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Played Guy Caballero and Big Jim McBob on ‘SCTV’, and Harold Weir on ‘Freaks’

The improv-to-dramatic-performance pipeline is real.

Award-winning stage and screen actor who exuded gravitas even in comedies such as Catch-22 and Little Miss Sunshine

As the Oscar-winning star of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Argo’ and ‘Catch-22’ dies at the age of 89, Martin Chilton looks back at the life and career of an actor with exquisite timing, depth and deadpan delivery – and who had little time for the trinkets of stardom

CHICAGO — Taking a luncheon break from what has been a life of considerable movement and accomplishments, Frank Sennett plunked himself into a booth at Club Lago, that pleasantly old-fashioned bar and restaurant in River North, and started talking about his three kids, his wife, his father and how he…

Lyric Opera’s world premiere of “The Factotum,” the return of Pilobolus, and Mavis Staples in concert are among the week’s entertainment highlights.

From hotel parties to bar pop-ups and comedy shows to concerts, here’s a guide to some of the events to ring in the new year on Dec. 31.

While comedian Jordan Klepper makes it very clear that he’s not a journalist, his on-the-ground interviews of real voters are providing some of the most revelatory and terrifying snapshots of attitudes, beliefs and straight-up fairytales embraced by people across the US as they head to the polls, writes Sheila Flynn

CHICAGO — Second City, the Chicago-based comedy theater whose name is a rejoinder to East Coast snobbery in the arts and entertainment business, is heading to New York City.