George Wendt

Holiday movies, specials and very special holiday episodes of your favorite series fill the TV screens between now and Christmas Day. Here are many of the highlights. “Glee” 8 p.m., Tuesday, Fox. Extraordinary Merry Christmas: The glee club...

By Stacey Harrison Kenny Powers has inspired a devoted cult following of real-world fans — Google “Kenny Powers tattoos” at your own risk — but there are still none that can compare to the character’s sidekick on Eastbound...

Philip Brandes reviews Cheri Steinkellner's new Tin Pan Alley-themed jukebox musical, "Hello! My Baby" at the Rubicon Theatre....

Josephine Forsberg, a pioneer of the teaching of improvisational acting in Chicago, an early company member at The Second City, and an influential teacher of such stars as George Wendt, Shelley Long and Bill Murray, died Monday morning at the Illinois...

Muammar Movie? Minutes after his gruesome assassination, Hollywood honchos were spinning ideas for a possible big screen bio-pic about the controversial Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. My Tinsel Town tipsters tell me the first name to surface to portray...

Macca A "Hit" At Wrigley With music legend Paul McCartney wrapping up his two rocking shows last weekend at historic Wrigley Field, my music mavens were able to get their hands on Sir Paul's top secret concert rider for the Wrigley shows. The big...

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Joyce Sloane, the beloved maternal powerhouse of the Second City improvisational theater in Chicago, and the woman who found and nurtured such comedy giants as John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chris Farley and Bill Murray, died of natural causes Thursday in...

David C. Nichols reviews 'Re-Animator, The Musical,' based on the 1985 cult film....

1930 ~ 2011 (2005 Tribune photo) Joyce Sloane, the beloved maternal powerhouse of The Second City, and the woman who found and nurtured such comedy giants as John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chris Farley and Bill Murray, died Thursday. According to......

Fred Dryer and Julia Duffy auditioned for the parts of Sam and Diane. Both were later guest-stars. ------------------------ The series was originally to have been set in Barstow, California, and Sam Malone was to originally to have been a retired...

• Just For Laughs Chicago is June 15-19 at the Chicago Theatre and other venues; here's a FULL SCHEDULE • Da' Super Fans and Ditka are back (published May 18, 2010) • Tickets are $10 for some smaller venues to......