Tawny Newsome, the most interesting new cast member at the Second City e.t.c., is a reminder that trained theater actors, as distinct from those who merely wish to be funny, are (and always were) the cornerstone of the sketch-comedy form. With striking looks and a just-slightly brittle persona, Newsome naturally gravitates to the high-status characters upon which Second City long has relied.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 01:00AM on June 30, 2012