Nicole Parker (Elephaba in Wickedon Broadway) and many more. Hailed as &#8220;Critic&#8217;s Pick&#8221; from the New York Times and &#8220;Best Improv Ensemble&#8221; from the Chicago Magazine, this is one improv show you don&#8217;t want to miss!

Baby Wants Candy, the Completely Improvised Full-Band Musical!

Step behind the velvet curtain into The Second City e.t.c., a lavish comedy speakeasy where the only rule for the evening is laughter. Outside, it’s winter. But here, the show is so hot and hilarious, it’ll melt away your troubles. This interactive world of illusion, decadence, and the illusion of decadence invites you to join in on a heist of hijinx sparkling with sketch, song, and improv spontaneity. The best kept secret? You are the most important part of the show. Join us and find delight. Right this way, your table’s waiting.

Best Kept Secret: Tell Everyone

Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for 65 years! From the stages that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Keegan-Michael Key and more comes the next generation of comedy superstars.
The Best of The Second City features some of the best sketch comedy and songs from our comedy vaults updated for the modern era, as well as some of our newest classics and our trademark improvisation performed by The Second City Touring Company’s best and brightest…and funniest!

The Best of the Second City: Celebrating 65 Years

Chill AF Presents the best comedians Chicago has to offer, plus special drop-ins from prominent name comedians you’ve seen on SNL, Comedy Central, and Netflix

Chill AF Presents

After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of crime, secrets, and scandals right before your eyes. The performers will keep track of facts, follow leads, and conclude who is the murderer, all while you take in a comedy experience unlike any you’ve seen before. During the show, they’ll employ the tropes, character archetypes, and influences of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Nick and Nora Charles, Encyclopedia Brown, and just a dash of Scooby-Doo.

Clued In

Yes AHHH is back with a winter weather show ready to delight and fright. Inspired by Steven King novels, the sun going down at 3:00 pm, and New Year’s resolutions you already broke, the Yes Ahhh group of improvisers will take your suggestions to new heights as you buckle in for a scary evening. Bring some hot cocoa and a warm blanket or risk these bone-chilling stories to creep right into your soul.

Yes AHHH! Presents: Snowed In

FLEECED is an improvised puppet show for adults. Each week the puppets of Fleeced use the old school charm of children’s puppet TV to teach the audience a series of new lessons inspired by the letter and word of the day.

Fleeced

Millennials take on Generation X in a battle to see which generation is funnier. The audience votes at the end of the show. Featuring some of the best comics in Chicago, Hosted by Todd Glover

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