In its first formal move outside North America, The Second City is joining with Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd., one of Japan's largest TV producers, talent managers and entertainment companies, in a new joint venture that aims to introduce the improv-based teaching methods of the Chicago-based comedy theater and training center to Japan, followed by a permanent Second City acting troupe and comedy theater in Tokyo that wo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 04:28PM on February 15, 2012