At Midway, actors were greeted with a red carpet, champagne, and “Welcome Home Alumni” signage.
Return Trip Second City lured alumni to a 50th anniversary weekend with performances, Puma, and late-night pizza. Chicago ticket scalpers allegedly got as much as $1,800 a pop for passes to Second City’s 50th anniversary celebration in December. Comprising panel discussions, performances, and parties, the three-day affair took over Old Town’s Second City Theater. There, classrooms became party rooms and green rooms, Puma hosted a temporary lounge, and famous Second City alumni such as Catherine O’Hara, Amy Sedaris, and Stephen Colbert appeared onstage. On December 11, Southwest Airlines sponsored a charter flight to bring 100 Second City alumni to Chicago from Los Angeles. That night, actors such as Martin Short and Eugene Levy performed in SCTV reunion performances, reprising the roles they played on the TV show, before a V.I.P. party. The next day began at 10 a.m. with hourly panel discussions and went on to include rehearsals, Second City’s red carpet interviews, 50th Anniversary an alumni open house Celebration and buffet, and the Airport Greeter Service nearly four-hour Second DST Chicago Catering Scoozi, Joe’s City alumni reunion Seafood, Prime Steak & show, and was still Stone Crab, Foodlife at going strong at 11 p.m., Water Tower Place, Hub 51, when alumni began a Eli’s Cheesecake, Cafe Ba Ba Reeba private show for their Flowers A New Leaf fellow actors. Later, the Jazz Pianist Scott group feasted on lateStevenson night snacks from local Limousine Service United Limousine restaurants. PR Dan Klores The celebration Communications ended Sunday, after a Rentals, Linens Tablescapes brunch at Hub 51 and Party Rentals Simulcasts Show several more screenDepartment ings and panel discusVenue Second City Theatre sions. —Jenny Berg
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