Cancer! The Musical at Second City

Cancer! is one musical that earns its exclamation mark. For while many musical comedies entertain, few are this affirming, introspective and empowering. The so-called "business of cancer" is needled in a deftly interwoven tale of a researcher on the cusp of a discovery, a scheming "Big Pharma" executive and a doctor desperate to save the woman he loves. An off-Broadway hit featuring 15 original songs, Cancer! was written by Tom Donnellon (a cancer survivor and surgeon) and Shawn Handlon (Second City alum). Now Second City Hollywood presents the West Coast premiere of this fiercely clever comedy at its Studio Theatre.