Entertainment
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Spotlight: Improv Playhouse hosts 'Live the Laugh' bilingual comedy eventOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Women of Steel series Steel Beam Theatre's season-long salute to women continues with "The Odd Couple (Female Version)," Neil Simon's 1986 revision of his 1965 comedy ab...
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Best Bets: Ace Comic Con draws stars to Rosemont; Hugh Jackman returns to ChicagoOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Song and dance man Tony Award-winning stage and film star Hugh Jackman (“X-Men,” “The Boy from Oz”) returns with his concert tour “The Man. The Music. The Show.” with gu...
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Feder: ESPN 1000 imports new boss from BostonOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Although he's spent the last decade as program director of a sports/talk station in Boston, the new boss of ESPN Radio WMVP 1000-AM considers himself “a lifelong Chicago...
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Children's YouTube star Blippi coming to Rosemont TheatreOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Children's YouTube sensation Blippi will perform two shows at the Rosemont Theatre on Feb. 22, as part of his first tour across North America. Blippi Live! is set to bri...
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Cat expert Jackson Galaxy comes to the Genesee Theatre in WaukeganOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Jackson Galaxy, the host and producer of the Animal Planet series "My Cat From Hell," brings a stage show to Waukegan's Genesee Theatre in January. The self-proclaimed ...
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Writers Theatre production rebuilds 'A Doll's House' into lively one-actOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - “A Doll's House” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Every writer needs a good editor - even pioneering writers like 19th-century playwright Henrik Ibsen. And he has them in writer/actor Sandra D...
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Meet 'Game of Thrones' heroes, other celebs in Rosemont this weekendOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - Two of the most popular TV actors in the realm will be in Rosemont this weekend when ACE Comic Con Midwest invades the Donald E. Stephens Center. “Game of Thrones” Emmy ...
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Plan ahead: Rita Rudner at the Raue, Brian Regan in WaukeganOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - Rudner at the Raue Comedian and author Rita Rudner ("Naked Beneath my Clothes," "I Still Have It ... I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It") returns to perform a standup ...
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Feder: Ex-Tribune exec to head creative services, programming at NBC 5Oct 07, 2019 1:00 am - Joseph Schiltz, former chief marketing officer and senior vice president of development at Chicago Tribune Media Group, has been hired as vice president of creative serv...
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Arlington on Tap Beer & Wine Fest set for SaturdayOct 07, 2019 1:00 am - The 4th annual Arlington On Tap Beer & Wine Fest is set for 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, on the grounds of the One Arlington development, One 3400 W. Stonegate Blvd. i...