T.J. SHANOFF
COMEDY. CREATIVE DIRECTION. MUSIC.
COMEDY. CREATIVE DIRECTION. MUSIC.
T.J. is a Chicago-born and based musical comedian, producer, and creative director, including 25 years with The Second City.
Most Friday and Saturday nights, T.J. musically directs The Chicago Magic Lounge's Signature Shows, performing an inordinate amount of Beatles tunes on the glorious, Hammond B3.
Other 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 seven established Chicago comedy and media creatives, and the Untitled Beatles Podcast.
Past 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 hosted talk shows on WCKG-FM and Sporting News Radio, and provided creative support and musical emceeing for hundreds of live and virtual industrials and fundraisers.
T.J. is a proud alumnus of The Latin School of Chicago, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
Most Friday and Saturday nights, T.J. musically directs The Chicago Magic Lounge's Signature Shows, performing an inordinate amount of Beatles tunes on the glorious, Hammond B3.
Other 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 seven established Chicago comedy and media creatives, and the Untitled Beatles Podcast.
Past 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 hosted talk shows on WCKG-FM and Sporting News Radio, and provided creative support and musical emceeing for hundreds of live and virtual industrials and fundraisers.
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