Richard Christiansen

The imminent arrival of the not-quite-a-monopoly, New York-based, joint management operation of the Shubert, Oriental and Palace theaters is big news in Chicago's entertainment business. For you and me, it...

Theater Lara Teeter, the affable new artistic director of Light Opera Works, makes his debut as a director/choreographer for his company with Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers," opening Saturday and...

The Bolshoi Ballet, still among the best brand names in show business, comes to the Auditorium Theatre June 6-10 as part of its first United States tour in 10 years-and...

With presales of 1.4 million copies, "The Indwelling," the seventh installment in the Christian end-of-the-world saga by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, published by Carol Stream-based Tyndale House, was a...

Catching up on movies, magazines and Tom Cruise: - Did you ever in your life see so many close-ups as the ones in "Gladiator"? It was easy to count the...

Gerald Clarke's much reviewed new book "Get Happy" (Random House; $29.95) is the latest attempt to get the life of Judy Garland down on paper. It's a novelistic approach, racing...

On a midsummer's evening, with a cool breeze coming off the water, even the intermissions at the Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake are delightful. The nine shows scheduled...

The week after Easter and Passover is always a busy time in Chicago area theater. Opening nights, delayed until the holidays are over, suddenly come rushing in with a raft...

Get ready, Egypt. Here comes Stephen Sondheim, via Pegasus Players of Chicago. Next November, the plucky off-Loop theater that has produced many Sondheim musicals over the years will be taking...

Walking is the best way to see one's neighborhood, and when I walk in my neighborhood, I see that my piece of sweet home Chicago is going through some very...