Something Wonderful Right Away: The Birth of Second City--America's Greatest Comedy Theater

by Jeffrey Sweet

Discover the behind-the-scenes story of how The Second City theater created a generation of world class great actors, directors, and writers.

In the late Fifties and Sixties, iconoclastic young rebels in Chicago opened two tiny theaters--The Compass and The Second City--where they satirized politics, religion, and sex. Building scenes by improvising based on audience suggestions turned out to be a fine way to develop great actors, directors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621538249
• ISBN13: 9781621538240
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Allworth
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"