Maureen Ryan

What cultural baggage from "Survivor" will -- or won't -- make it off the island? Some predictions: Alliances: After watching "Survivor," you realize that concepts such as friends, family and...

Q. Didn't the Field Museum used to be called the Field Museum of Natural History? And wasn't the Museum of Science and Industry called the Rosenwald Museum at one point?...

What better way to celebrate Chicago's rich diversity of museums than by getting in to one of them for free? The 28 Chicago museums listed below will offer two-for-one admissions...

Son of the legendary African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigeria's Femi Kuti revitalizes his father's incandescent Afro-beat music while establishing his own passionate voice. Singer, saxophonist and leader of the...

What's it like to be the first Vietnamese actor to appear in "Miss Saigon"? We asked cast member Phong Truong, who's with the touring company of the Broadway show, which...

1. The Coens: Ethan and Joel wrote and directed "Fargo" and "Blood Simple" (which was just released on DVD). 2. The Dahls: Rick and director John co-wrote "Red Rock West."...

Twenty-one years ago, Hollis Resnik starred as a teenager chosen to receive her first kiss from a rock star as part of a marketing ploy in "Bye, Bye Birdie," at...

Q. Fado singer Misia is coming to Ravinia on Monday. What's fado? A. According to the Rough Guide to World Music, fado is Portugal's version of the blues. "The literal...

Is it Tom Cruise's charisma that powers his movies to record box-office totals? Or is it his sunglasses? Take a look at the U.S. box-office figures -- in millions, of...

In some productions of "Hamlet," the moments when incestuous Gertrude counsels her melancholy son are solemn -- downright uncomfortable, even. But in "Hamlet! The Musical," featuring Alexandra Billings, the Chicago...