The Best of Second City

ISBN 10: 1580812996 ISBN 13: 9781580812993

Publisher: L A Theatre Works, 2005

Synopsis

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make this America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with brilliant improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state. Starring Fran Adams, Edward Asner, Samantha Bennett, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tim Kazurinsky, Joe Liss, Marsha Mason, Amy Sedaris and Ron West

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Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make this America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with brilliant improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state.

About the Author

Actor EDWARD ASNER is known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and later continued in a spinoff series, "Lou Grant".

Marsha Mason, a four-time Academy Award(R) nominee and a two-time winner of the Golden Globe award, has starred in movies such as "The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella Liberty, " and "Nick of Time." Most recently she appeared opposite Richard Dreyfuss in a stage revival of "The Prisoner of Second Avenue in London, " in "The Vagina Monologues" in New York, and as Sherry on TV's "Frasier." She now lives in Abiquiu, New Mexico, where she owns a successful medicinal herb farm. "Journey" is her first book.

AMY SEDARIS, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert met at Chicago's Second City and have been collaborators ever since. They have developed two separate series for Comedy Central: "Exit 57" and "Strangers with Candy". In addition to TV work, Dinello and Colbert are successful screenwriters.

Nia Vardalos is the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated writer and actress of such films as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Connie and Carla, My Life in Ruins, and I Hate Valentine's Day, and co-writer with Tom Hanks of Larry Crowne. She lives in Los Angeles with her family, and donates Instant Mom proceeds to adoption charities.

About this edition

• Publisher: L A Theatre Works
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1580812996
• ISBN 13: 9781580812993
• Binding: Product Bundle
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Dreyfuss Richard