James Alexander, founding bassist of the legendary R&B and funk band The Bar-Kays, will record new music next week at the ...

The Paris revival remains polished and efficient, but once again raises a familiar question: has Chicago become more concert ...

The Phantom of the Opera,” Cameron Winter and Randolph Street Holiday Market are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Times have been tough for movie exhibitors thanks to the one-two punch of streaming and a pandemic, but Chicago’s Music Box Theatre is going strong regardless. The historic art house cinema on Tuesday ...

A newly launched tour of the iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Phantom of the Opera” is haunting the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 121 West Randolph St., Dec. 11 through Feb. 1, 2026 for a limited ...

Five decades in, Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical has an infuriating storyline and an impressive everything else. Cue the chandelier.

Styx's Tommy Shaw says he remembers getting “goose pimples” the first time he heard a Chicago record. “I couldn’t believe there was music that elaborate and soulful and it was still rock,” the ...

Brian d'Arcy James has been an incredible founding cast member and has taken on classic shows in great revivals as well. One ...

2026 is shaping up to be a great year for Midwestern moviegoers. The Music Box Theatre, Chicago’s movie palace that has been entertaining the Windy City since 1929, has announced major expansion plans ...

Chicago and Styx, two bands that got their start in the Windy City, will play together for the first time on a national co-headlining tour that will stop at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater next ...

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is ...

Ever since Elvis and The Beatles spawned an army of imitators, tribute bands have been popular. Why are they having a moment now like never before?