Harold Arlen

It's a mass seduction. A guy saunters in, snappily attired in a single-breasted charcoal suit. Setting aside his fedora, he turns his sexily hooded eyes to the audience and, as the band strikes up, emits a dreamy baritone. The clock......

Frank Sinatra may well be spinning in his grave over the heavy metal hijacking of a dozen cornerstone numbers from his repertoire for "Sin-atra," a tribute to the Chairman of the Board....

The Theater on the Lake, the historic and ever-popular Chicago Park District semi-outdoor venue that reprises many of the greatest theatrical hits of the prior year, has announced its 2011 summer season. The Improvised Shakespeare Company (June 15-19) &#...

The Hypocrites, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre and Lifeline Theatre scored the most nominations in the non-Equity wing of the Joseph Jefferson Awards, which were announced Wednesday night. The Hypocrites' production of "Cabaret," with nine nominations, was...

Violins and oboes and brass! Oh my! Those instruments and a host of others from the Pacific Symphony will be playing the classic score to "The Wizard of Oz" live with the iconic film April 7 to 9. Even the lobby entrance to the 8 p.m. performances in...

I saw a rainbow over in the distance on my way to "The Wizard of Oz" concert Thursday night. Seriously. Luckily there weren't any tornadoes that night to impede mine or other Pacific Symphony concertgoers' progress to the concert hall — just a...

Few people have turned 80 with the fanfare shown Stephen Sondheim, master of the musical theater. There was "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert" at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The Roundabout Theatre Company in New York will rename its Broadway house...

Susan King takes a look at the gorgeous new restoration of "The Wizard of Oz," which will be screened in theaters across the country tonight. This is a longer version of her story that appears in the Los Angeles Times......

For a generation of listeners, the late Ella Fitzgerald exists perhaps as more of a concept than someone who was once a living human being. As the Beatles are to pop music, Fitzgerald is to jazz vocals, and the quality......

THEATER REVIEW: "Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen" ★★★ Sweet and hot as is surely can be, the No Exit Cafe does not leave you a lot of room to hang your hat. To radically change the configuration......

OCTOBER Today – Nunsensations: The Nunsense Vegas Revue. Maltz. Today – Stomp, musical (NT). BAA at Kravis. Now to Oct. 14 – The Wedding Singer, musical (NT). BAA at Brow-Ctr. To Oct. 14 – The Sound of Music, musical. Curtain at Willow. To Oct. 14 – Thank...

Leslie Uggams and Lena Horne have crossed paths only a few times. But Uggams feels that the force and power of the iconic singer have always been a part of her. "Lena was a goddess in my house -- my mother played her records all the time, and I was...