CHICAGO – It is Chicago where New York City native Harry Wood is debuting his first play, entitled “Roast,” through The Comrades theater company at the Greenhouse Theater Center. The comic drama, about a gathering of stand up comics and relatives to “roast” – rather than eulogize – a deceased fellow comedian, is a World Premiere that runs through August 18th, 2019. For tickets and more information, click here.
George Wendt
Slideshow, Audio: Red-Carpet Portraits from The Second City Roast of George Wendt
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 7, 2017 - 11:16pm- Andrew Alexander
- Betty Thomas
- Bob Odenkirk
- Cheers
- David Koechner
- George Wendt
- Gilda’s Club
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Slideshow
- I Can’t Believe They Wendt There: The Roast of George Wendt
- Jason Sudeikis
- Joe Arce
- Joel Murray
- Julia Sweeney
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Laura Jane Hyde
- Pat Finn
- Patrick McDonald
- The Second City
- Tim Kazurinsky
CHICAGO – On September 9th, 2017, it seemed like the whole of The Second City theater on Wells Street in Chicago let out a collective cry of “NORM!” The favorite barfly of TV’s “Cheers,” George Wendt, came back to his old comedy stomping ground at The Second City to participate in “I Can’t Believe They Wendt There: The Roast of George Wendt.”
Just For Laughs Chicago: George Wendt Leads Big Cast in ‘Da Bears’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 16, 2010 - 9:58amCHICAGO – Da Super Fans were out in force on a spectacular Saturday night at the Park West in Chicago, as the TBS Network’s “Just for Laughs” Festival presented “Da Bears Movie Dat Wasn’t.” George Wendt, Joe Mantegna, Horatio Sanz and Da Coach, Mike Ditka, provided the hilarity.
