Jerald Pierce

There's something special about attending the taping of a radio broadcast. You can listen to, say, "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me" on NPR and have a completely different experience...

Nine months ago, mounting a New Stages festival this season seemed unimaginable for Goodman Theatre, said director of new works Jonathan L. Green. New Stages, which Green called the theater's...

As theater holiday traditions go, "A Christmas Carol" tends to be the first Chicago show that springs to mind. But now, with "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins" returning for its...

Grief has touched the lives of us all at one point or another. That's never felt more true than when looking at the ever-rising death toll resulting from COVID-19. Before...

When the cast of "Pump Boys & Dinettes" bursts onto the stage with a blast of warm energy against the quickly cooling Chicago weather, it's clear that there are few...

After playwright Antoinette Nwandu rewrote the ending of "Pass Over" in advance of its Broadway run, an effort to present a play that centered resilience and Black joy rather than...

The Athenaeum Theatre will reopen next month with new leadership, a new direction and a new name. Now called the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, led by executive director...