Entertainment Columns
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O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. / Arlington proves that it can still put on quite a clown showNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, Bunker Bill Carstanjen — the deadpan slap-schticker running Churchill Downs Inc. — must have studied “A Little Night Music.” That's the 1973 St...
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Feder: 'Bozo's Circus' rewinds the '70sNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated because WGN has changed the premiere to Dec. 19. Big news for Bozo fans: “Bozo's Circus: The 1970s,” a two-hour primetime...
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Star-making turn: Leading lady makes new tuner 'Paradise Square' a show worth seeingNov 18, 2021 10:30 am - “Paradise Square” - ★ ★ ★ Theater lovers may not yet know the name of singer/actress Joaquina Kalukango, who stars in “Paradise Square,” the Civil War-set musical that r...
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Sound check: Josh Turner rings in Rialto's holiday season; benefit shows with Gerald Dowd, Mavis StaplesNov 18, 2021 5:00 am - Early holidays at the Rialto Your holiday decorations might not be up just yet, but Joliet's Rialto Square Theatre is ringing in the holidays with a stretch of festive ...
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Nostalgia trumps originality in ghost-flustered 'Afterlife'Nov 18, 2021 5:00 am - “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” - ★ ★ ½ Eleven years ago at the Hollywood Blvd. in Woodridge, I asked Dan Aykroyd when we could expect to see the next, highly anticipated...
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Feder: WGN Radio hires Lisa Dent to host afternoonsNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Lisa Dent, who's been a popular Chicago radio personality for two decades, will sign on as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host at WGN 720-AM in the new year. The Nexsta...
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Standup superstar, Rolling Meadows High grad Sebastian Maniscalco cooks up laughs on Food Network, Discovery+Nov 17, 2021 10:00 pm - “There's two things you need to know about me: I love comedy and I love food.” So says Sebastian Maniscalco, standup superstar and former Arlington Heights resident, in ...
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Spotlight: Drury Lane, Strawdog, Goodman and Second City theaters shift into holiday modeNov 17, 2021 5:00 am - Glad tidings Drury Lane Theatre celebrates the season with its revival of "Holiday Inn," the Irving Berlin tuner adapted from the 1942 film about a crooner named Jim Har...
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Feder: Naperville native Candace McCollum to report on missing Black women for WVONNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - A five-part radio documentary series on more than 50 Black women and girls in Chicago who vanished without a trace will air on WVON 1690-AM, the Midway Broadcasting news...
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Feder: The Mix posts opening for Eric Ferguson's old jobNov 16, 2021 12:00 am - For the first time in 25 years there's an opening for a new morning host at WTMX 101.9-FM. The job posting by Hubbard Radio Chicago comes two weeks after Eric Ferguson s...