Entertainment Stories from March 5, 2025 (Change date)
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Taking a gamble: Music Theater Works opens its season with beloved musical ‘Guys and Dolls’Mar 05, 2025 9:20 pm - “Guys and Dolls,” the iconic musical about taking a gamble, hasn’t lost its luster for 21st-century audiences, say two Wheaton natives playing lead roles in Music Theater Works’ production at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
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Free ice cream Thursday at Shaq’s Big Chicken in RosemontMar 05, 2025 5:38 pm - Big Chicken in Rosemont is giving away free ice cream cones on Thursday to celebrate founder Shaquille O'Neal's 53rd birthday.
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Netflix series ‘The Leopard’ remakes the classic Italian novel as a sumptuous period dramaMar 05, 2025 5:14 pm - The new Netflix series “The Leopard” takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily during tumultuous social upheavals.
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Pokémon-shaped Cheeto, ‘Cheetozard,’ sells at auction for $87,840Mar 05, 2025 2:50 pm - A Cheeto shaped like the beloved Pokémon Charizard has sold at auction for a total cost of $87,840.
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Tom Llamas to succeed Lester Holt as NBC ‘Nightly News’ anchorMar 05, 2025 2:36 pm - NBC News appointed Tom Llamas on Wednesday to replace Lester Holt as anchor of “Nightly News” starting this summer, but he’s not abandoning his streaming newscast.
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Crystal Lake church to tell the story of Esther at spring cantataMar 05, 2025 12:55 pm - First Congregational Church presents "Malice In the Palace" cantata on March 16, featuring the church's youth and children's choirs in the biblical story of Esther.
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An unplugged Jason Isbell electrifies on new album, ‘Foxes in the Snow’Mar 05, 2025 12:18 pm - An excellent bandleader, guitarist and singer, Jason Isbell is first and foremost a songwriter, and that skill takes center stage on his new album, “Foxes in the Snow,” which will be released Friday.
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Concerts March 7-13: Better Than Ezra, Ivy Ford, Gregory Alan Isakov and moreMar 05, 2025 11:55 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Better Than Ezra, Disturbed, Ivy Ford, Gregory Alan Isakov, Michael McDermott and more.
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Things to do March 7-13: Bryan Callen, World of Wheels, Chris Hardwick and moreMar 05, 2025 11:32 am - Mark your calendar for Bryan Callen, Aziz Ansari’s “Hypothetical Tour,” World of Wheels, Chris Hardwick, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood’s “Asking for Trouble” tour and more happening this week.
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Hey, ‘Mickey’ you’re not so fine: Ambitious sci-fi comedy disappoints with restrained laughs, muddled metaphorsMar 05, 2025 10:52 am - After watching Bong Joon Ho’s slightly too-lengthy and bombastically zany sci-fi black comedy “Mickey 17,” this question came to me. Could Robert Pattinson be simultaneously nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing two different versions of the same character in a single movie?
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