Jerome Kern

Chicagoans know the husband-wife vocal duo of Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon from their exemplary work in "Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah," which plays annually at the Auditorium Theatre. But on Sunday afternoon Burke and Dixon bowed at the...

In the spring of 1927, the waters of Mississippi River overflowed in spots from New Orleans right up to Cairo, Ill. Hundreds of people died, almost a million were uprooted and the course of American social history changed, with black sharecroppers...

One hesitates to leap to too many conclusions based on the work that pianist Fred Hersch turned in on his newest recording, "Alive at the Vanguard," and his performance Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase. But in both instances, Hersch played with a...

The pleasant, populist program that opened the 34th annual Chicago Jazz Festival on Thursday night certainly had a great deal going for it. Three top Chicago vocalists. The splendid Chicago Jazz Orchestra. And the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park,...

Compared with just about every other company in the business, Lyric Opera of Chicago continues to ride above the economic turbulence that is buffeting so many of the nation's other not-for-profit performing arts organizations. Not soaring, but riding....

."I Vitelloni," a 1953 semi-autobiographical drama about five male friends living in a small Italian town, is considered one of the watershed moments in Fedrico Fellini's career. The film is screening Friday through Wednesday at the New Beverly Cinema...

Despite its full title of “A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians – from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between,” the book is intentionally not encyclopedic. Its vignette-like structure...

"Downton Abbey" introduced the phonograph to the Crawley household in Sunday's episode of the Masterpiece Classic series. The younger members of the family are instantly enamored -- perhaps none more so than Lady Mary and her distant cousin Matthew, who...

Richard S. Ginell reviews Marvin Hamlisch's debut as principal pops conductor of the Pasadena Pops near the Rose Bowl...

Soprano Jessye Norman sings Saturday with Muse-ique in Pasadena...

Mad Cow Theatre has posted the schedule for its 9th Orlando Cabaret Festival at orlandocabaret.com. During the festival, which runs April 29-May 15, Mad Cow Theatre will host more than  40 performances of jazz, pop, Broadway and comedy. Shows will...

There are more than 45 performances spread over three weeks at Mad Cow Theatre’s 9th annual Orlando Cabaret Festival, which opens tonight and runs through May 18. Ticket prices vary by event and range from $12-$28. There are also ticket packages...