T.J. SHANOFF
COMEDY. CREATIVE DIRECTION. MUSIC.
COMEDY. CREATIVE DIRECTION. MUSIC.
T.J. is a Chicago-born and based musical entertainer, producer, and creative director, with over 20 years at The Second City.
This summer, T.J. returns to The Chicago Magic Lounge's Hammond organ as musical director of the Friday and Saturday night Signature Shows.
Current projects include: The Shalom Collaboration, which offers live and virtual improv comedy, music, and communications learning with a Jewish heart and soul, Chicago4Real, a production company and Twitch.tv channel curated by eight Chicago comedy and media creatives, and the Untitled Beatles Podcast, where T.J. gets to talk passionately about the only thing he ever really wants to talk about, The Beatles.
Other credits include: Blank! The Musical (director/co-creator, off-Broadway), The Second City's Rod Blagojevich Superstar (music & lyrics), and The Second City's 50th Anniversary Tour (director). As musical director: The Chicago Emmy Awards, The Second City, City Winery Chicago's Downtown Seder, Annoyance Theater, and Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer event.
T.J. has emceed and creative directed hundreds of industrial and corporate productions, both for Second City Works and as a freelancer.
T.J. is a proud alumnus of the Latin School of Chicago, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
This summer, T.J. returns to The Chicago Magic Lounge's Hammond organ as musical director of the Friday and Saturday night Signature Shows.
Current projects include: The Shalom Collaboration, which offers live and virtual improv comedy, music, and communications learning with a Jewish heart and soul, Chicago4Real, a production company and Twitch.tv channel curated by eight Chicago comedy and media creatives, and the Untitled Beatles Podcast, where T.J. gets to talk passionately about the only thing he ever really wants to talk about, The Beatles.
Other credits include: Blank! The Musical (director/co-creator, off-Broadway), The Second City's Rod Blagojevich Superstar (music & lyrics), and The Second City's 50th Anniversary Tour (director). As musical director: The Chicago Emmy Awards, The Second City, City Winery Chicago's Downtown Seder, Annoyance Theater, and Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer event.
T.J. has emceed and creative directed hundreds of industrial and corporate productions, both for Second City Works and as a freelancer.
T.J. is a proud alumnus of the Latin School of Chicago, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
Cover photo credit: Sheri Whitko, - "An Interview With Martin Short", Lynn Sage Foundation, Chicago