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Second City will open a new theater in Brooklyn

CHICAGO — Second City, the Chicago-based comedy theater whose name is a rejoinder to East Coast snobbery in the arts and entertainment business, is heading to New York City. The 63-year-old sketch comedy operation, headquartered throughout its history in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, said Thursday that it plans to open a new entertainment complex in the Williamsburg neighborhood of ...
Second City in Chicago on Oct. 29, 2020.

CHICAGO — Second City, the Chicago-based comedy theater whose name is a rejoinder to East Coast snobbery in the arts and entertainment business, is heading to New York City.

The 63-year-old sketch comedy operation, headquartered throughout its history in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, said Thursday that it plans to open a new entertainment complex in

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