Review: ‘Christmas With Elvis’ at the Chopin Theatre feels like a trip back to fearless off-Loop theater, circa 1992Playing a single woman visited by the ghost of Elvis, Brenda Barrie apparently has decided she is doing Eugene O’Neill and proceeds accordingly. She’s very funny, too. December 01, 2023
Cartoonist Roz Chast explores the history of dreams in her new book ‘I Must Be Dreaming’In "I Must Be Dreaming," Roz Chast writes about the theory that dreams are sort of screen savers, inserted to keep fluids flowing while we sleep. December 01, 2023
Things to do around Chicago: Mariah Carey, a Holiday Sing-Along and the ‘Hanukkah Goblins’Coming up around Chicago: the Queen of Christmas, hip hop dance and music to raise the gothic revival roof at Fourth Presbyterian. December 01, 2023
Oscars 2024 ceremony to start one hour earlier, special ‘Abbott Elementary’ episode will follow telecast The Oscars will start one hour earlier for the first time. November 30, 2023
Review: Promising new ‘The Wiz’ at Cadillac Palace has moments where it strays off the roadFew titles command the affection of “The Wiz,” and the show’s most fabulous songs, including “Ease On Down the Road,” have been sung now for close to 50 years. November 30, 2023
Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, dies at age 65Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65. November 30, 2023
Holiday books 2023: 50 books that make great gifts from hip hop histories to Christmas ghost stories Our guide to the best new books for giving this holiday, tailored for the type of readers you have on your list. November 30, 2023
Review: A pair of Scottish police dramas premiere with new episodes on BritBox"Shetland" gets a new detective in Season 8, and "Crime" from "Trainspotting" writer Irvine Welsh returns for Season 2. November 30, 2023
Top 5 holiday concerts, from Kenny Lattimore to Delmark All-StarsThere’s a little bit of everything when it comes to holiday-themed shows in Chicago. November 30, 2023
‘Candy Cane Lane’ review: My Christmas wish is for Eddie Murphy to find a better Christmas movieHe plays a dad determined to win the neighborhood’s decorations contest, but only occasionally can he and costar Tracee Ellis Ross shake this movie out of its holiday routine. November 30, 2023
Review: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ returns the creature to its Japanese rootsWritten and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the story begins in the immediate postwar period in 1945. November 30, 2023
Frances Sternhagen, who played Esther Clavin on ‘Cheers’ and Bunny MacDougal on ‘Sex and the City,’ dies at 93Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. November 29, 2023
Review: Stepping in for Barenboim at Symphony Center, Hrůša’s pinch-hit with Staatskapelle Berlin is a grand slamThe Czech conductor is fresh off a triumphant run of Lyric’s “Jenůfa” and is a hot candidate for the CSO music directorship himself. November 29, 2023
Inheritance money in dispute after death of woman who made millions off sale of Sue the T-rex remainsFossil hunters discovered the skeleton in 1990 on property owned by Maurice and Darlene Williams that sits on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. The couple made $7.6 million from the auction of Sue — now on display at Chicago’s Field Museum. November 29, 2023
‘Maestro’ review: Bradley Cooper wields the baton as Leonard Bernstein. But Carey Mulligan conducts the movie.This movie is considerably more nuanced and engaging than the usual biopic. And it's full of Bernstein's glorious music. November 29, 2023
Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Goodman Theatre is a play to make you believe kindness can win“A Christmas Carol” urges us to open our hearts to our fellow passengers through this life. May even the most cynical among us take heed. November 29, 2023
‘Slow Horses’ review: Violence overwhelms Season 3 of the sardonic spy seriesThere's less cerebral gamesmanship this time around, but Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb remains as effectively grotesque as ever. November 29, 2023
When Don and Barbara Rickles met Bob and Ginnie Newhart, they became friends for life — as told in Judd Apatow’s latest film Judd Apatow's latest film, "Bob and Don: A Love Story," is one of the best movies of this or any year. November 29, 2023
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real promise to put on a party in RosemontLukas Nelson & Promise of the Real come to Rosemont on the heels of the release of their eighth studio album, “Sticks and Stones.” November 29, 2023