(The weekend after Thanksgiving in 2012, I got to write what's known as my first review for the college newspaper. I was so lucky to write about the Second City performance. And it was my second time seeing them perform there. And would be come every year to perform.)
After spending the Thanksgiving holidays with family, audiences were entertained by Second City’s version of a dysfunctional holiday at Illinois Central College.
On Nov. 24, The Chicago Second City performed “Dysfunctional Holiday Revue” at the Performing Arts Center at ICC to a sold out crowed. The cast contain of actors of Neal Dandade, Alex DiGiacinto, Chelsea Devantez, Cate Freedman and Eddie Mujica.
The first act started with a group of friends being together watching the snow fall, discussing on how they should handle the Christmas party with gift exchange of Secret Santa and that the group thought it wouldn’t be such a good idea as the actors performed bits of short skits of flashbacks.
As the show moved on, the cast interacted with the audience as part of school musical with actor Dandade as the musical conductor. Each audience member had a part.
But it was until actor Devantez who acted like a young blonde, gave the contactor news that her ex boyfriend was in the section she was conducting. Devantez brought up Mark Schore from his seat to the stage and gave him the symbols to play. As it was all put together, everyone played to the tune “Deck the Halls.”
The funniest sketch of the show came when actors Mujica and Freedman were coming to his apartment after a date. As they came in, Devantez came out wearing a tight t-shirt and short shorts because he was doing laundry.
Devantez played the Wii and then the radio and that’s when Dan Fogelberg song “Same Old Lang Syne” come on and started crying like a baby because it reminded him of his ex wife. “
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