Allan Johnson

At 5:02 a.m. on this date, it began to snow. Nothing remarkable about that. It was January in Chicago, and, besides, 4 inches of snow had been predicted. But it...

Thursday night on prime time television, two Catholic priests, huddled at the back of a soaring gothic sanctuary, exchanged the following hushed words: Priest one: "This is what I want."...

From the home office in Chicago, here are the Top Ten Reasons Why People Should Come Out and See The Caterpillars, a list provided by the musical comedy duo specializing...

Every new television season brings a batch of fresh faces with a trace of future stardom about them. As the new shows start to pour in, here are five to...

Bobby Slayton was holding court a few months ago. Sitting at a table that had been set up for a meal, he grabbed the ears of friends, French-Canadians and countrymen....

Television has come up with some pretty shrewd detectives, people with the ability to solve the most complicated mysteries with the simplest clues. Here are just a few of TV's...

"Living Single," a sitcom popular with African-Americans, wasn't supposed to be part of Fox Network's fall schedule kickoff, though it was slated for later in the season. But another show's...

A sketch troupe transforms itself into a comedy production company, one that offers a multimedia bounty of laughs. It's further proof that the way comedy is presented is ever changing....

Cindy Caponera was so moved by a talk she once had with her aunt, that she wrapped an entire one-woman show around it. "The Debutante Ball" is about a group...

Though Tito Puente's stage shtick sometimes overshadows his music, don't be deceived: He's a virtuoso timbales player as well as an inspired bandleader. When he visits the Ravinia Festival in...