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KIMMEL CULTURAL CAMPUS PRESENTS IMPROV COMEDY TROUPE, THE SECOND CITY, WITH THEIR BRAND-NEW EXPERIENCE
THE SECOND CITY SWIPES RIGHT: AN INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE DATE NIGHT
MARCH 10 – 11, 2023
"Second City is often likened variously to a comedy factory, farm team, finishing school or 'Harvard of humor'." - The New York Times
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (January 23, 2022) – The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents improvisational comedy enterprise and oldest ongoing improvisational theater troupe, The Second City, with their brand-new experience, The Second City Swipes Right: An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night, at the Perelman Theater inside the Kimmel Center building on Friday, March 10, 2023, at 8:00 p.m and Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Spend a naughty 90 minutes with a caliente cast of comedians as they (consensually) annihilate everything that turns us on – and off – about love, dating, relationships, and everything else in-between the sheets!
“Think of any comedy legend in modern entertainment and chances are they have ties to The Second City,” said Frances Egler, Senior Director of Programming and Presentations on the Kimmel Cultural Campus. “This cast of comedians are among the best-of-the-best, equipped with material and natural timing to create a laugh-out-loud show before your eyes.”
Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.
Co-founded by Spolin’s son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, The Second City was experimental and unconventional in its approach to both theater and comedy. Almost immediately, alumni of The Second City, including Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, and John Belushi, launched the theater into the international spotlight.
Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing to produce premier talent in all three of its locations (Chicago, Toronto, and Hollywood) and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike Myers, The Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond. The list of alumni goes on and on, with Bill Murray, Eugene Levi, Martin Short, Jason Sudeikis, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Sedaris, Bonnie Hunt, and more.
Other featured upcoming performances on the Kimmel Cultural Campus include DRUMLine Live (February 17, 2023, Miller Theater), Heather McMahan: The Comeback Tour (February 18, 2023, Academy of Music), Jay Shetty World Tour: Love Rules (February 21, 2023, Academy of Music), Karlous Miller: At the End of the Day... (February 25, 2023, Miller Theater), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (February 24 – 26, 2023, Academy of Music), Divi Roxx Kids (February 25, 2023, Perelman Theater), KODO One Earth Tour: Tsuzumi (March, 7, 2023, Miller Theater), The Black Violin Experience (March 9, 2023, Miller Theater), Nimesh Patel: The Lucky Lefty Tour (March 10, 2023, Miller Theater), Ranky Tanky with Ms. Lisa Fischer (March 11, 2023, Miller Theater), Malevo (March 22, 2023, Miller Theater), Disney’s Winnie The Pooh (March 23 – 26, 2023, Perelman Theater), Noel Miller: Everything Is F#&KED (March 24, 2023, Miller Theater) and Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Tour (March 31, 2023, Miller Theater).
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999 or online at www.kimmelculturalcampus.org. In-person ticket sales can be conducted daily from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Academy of Music Box Office, located at 240 S. Broad Street. See www.kimmelculturalcampus.org for more information.
The Second City Swipes Right: An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night
Perelman Theater on the Kimmel Cultural Campus
March 10, 2023, at 8:00 p.m.
March 11, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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KIMMEL CULTURAL CAMPUS
Located in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia, our mission is to engage the region's diverse communities with art through performance and education. Our Cultural Campus serves more than 1-million guests per year and includes Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, and SEI Innovation Studio), the Academy of Music, and the Miller Theater (formerly the Merriam Theater) – representing more than 160 years of rich history for the performing arts along Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts. We are home to The Philadelphia Orchestra and six esteemed Resident Companies: Opera Philadelphia, Philadelphia Ballet, PHILADANCO, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Curtis Institute of Music. With nearly 9,000 seats per night, we are the region's most impactful performing arts center, and the second largest in the country. Our Cultural Campus serves as a preeminent and inclusive place to enjoy exceptional experiences that reflect the spirit of our region by cultivating a creative and socially responsible environment where our community shares experiences that are delivered with pride, integrity, and respect. As a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization, we collaborate on, present, and produce a broad range of relevant and meaningful events, we serve as an active gathering space for social and community events, we educate the region's young people through access to quality arts experiences, and we provide support to artists in the creation of new work. Read Kimmel Cultural Campus' vision statement, world view, and mission statement here. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and how it encompasses our mission, coworkers, and programs here.
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