Nancy Maes

Dennis Scott took organ lessons for roughly two years in his early teens, then stopped. In college as a theater manager, he taught himself to play the pipe organ. Later,...

Prop: Crutches Appearing In: Cirque du Soleil's "Varekai!" Vladimir Ignatenkov dances on crutches in Cirque du Soleil's "Varekai!", which opens in Chicago this week. It's not easy for this Russian...

Prop: wireless telegraph hidden in a Bible Appearing In: "Don't Drink the Water," The Noble Fool Theater Background: Noble Fool Theater needed a device stashed in a Bible that would...

The uPressplay Showcase will screen independent films including "Two Days in Limbo," directed by Daniel J. Pico, where a young medic finds himself isolated from his platoon near the end...

"Faces, Places, and Inner Spaces," a new Art Institute of Chicago exhibition designed with special attention to younger visitors, begins with a large-screen video of more than 80 faces from...

Prop: Reproduction of Model T Ford Appearing In: "Ragtime," Light Opera Works Background: Paige Keedy, production manager of Light Opera Works, knew that a re-creation of 1909 Model T Ford...

1) CHILDREN'S PENNY CINEMA SERIES The "Children's Penny Cinema Series" at the Du Sable Museum will present more than a dozen movies about the African and African-American experience, 10:30 a.m....

Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" was timely when it came out in 1964--and chances are it will still have audiences...

Prop: A bleeding painting Appearing in: "The Mystery of Irma Vep," Northlight Theatre Background: "The Mystery of Irma Vep," performed by two actors in multiple roles, is a gothic-novel and...

Prop: Lake with moving parts Appearing in: "Seagull," Redmoon Theater Background: Redmoon Theater is known for its ingenious objects, so as artistic director Jim Lasko prepared a production inspired by...