In the early 1950s, Palisades Amusement Park drew millions with its Cyclone, saltwater pool and skyline views.

But that only makes it more surprising when you learn Reilly used to be in an Elvis Costello cover band. In an interview with Pitchfork, the actor-singer said the 1977 new-wave-meets-punk-rock debut ...

The Washington Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2025-26 season, which offers heaping helpings of comedy, ...

The Chicago-born, DePaul University-educated actor-singer will bring his vaudeville-style show “Mister Romantic” to the famed theater in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Sept. 13-14.

On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ...

Ma Rainey, the “Mother of the Blues,” who also helped shape what would become rock ’n’ roll, launched her career from New Orleans. Rainey was one of the few out lesbians in music at the time and ...

The actor John C. Reilly will appear in September at Steppenwolf Theatre, the Chicago-based theater company said Thursday night.

The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will continue its 2025 summer concert season on Sunday evening at the Karl L.

The Chicago-born, DePaul University-educated actor-singer will bring his vaudeville-style show “Mister Romantic” to the famed theater in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Sept. 13-14.

The Chicago-born, DePaul University-educated actor-singer will bring his vaudeville-style show “Mister Romantic” to the famed theater in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Sept. 13-14.

Two years ago, I toured the long-closed Plaza Theatre. Money was pouring into a nonprofit foundation intent on restoring the ...