Richard Christiansen

Last weekend was the Battle of the Quizzers: All four networks had game shows on. The winner of Round One was no surprise: ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,"...

If you had walked through the Loop in the busy Christmas holiday period, you would have seen the new downtown theater district at its most promising. The Chicago, Shubert, Oriental...

A knock at the door and, quickly, Arthur Miller is there. His face, famously rough-hewn, has fleshed out a little, and his tall frame is slightly bent; but, at 84,...

When it comes to New Year's Eve plans, it seems like most celebrities are as uncertain as the rest of us about what to do and what might happen Friday...

In our ongoing series of the best and worst entertainment events of the year, today we present Tribune Chief Critic Richard Christiansen's picks for the highlights of Chicago theater in...

- American artist Arthur Wesley Dow taught for 30 years in such places as the Pratt Institute of the Arts and Art Students League. Like the British artist and social...

Each year, the Arts & Entertainment staff chooses individuals in the arts who have made significant contributions to their community in the last 12 months. The end of the century...

"The Old Settler," the play that last month successfully launched the Organic Theater's new home at 1420 Maple St., Evanston, is headed for another first-time engagment. When it closes its...

Before the old year leaves us, a few memories of moments, off stage, that helped make the days go by, happily: - Just before the Redmoon Theater's enchanting Winter Pageant...

- Though she hasn't lived in Chicago for decades, Marian McPartland long has been an honorary citizen, and not only because she was married to native-son cornetist Jimmy McPartland. Her...