Does this show follow the setup
of both scripted performance and
improv? Yes, it’ll be a combination;
mostly scripted with some improvisational stuff inside there. We’re
customizing a handful of scenes
specifically for Newark and the
state and we’re also drawing on
some of the classic Second City archives for additional material. We’ll
let the cast make up some stuff for
the audience as well. It’s a nice
blend of everything that we do.
Do you have any sketches based
on shows like The Housewives
of New Jersey or Boardwalk Empire? There’s definitely that kind
of stuff. Whether it’s a line in a
song or a scene or a full-out scene,
we’ve got more material than
we’re going to use. What we do
during the rehearsal process is figure out the stuff that hits the best.
We’ll wind up doing the funniest
of the material, but it could change
up until that night.
It’s so sad that we give you
more material than you need…
We happen to live in a city here in
Chicago which is the same. We’re
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