Full disclosure: I listen to standup to help me sleep. During these dystopian times, when I’m frequently unable to catch some ZZZs, I’ll play a comedy special on the bedroom […]

Kids and their grownups alike will enjoy a charming video performance of Frederick, the story of an inventive field mouse, by Leo Lionni. It’s a virtual puppet show performed by […]

Silk Road Rising, a Chicago theater company rooted in Asian, Middle Eastern and Muslim experiences, has re-released a 2012 film that is newly relevant during the coronavirus pandemic. Jamil Khoury, […]

Britain’s National Theatre Live has been presenting recorded plays in movie theaters for the past few years so American audiences can watch theater from across the pond. Large opera companies have been broadcasting taped […]

Mike “McBeardo” McPadden is truth in human packaging. A beard is indeed present, bristly, with streaks of grey—suggesting wisdom in matters strange and arcane. I’ve seen McPadden in action as […]

In early 1978, Bruce Springsteen embarked on the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, in what would become a new benchmark for his brand of stadium epics. The Boss […]

Desperado Miller (Abby McEnany), the main character of Andy Kushnir and Carly Moseley’s spooky new comedy Ghost Squad, is an enthusiastic and self-appointed paranormal investigator. Her mother was (allegedly) murdered […]

Goodman Theatre’s 2016 production of Roberto Bolaño‘s masterpiece novel, 2666, has been filmed and is now streaming worldwide—you can view it free. The original 15-member all-Chicago cast plays 80 roles. […]

By now you probably know that earlier this week, the Cubs won the World Series and were awarded their first championship in 108 years. Chicago immediately erupted and has been […]

By now you’re probably aware that the Cubs are not only in the World Series, but they may actually win the damn thing. Tonight, the Chicago Cubs face the Cleveland […]

Seemingly out of nowhere, this week Kit Kat teased in a tweet that Chance the Rapper would be the star of their new Halloween television commercial. Yesterday, they made good […]

Towkio released his latest EP, Community Service 2, last month. One of the highlights of that album was his collaboration with comrade-in-arms, Joey Purp, on the single “Playin Fair.” In it, Towkio […]