About T.J.
Hi there! I’m T.J. Shanoff, a musical comedian, host & emcee, creative director, and producer. For 25 years, I’ve created shows and material for The Second City, including Rod Blagojevich Superstar and the 50th Anniversary national tour.
Often, you’ll find me behind the keys at the beautiful Chicago Magic Lounge, as musical director of their Signature Shows.
I gab about a rising, young, local band, The Beatles, every week alongside Tony Mendoza and Casey Baker on The Untitled Beatles Podcast.
With Katie Klein, I co-founded The Shalom Collaboration; specializing in Jewish values-inspired improvisation, event hosting, and improv-based communications learning.
I’ve hosted, creative directed, and provided musical entertainment for hundreds of corporate industrials, and fundraisers, including Gilda’s Club Chicago, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook.
Other credits include: Blank! The Musical (off-Broadway, director & co-creator), The Roof Is On Fiddler (co-writer), The Chicago Emmy Awards (music director), City Winery's Downtown Seder (performer), and Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer (music director).
On the air, I’ve co-hosted morning drive on Sporting News Radio, weekends with Susanna Homan on WCKG-FM, and a few shows with Shadoe Stevens on 97.9 The Loop; making me an expert in ushering in a legacy Chicago radio station’s final days.
A native north side Chicagoan, I’m a proud alumnus of The Latin School, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
I look forward to connecting with you!
Often, you’ll find me behind the keys at the beautiful Chicago Magic Lounge, as musical director of their Signature Shows.
I gab about a rising, young, local band, The Beatles, every week alongside Tony Mendoza and Casey Baker on The Untitled Beatles Podcast.
With Katie Klein, I co-founded The Shalom Collaboration; specializing in Jewish values-inspired improvisation, event hosting, and improv-based communications learning.
I’ve hosted, creative directed, and provided musical entertainment for hundreds of corporate industrials, and fundraisers, including Gilda’s Club Chicago, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook.
Other credits include: Blank! The Musical (off-Broadway, director & co-creator), The Roof Is On Fiddler (co-writer), The Chicago Emmy Awards (music director), City Winery's Downtown Seder (performer), and Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off For Cancer (music director).
On the air, I’ve co-hosted morning drive on Sporting News Radio, weekends with Susanna Homan on WCKG-FM, and a few shows with Shadoe Stevens on 97.9 The Loop; making me an expert in ushering in a legacy Chicago radio station’s final days.
A native north side Chicagoan, I’m a proud alumnus of The Latin School, Emerson College, and Harand Camp Of The Theatre Arts.
I look forward to connecting with you!