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    May 16, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Sirens': Another Chicago TV pilot picked up

    Yet another scripted series will be shooting in Chicago. On Thursday USA Network announced it has picked up the Denis Leary-produced half-hour comedy “Sirens,” about Chicago EMTs who have their act together at work but are a mess in their...

    Tags: USA Network (tv network), Chicago Fire (tv program), Lennon Parham, Keegan-Michael Key, ABC (tv network)

    2. May 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. 5 TV series slated for Chicago productions

    A total of five scripted TV series slated for next season will shoot in Chicago, according to Betsy Steinberg, who heads up the Illinois Film Office. That is a record high for the city. All are one-hour dramas. NBC, which renewed “Chicago Fire&...

    Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Dick Wolf , ABC (tv network), Seth Meyers, Bravo (tv network)

    3. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. 'SNL' looks to Mexico, with iO's help

    “Saturday Night Live,” set to wrap its 38th season this month, is branching out into Mexico with the help of iO Theater's Charna Halpern, who is working with producers to cast the new show. Auditions for Spanish-speaking writers and...

    Tags: Mexico, NBC (tv network), Entertainment, Mexico City

    4. Apr 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Chicago improv team behind Comedy Central pilot 'Schlub Life'

    A group of Chicago sketch and improv performers are making a sitcom pilot for Comedy Central called “Schlub Life,” about “two out-of-work and out-of-shape husbands and their exasperated wives who begrudgingly provide the good life for...

    Tags: Television, Entertainment, Comedy Central (tv network)

    5. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. 'Schlub Life': Comedy Central pilot coming from locals

    A group of Chicago sketch and improv performers are making a sitcom pilot for Comedy Central called “Schlub Life,” about “two out-of-work and out-of-shape husbands and their exasperated wives who begrudgingly provide the good life for...

    Tags: Television, Entertainment, Comedy Central (tv network)

    6. Apr 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Chicago and the arts

    The huge dramas playing out from Boston to our flooded basements are weighing on our hearts now. But humans are not wired to be stressed out 24/7/365. When our imaginations are ready to soar, we couldn’t be in a better place than Chicago.
    The huge dramas playing out from Boston to our flooded basements are weighing on our hearts now. But humans are not wired to be stressed out 24/7/365. When our imaginations are ready to soar, we couldn’t be in a better place than Chicago. Local...

    Tags: The Second City, Lollapalooza, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture

    7. Mar 18, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Del Close: Dueling scripts detail improv pioneer

    Charna Halpern's script about her late iO (formerly ImprovOlympic) co-founder Del Close opens with the vastly influential, hard-living, difficult, brilliant improvisation pioneer glimpsing a TV on which his former student Betty Thomas is thanking him while accepting her acting Emmy Award for "Hill Street Blues."
    Charna Halpern's script about her late iO (formerly ImprovOlympic) co-founder Del Close opens with the vastly influential, hard-living, difficult, brilliant improvisation pioneer glimpsing a TV on which his former student Betty Thomas is thanking him...

    Tags: Celebrities, Eugene Levy, Scientology, LSD, Barbershop (movie)

    8. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Improv Fest: Subtle mastery from Adsit and Lutz

    Chicago has long been improv's home base. Much of this is due to the ongoing influence of Del Close, the outsize personality and improv guru (and the subject of at least two films being developed about his life) who made the persuasive case that unscripted scene work could be more than just a rehearsal tool; it could be an art form itself.
    Chicago has long been improv's home base. Much of this is due to the ongoing influence of Del Close, the outsize personality and improv guru (and the subject of at least two films being developed about his life) who made the persuasive case that...

    Tags: Tina Fey, 30 Rock (tv program), Scott Adsit

    9. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Improv Fest: One dumb idea can be a lot to work with

    The 2013 Chicago Improv Festival kicked off earlier this week with Craig Cackowski — a veteran Second City and iO performer seen in recent years on NBC's "Community" — asking the audience for a suggested location. The first reply shouted out was a filthy one, but Cackowski was game. "OK," he sighed, "we're going to put an intelligent spin on this."
    The 2013 Chicago Improv Festival kicked off earlier this week with Craig Cackowski — a veteran Second City and iO performer seen in recent years on NBC's "Community" — asking the audience for a suggested location. The first reply shouted out...

    Tags: 30 Rock (tv program), Arts and Culture, Lucas Neff, Scott Adsit, Raising Hope (tv program)

    10. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail'

    Before it became a lucrative if critically drubbed exemplar of '80s cinematic cheese, the Tom Cruise vehicle "Cocktail" first sprang to life as a novel by Heywood Gould, who based the book on his experiences bartending throughout New York in the 1970s.
    Before it became a lucrative if critically drubbed exemplar of '80s cinematic cheese, the Tom Cruise vehicle "Cocktail" first sprang to life as a novel by Heywood Gould, who based the book on his experiences bartending throughout New York in the 1970s....

    Tags: SoHo, Radio, Michael Eisner, Steve Coogan, Doubt (movie)

    11. Mar 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. A degree in funny in the town that takes comedy seriously

    You can imagine the scene in thousands of family rooms: "Mom and Dad, I want to major in comedy." Silence. "Comedy? Not on our dime, you don't." To some parents, the notion of heading to Columbia College Chicago for a full-on degree program in matters...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Upright Citizens Brigade, 30 Rock (tv program), Ethics, Del Close

    12. Mar 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. An indie brings Nick Offerman back to the Chicago area

    Whenever I find myself in a bleak mood, a quick glance at the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness usually does the trick. A near-perfect melding of minds between the "Parks and Recreation" writing staff and actor Nick Offerman, this visual guide on how to live life ("Crying: Acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon") is one of the NBC show's lasting legacies.
    Whenever I find myself in a bleak mood, a quick glance at the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness usually does the trick. A near-perfect melding of minds between the "Parks and Recreation" writing staff and actor Nick Offerman, this visual guide on how to...

    Tags: Jason Sudeikis, Colleges and Universities, Nick Offerman, Entertainment Events, Seth MacFarlane

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