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Public Allies Alumna is the First Lady of Funny

First lady of funny?

An election changed her comedic outlook, and perhaps her comedic career.

By Kevin Pang | Tribune reporter
December 18, 2008

Comedy is all about.

Timing.

As the saying goes.

Christina Anthony is the benefactor of good timing and greater talent. The Second City e.t.c. revue in which she performs is garnering the type of belly laughs usually reserved for the sharper, more polished Mainstage cast.

At one point in "Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?" Anthony and co-stars Amanda Blake Davis and Laura Grey perform a slinky Supremes-esque musical number about finding love online. Playing the Diana Ross role, Anthony sashays into the audience with all its fine gentlemen out there. It's a master class in musical improvisation—rhyming on the spot while shimmying.  Read more