Stephen Colbert announces his Chicago plans on Wednesday’s episode of “The Late Show.”
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Stephen Colbert is taking his “Late Show” out of its storied New York theater for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Chicago is where he’ll be going.
The host will announce on Wednesday’s episode that during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he’ll be making his Aug. 19-22 episodes at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 East Ida B. Wells Dr.
“I started my career in Chicago,” the former Second City performer said in a statement released by CBS. “Let’s see if I can end it there.”
Audience tickets for the shows are not yet available.
It will be the first full-on production of “The Late Show” in another city, although during the pandemic, Colbert did bare-bones broadcasts from his homes in New Jersey and South Carolina.
The politically minded comedian is relocating for only one of this summer’s nominating conventions. During the Republican event in Milwaukee, Colbert will stay in New York and broadcast his show live. Live broadcasts are not planned in Chicago as of now, but that is subject to change.
Colbert grew up in South Carolina but became a Midwesterner first to study at Northwestern University, and then as an aspiring actor at various Chicago theaters. He emerged as a standout writer-performer at Second City and remains active with the theater, serving on its board of directors.