Chicago Live!

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Chicago Live! is an hour-long stage and radio variety show hosted by Chicago newspaperman and radio personality Rick Kogan.^[1] The multi-platform show is produced by the Chicago Tribune in partnership with The Second City and broadcasts on WGN Radio 720-AM Saturday nights at 11 p.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience. Short, individual segments from each show are distributed in video and podcast format.^[2]

GenreNews/entertainment, variety show

Running time60 min.

Country of originUnited States

LanguageEnglish

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Chicago Live!

Genre	News/entertainment, variety show
Running time	60 min.
Country of origin	United States
Language	English
Home station	WGN Radio
Hosted by	Rick Kogan
Executive producers	Kelly Leonard, Lara Weber
Recording studio	Chicago, Illinois
Original release	October 2010 – 2013
Website	Website
Podcast	Podcast

History

Chicago Live! debuted at the Chicago Theatre Downstairs on October 14, 2010, and continued recording and airing in six-week seasons through 2011.^[3]^[4] Chicago Live! performed live in 2011 at the Haymarket Pub & Brewery place.^[5] Billy Corgan was a guest on the show in 2011.^[6] In November 2011, Chicago Live! announced that it would shift to eight-week seasons in 2012 and move to the Up Comedy Club in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.^[7]^[8]^[9] John Conroy was a guest on the show in 2012.^[10] Chicago Live! was still active in 2013.^[11] In 2013 Kathy and Judy of WGN Radio were guests on the show.^[12]

Notable guests have included Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, musician Billy Corgan, former White House Social Secretary Desirèe Rogers, Sesame Street puppet Cookie Monster and rapper Lupe Fiasco.^[2]

Lara Weber does the production work for the show.^[13]

Format

As described by host Rick Kogan, the show's mission is to "bring the paper in its wonderful variety on stage."^[14]

Each episode of Chicago Live! includes:

Interviews with Chicago newsmakers and entertainers
Topical comedy from The Second City
Almanac segment in which Rick Kogan presents stories, videos around a selected year in Chicago history
Performances by Chicago artists and entertainers

References

[1]
Janega, James (February 3, 2012). "Chicago Live! comes home to Old Town". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[2]
"Chicago Live! stage and radio show created by Chicago Tribune and The Second City". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
[3]
"Chicago Live! Will Return for Second Season". NBC Chicago. January 26, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[4]
Alfano, Elysabeth; Producer, ContributorExec; Creator; Alfano, Host of The Celebrity Dinner Party with Elysabeth (August 18, 2011). "Behind the Scenes With Rick Kogan and Chicago Live!". HuffPost. Retrieved February 18, 2021. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
[5]
Newspapers, Rick Kogan, Tribune (January 24, 2011). "'Yes sir, Senator'". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021. You can experience the Haymarket Pub & Brewery place any time you like. It is open for lunch and dinner. Or you might visit this Tuesday, when I will be hosting "Chicago Live! Team Bar Trivia Night" at 7 p.m. I will be joined by Benjamin, Mosqueda and some folks from The Second City. Osgood promises to come too.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
[6]
Solomon, Sheila. "Interviewing Billy Corgan". capitalgazette.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[7]
"'Chicago Live!' moving to new Up Comedy Club". Chicago Tribune. December 1, 2011. section 4, p. 2.
[8]
Sidewalks, Rick Kogan's (June 15, 2012). "A toast to Earl of Old Town". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021. "Chicago Live!" is hosted by Kogan and takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the UP Comedy Club, 230 W. North Ave., this week with, among many guests, Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and, as always, the comedy of The Second City.
[9]
"Chicago Live! Kicks Off Spring Season Tonight". Gapers Block. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[10]
Wawrzaszek, John. "Author/Journalist John Conroy on Chicago Live!". Gapers Block. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[11]
Wood, Miden. "Chicago Live! Encourages Chicagoans to 'Explore the City'". Gapers Block. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[12]
"Kathy and Judy on Chicago Live!". WGN Radio 720 - Chicago's Very Own. November 19, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
[13]
"Lara Weber joins Tribune editorial board". www.robertfeder.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021. Weber most recently has been the Tribune's events editor, producing the "Chicago Live!" stage series and overseeing other public events under the Trib Nation banner.
[14]
Kogan, Rick (October 10, 2010). "Lara Weber" (Audio). WGN Radio. Retrieved November 30, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

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