T.J. SHANOFF
COMEDY - CREATIVE DIRECTION - MUSIC
COMEDY - CREATIVE DIRECTION - MUSIC
Hi there, I’m T.J.! I’m a musical comedian, emcee, and creative director. For 25 years, I’ve created shows and material for The Second City, including Rod Blagojevich Superstar and the 50th Anniversary tour.
Most Friday and Saturday nights, you’ll find me at the beautiful Chicago Magic Lounge, as musical director of their Signature Shows.
I’m a die-hard fan of a niche/indie band called The Beatles. (Heard of ‘em?) I gab about them every Saturday alongside Tony Mendoza and Casey Baker on The Untitled Beatles Podcast.
With Katie Klein, I co-founded The Shalom Collaboration. Our speciality is Jewish-inspired improv comedy, hosting, and improv-based communications training. You’ll Kvell! (*No refunds if you don’t.)
I’ve hosted, creative directed, and provided musical entertainment for hundreds of live and virtual industrials and fundraisers. I’ve interviewed CFO’s and celebrities, emceed auctions, and taken requests for way too many 80’s piano ballads. That’s just the way it is.
Favorite credits include: Blank! The Musical (director & co-creator), The Roof Is On Fiddler (co-writer), The Chicago Emmy Awards (musical director), City Winery's Downtown Seder (performer), and Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer (musical director).
On the radio, I’ve co-hosted with Susanna Homan on WCKG-FM, morning drive on Sporting News Radio, and Shadoe Stevens on WLUP, making me a bit of an expert in ushering in a legacy radio station’s final days.
A native Chicagoan, I’m a proud alumnus of The Latin School, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
Let’s get in touch! Please drop a line (do people still say this?) anytime.
Most Friday and Saturday nights, you’ll find me at the beautiful Chicago Magic Lounge, as musical director of their Signature Shows.
I’m a die-hard fan of a niche/indie band called The Beatles. (Heard of ‘em?) I gab about them every Saturday alongside Tony Mendoza and Casey Baker on The Untitled Beatles Podcast.
With Katie Klein, I co-founded The Shalom Collaboration. Our speciality is Jewish-inspired improv comedy, hosting, and improv-based communications training. You’ll Kvell! (*No refunds if you don’t.)
I’ve hosted, creative directed, and provided musical entertainment for hundreds of live and virtual industrials and fundraisers. I’ve interviewed CFO’s and celebrities, emceed auctions, and taken requests for way too many 80’s piano ballads. That’s just the way it is.
Favorite credits include: Blank! The Musical (director & co-creator), The Roof Is On Fiddler (co-writer), The Chicago Emmy Awards (musical director), City Winery's Downtown Seder (performer), and Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer (musical director).
On the radio, I’ve co-hosted with Susanna Homan on WCKG-FM, morning drive on Sporting News Radio, and Shadoe Stevens on WLUP, making me a bit of an expert in ushering in a legacy radio station’s final days.
A native Chicagoan, I’m a proud alumnus of The Latin School, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
Let’s get in touch! Please drop a line (do people still say this?) anytime.
Cover photo credit: Sheri Whitko, - "An Interview With Martin Short", Lynn Sage Foundation, Chicago