Gilda Radner News

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (50 Mark West Springs Road) presents Chicago's lauded improv comedy troupe The Second City in The Second City Hits Home on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Mary Birdsong will play the role of Marion in 'Absurd Person Singular' at Two River Theater from January 10th through February 1st. Written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Jessica Stone, this is a laugh out loud satirical play about English couples who gather at three successive Christmas celebrations.

Chicago's legendary sketch and improv comedy theatre returns to Kingsbury Hall with 'The Second City Hits Home' a new show featuring hilarious sketches, songs, and improvisation about Salt Lake City as well as material from the famed Second City archives. This is a must see night of comedy featuring some of Chicago's brightest comedy stars in a special one-night-only engagement.

CABARET star Emma Stone stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and revealed that it was only recently she became familiar with the term 'selfie,' prompting the host to pull out his cell phone and snap a pic with 26-year-old star.

Following the passing of his long-time friend and fellow comedic legend, Billy Crystal has penned a script, imagining the late Robin Williams in heaven. You can read it in full below, via Entertainment Weekly:

Back by popular demand-because they always sell out!-Chicago's legendary comedy theatre company The Second City returns to the Liberty Theatre in Hailey on Thursday, January 15, and Friday, January 16, at 7pm.

The Roundabout Theatre Company just welcomed Emma Stone in her Broadway debut as 'Sally Bowles'. She joins Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Tony-winning musical Cabaret starringAlan Cumming in his Tony Award-winning role as 'Emcee.' The production is again directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed/choreographed by Rob Marshall. Below, BroadwayWorld brings a first look at Stone onstage!

The Roundabout Theatre Company just welcomed Emma Stone in her Broadway debut as 'Sally Bowles' and we've got the first photos of the new star lighting up the stage!

BroadwayWorld brings you photos of Rasche in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!

In celebration of this special night, take a trip down memory lane, with a video history of Stone's career until now!

This fall, I have found a new half-hour comedy that has become Must See TV for me, MARRY ME. The single-cam comedy starring Ken Marino (VERONICA MARS) and Casey Wilson (HAPPY ENDINGS) is a fast-paced hyper-speed paced show about two people with their individual quirks working to maintain a happy, stable relationship.

It was a fun night on Bravo's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE when Tony Award winners Nathan Lane (The Producer's, The Addams Family) and Andrea Martin (Pippin) stopped by the clubhouse, along with 'It's Only a Play' star Micah Stock serving as guest bartender.

Following a successful North American tour and just in time for the 40th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live Red Body Productions presents Bunny Bunny: GILDA RADNER: A Sort of Love Story, a one-woman show, from November 20th to 30th at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts Studio. This original stage abridgment of comedy icon Alan Zweibel's homage to groundbreaking Jewish comedian Gilda Radner stars Rosaruby Kagan as both Zweibel and Radner, and is directed by Tanner Harvey, with design by Jody Burkholder.

Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere co-production of The Country House, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, opened on October 2 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the full cast and watch interviews with the company below!

Magnet Theater presents The Sixth Annual New York Musical Improv Festival from today, October 16 - 19, 2014 at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC.

Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and Kelly Leonard, Executive Vice President of The Second City, Inc. are delighted to announce a collaboratively devised production by the two performing arts organizations, to receive its world premiere today, October 16-19, 2014, kicking off Hubbard Street's 2014-15 season at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton; Andrew Alexander, CEO/Executive Producer of The Second City, Inc.; and Kelly Leonard, Executive Vice President of The Second City are excited to present the world premiere of The Art of Falling, an unprecedented and collaboratively devised production first announced in February 2014 at The Second City.

Chicago's legendary sketch comedy theatre, The Best of The Second City, will play at Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Terry Theater on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 8:00PM for one performance only, featuring some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City's 55-year history. Tickets are on sale now through the FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Chase, the official presenter of the Jacksonville show.

Long-time friends, associates and family gathered last night (October 6) to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the theatre community's most treasured members - award-winning sound designer Abe Jacob.