It is important to embrace the culture and free expression that define us as Chicagoans and Americans. In other words, buy a ticket and see a show. Here are five to consider.

Big stars (George Clooney!) and daring writers will grace area stages with shows that escape or confront the current moment.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Carrie Coon lives right on the edge - of overwhelming sadness, of righteous fury, of whatever ...

This weekend it’s the turn of Scotland’s acclaimed Vanishing Point company to put the work of the now 76-year-old Japanese author on the ...

Guitar icons Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai returned to the road in 2024 for a series of sold-out concerts in the US.

Screenwriter and Loyola graduate Ian Brennan spent Feb. 15 telling students his journey from directing plays in Mundelein to producing award-winning shows for Netflix.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has revealed the cast, creative and production teams for ‘ART,’ the final production in its 2024 ...

Still Point Theatre Collective will present the first annual Social Change Theater Festival in March. This festival will ...

By Emily Eakin Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right ...

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers. By Sadie Stein Edmund White seems to hold nothing back in his ...

Laurence Rees asks: Are we in danger of history repeating itself? The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan ...

Richard Roeper, a Sun-Times contributor since 1987 and a Chicago native, is the author of seven books and the former co-host of “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies.” He is the film critic for ABC-7 ...