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Chicago City Limits is New York's longest-running comedy revue, thrilling audiences for over thirty years with its unique style of improvisational comedy. Its critically acclaimed show, award-winning National Touring Company, and top notch theatre training program has made Chicago City Limits a New York City landmark. Twitter:
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1992 was a pivotal year in politics, as Bill Clinton unseated incumbent George WH Bush. CCL rode that wave of victory w...
08/09/2026

1992 was a pivotal year in politics, as Bill Clinton unseated incumbent George WH Bush. CCL rode that wave of victory with appearances on the Today Show, the Joan Rivers and Jackie Mason shows. Here are L to R: George HW (Carl Kissin), Barbara Bush (Judith Searcy), Hillary Clinton (Wendy Chatman), and Bill Clinton (Rick Simpson).

Remember the good old days, when the worst thing the Vice President could do was misspell a word? Times have certainly ...
07/30/2026

Remember the good old days, when the worst thing the Vice President could do was misspell a word? Times have certainly changed. Here Carl Kissin plays a confused potato, in one of the very few CCL pieces that was completely non-verbal. Costume by Kissin.

This is from a parody to Roll Out the Barrel -- Please Join the Army - a pretty hard-hitting anti-war piece that ended w...
07/26/2026

This is from a parody to Roll Out the Barrel -- Please Join the Army - a pretty hard-hitting anti-war piece that ended with the voice-over "Join the Army the World. Kill small foreigners and earn money for college at the same time." It was part of CCL's comedy club repertory when the group first arrived in NYC. L to R: Paul Zuckerman, Carol Schindler, George Todisco, Linda Gelman & Bill McLaughlin.

This 1980 close-up of George Todisco and Carol Schindler is from a scene involving an unexpected therapy session. Here...
07/22/2026

This 1980 close-up of George Todisco and Carol Schindler is from a scene involving an unexpected therapy session. Here George reveals some very personal information, which Carol mercilessly ridicules.

This is the CCL National Touring Company, sometime around Y2K, standing under our marque on First Ave. L to R: Paul Sch...
07/19/2026

This is the CCL National Touring Company, sometime around Y2K, standing under our marque on First Ave. L to R: Paul Scheer, Lisa Jolly, Mary Purdy, John O'Donnell, Joe O'Brien, Meg Sweeney Lawless, Danielle Schneider, Andrew McCann, Victor Varnado, Jamie Denbo and Travis Ploeger. We always wondered what was holding Travis upright.

This photo appeared in a GQ magazine feature about comedy in NYC. L to R are: Carol Schindler, David Regal, Chris Oyen...
07/17/2026

This photo appeared in a GQ magazine feature about comedy in NYC. L to R are: Carol Schindler, David Regal, Chris Oyen, Linda Gelman (jumping), Paul Zuckerman & the back end of Eddie Ellner. This was before digital photography, and Linda had to do this jump many, many times to make sure we got it just right. I think we did!

The year was 1992. Mob boss John Gotti was convicted for a host of evilness, and we got a song out of it! Here is a sh...
07/14/2026

The year was 1992. Mob boss John Gotti was convicted for a host of evilness, and we got a song out of it! Here is a shot from "Gotti, Gotti" (tune of "Goody Goody" courtesy of Carl Kissin. L to R are Carl, John Telfer, Rick Simpson, Carole Bugge, Wendy Chatman & Judith Searcy.

07/09/2026

This is for George Todisco fans. The founder of CCL passed in early 1982, about 1 1/2 years after we started performing in NYC. This scripted piece, Goldfish, was recorded at the CCL theater on W. 42 St. George is joined by Carol Schindler, Bill McLaughlin and Paul Zuckerman. The video had very poor, static-laden sound, and we cleaned it up the best we could. Apologies for the quality, but it's one of only a few opportunities to see George in action.

This is the cast that performed at our Town Hall shows in 1998. Great space. Fun night! The is backstage is a winding l...
07/08/2026

This is the cast that performed at our Town Hall shows in 1998. Great space. Fun night! The is backstage is a winding labyrinth, much like the theater in the movie Birdman...and one can get lost. L to R: Frank Spitznagel, Carl Kissin, John O'Donnell, Joe DeGise & Denny Siegel.

Here's (L to R) Judy Nazemetz, Eddie Ellner, David Regal, Chris Oyen, Paul Zuckerman, with Carol Schindler as Lady Liber...
07/05/2026

Here's (L to R) Judy Nazemetz, Eddie Ellner, David Regal, Chris Oyen, Paul Zuckerman, with Carol Schindler as Lady Liberty, reminding us all to take back the country!

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