T.J. Shanoff is a Chicago-born and based musical entertainer, producer, and creative director. T.J. wrote, directed, and music directed for over 20 years at The Second City, including creating the music and lyrics for the hit, Rod Blagojevich Superstar. T.J. is a co-founder of The Shalom Collaboration, which specializes in virtual entertainment and learning with a Jewish heart and soul.
Other credits include: Blank! The Musical (director/co-creator, off-Broadway, New World Stages), The Second City's 50th Anniversary: On Tour (director), music directing the Chicago Emmy Awards, the Chicago Magic Lounge, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer event, and co-hosting The Untitled Beatles Podcast on iTunes.
T.J. has emceed and creative directed hundreds of industrials and fundraisers, both for Second City Works and as a freelancer; and is currently performing those roles on Zoom and other platforms where we all spend way too much time these days.
T.J. is a proud alumnus of the Latin School of Chicago, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
Other credits include: Blank! The Musical (director/co-creator, off-Broadway, New World Stages), The Second City's 50th Anniversary: On Tour (director), music directing the Chicago Emmy Awards, the Chicago Magic Lounge, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer event, and co-hosting The Untitled Beatles Podcast on iTunes.
T.J. has emceed and creative directed hundreds of industrials and fundraisers, both for Second City Works and as a freelancer; and is currently performing those roles on Zoom and other platforms where we all spend way too much time these days.
T.J. is a proud alumnus of the Latin School of Chicago, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
Photo credit: Sheri Whitko,
"An Interview With Martin Short", Lynn Sage Foundation, Chicago
"An Interview With Martin Short", Lynn Sage Foundation, Chicago