Allan Johnson

Anyone who read Tuesday's Inc. column knows about the United Center's Quiet Room, where ticketless parents can chill -- for free -- while their kids are attending Ricky Martin's Halloween...

Ronald McDonald House Charities, the organization that provides care and comfort for families of children suffering from life-threatening diseases, holds a special place in the heart of comedian James Stephens...

Glenn Quinn, who plays a not-quite-human on the WB's "Angel," is leaving the supernatural series in November after only a few episodes. Quinn, whose character provides the vampire Angel (David...

For more than four years now, members of the Chicago Asian-American sketch comedy team Stir-Friday Night have performed shows heavy on their signature brand of sketch comedy -- which skewers...

He was the co-creator and guiding light of NBC's "Seinfeld" for its first seven seasons, but what many people may not know is that Larry David is also a standup...

Playwright Wendy MacLeod and director David Petrarca, who enjoyed a successful 1994 collaboration in the Goodman Theatre Studio with her satirical comedy "Sin," will be together again April 10-30 when...

Chicagoan Jim Stern, who has produced "Stomp" and "The Diary of Anne Frank," among other Broadway shows, has just picked up feature film rights to "Space." That's the Tina Landau...

Barry Neal goes by the title "The Counselor of Love." Neal is also called "The Doctor of Love," but "I'm missing the Ph.D.," he says. It would seem that being...

Fans of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" know Victoria Jackson as the blond with the high-pitched voice who may be best remembered for delivering songs and poetry while doing handstands and...

`Cows on Parade" has been a marketing success beyond the city's craziest dreams; so successful that, according to Kimberly Costello of the Department of Cultural Affairs, other cities are planning...