Chicago Comedy: bookcover

Chicago Comedy:

A Fairly Serious History

Margaret Hicks 

(Author)

Mick Napier 

(Foreword by)
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Description

Famous for being a city of broad shoulders, Chicago has also developed an international reputation for split sides and slapped knees. Watch the Chicago style of comedy evolve from nineteenth-century vaudeville, through the rebellious comics of the '50s an

Product Details

PublisherHistory Press
Publish DateApril 22, 2011
Pages128
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781609492113
Dimensions8.9 X 6.1 X 0.4 inches | 0.5 pounds

About the Author

Margaret Hicks is a professional tour guide in Chicago who has been giving walking tours in the Loop (like her tour of Old Town offered through the famous Second City Comedy Club) since she completed the Chicago Architecture Foundation's docent program in 2004. She maintains her own website at www.chicagoelevated.com and has had years of experience in the Chicago comedy scene working at improv theaters and stand-up clubs.

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