The Weekly Guide: How The Second City comedians enjoy the weekend

By Produced by Eight Forty-Eight
The Weekly Guide: How The Second City comedians enjoy the weekend
'South Side of Heaven' plays at The Second City's Main Stage every night, with the exception of Mondays. Photo courtesy of The Second City
The Weekly Guide: How The Second City comedians enjoy the weekend
'South Side of Heaven' plays at The Second City's Main Stage every night, with the exception of Mondays. Photo courtesy of The Second City

The Weekly Guide: How The Second City comedians enjoy the weekend

By Produced by Eight Forty-Eight
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The Blagojevich retrial kicked off on Wednesday. That has some Chicagoans anticipating a few politically-inspired chuckles.

Tim Robinson and Edgar Blackmon star in The Second City’s latest production South Side of Heaven. It plays every nigth except Mondays on Main Stage. Robinson plays Mayor Daley and Blackmon is Mayor-elect Emanuel. The production is a hit. But what do Tim and Edgar do to keep the laughs going off stage?

They spoke to host Alison Cuddy for the latest installment of The Weekly Guide.

Tim and Edgar’s List:

FRIDAY:
At 6 p.m. Mask of Sanity: Psychological Horror Films at Gene Siskel Film Center: Deliverance
At 7:30 p.m. Bel Biv Devoe at Arie Crown Theater
At 8 p.m. Greensky Bluegrass at The Kinetic Playground

SATURDAY:
KidsWork Museum in Frankfurt, IL
At Midnight The Late Live Show at The Second City’s de Maat Studio Theater

Music Button: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, “Ako Ba Ho”, from the CD The Vodoun Effect, (Analog Africa)