A corruption trial in Chicago gets underway today, but the defendant is not a politician.

Tony Award winners Chita Rivera, Liza Minnelli, David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk perform as part of the Vineyard Theatre gala honoring composer John Kander and his late collaborator, lyricist Fred Ebb, March 8 at the Hudson Theater.

Anticipation for the Academy Awards has been building all week and the big day finally arrived Sunday.

Anticipation for the Academy Awards has been building all week and it’s finally the big daa

CHICAGO (AP) — Anticipation for the Academy Awards has been building all week and it’s finally the big day.

Owners of Evanston club-concert hall indulge their inner music nerd daily The building, on a commercial strip of Chicago Avenue, is a former carpet warehouse and car dealership that now boasts three distinct attractions: Union, a sleek, upscale pizza restaurant at the front; the 250-capacity SPACE (aka Society for the Preservation of Arts & Culture in Evanston) in the center; and a five-room …

“As soon as white folks say a play is good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.” — American playwright August Wilson I was able to see how the other half lives when I drove to Gary the other day and entered Ben Clement’s 4,600-square-foot mansion nestled in the city’s Small Farms neighborhood. Clement, 53, is a lifetime bachelor who graduated from West Side High School and The Ohio …

On a trip to Chicago, Lynne Biamonte of Carlstadt, Joan Choma of Clifton, Pat De Leasa of Carlstadt and Jean Kimak attended a show at Tommy Gun’s Garage, a “speak-easy” dinner theater. They were joined by Jean’s grandson, Luke Maffia, and daughter Denise Kimak.

On a trip to Chicago, Lynne Biamonte of Carlstadt, Joan Choma of Clifton, Pat De Leasa of Carlstadt and Jean Kimak attended a show at Tommy Gun’s Garage, a “speak-easy” dinner theater. They were joined by Jean’s grandson, Luke Maffia, and daughter Denise Kimak.

David Schneider has been acting in community theater for more than 30 years, but he hasn’t played the bad guy very often. Scanning his memory banks, Schneider, of Brookfield, could think of roles in “Brigadoon” and “Chicago” that would qualify as baddies.