Clifford Terry

One of the most highly anticipated events in the 1994-95 season for Performing Arts Chicago is the appearance of the Maly Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia. Founded as a repertory...

Acclaimed impersonator Jim Bailey returns to Chicago this week in concert. Two concerts, in fact. "Jim Bailey in Concert as Barbra Streisand" will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, and...

For those of us who grew up in Chicago, one of delights of childhood was anticipating Saturday mornings at the Goodman Theatre on Columbus Drive, and its Children's Theatre productions....

The theater company called Shakespeare's Motley Crew, whose members originally met in an "Acting Shakespeare" course at the Newberry Library, continues its fall production, "The Comedy of Errors," through Nov....

Al Percolo (Albert Brooks), a major-league baseball scout-complete with straw hat and polyester pants-cooks his own pasta in motel rooms, where he watches old movies, including "King Kong," which allows...

Fifty-three theater directors will showcase their wares in Bailiwick's 6th annual Directors Festival, which kicks off next Sunday and continues through Oct. 27. The festival at the Lakeview Performing Arts...

The filmmaking workshop, which seems to have become a rather common institution, will be given a different thrust in the next 10 days. "Dream Screen," a hands-on animation workshop for...

The first full season of Shaw Chicago-a project launched last spring by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs-will kick off with Sunday-matinee and Monday-evening staged readings of George Bernard Shaw's...

Eight fifers and drummers, dressed in authentic 18th Century uniforms, will perform their drills at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Daley Center Plaza. The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps...

A fashion show by an acclaimed Chicago designer and a performance by a jazz pianist will kick off "Nuevo!," a month-long festival of performances, films and discussions that features contemporary...