Randall G. Mielke

Even though country music singer and songwriter Chris Young has co-written a number of hit songs, the songwriting craft still remains a mystery to him. “There really is no way...

Jack Schultz, who wrote the country-western musical “Fat Bill’s Roadside Cafe” in 1987 for The Riverfront Playhouse in Aurora, died in 2012. But his legacy, and the play’s characters, continue...

Blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter George Thorogood selects songs to perform just to make people happy. “It’s like a menu at a restaurant,” Thorogood said. “You want to put something...

Members of the Eagles tribute band Heartache Tonight found that they can stay true to the songs by staying true to themselves. “The Eagles just came out and played: no...

Marla Frees spent 25 years as a successful TV and stage actress with roles on such shows as “Seinfeld,” “Married with Children” and “Everybody Loves Raymond,” among others. She also...

Musician and singer Todd Sharman has performed in many bands over the years, including a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute band called Full Moon Fever. But performing in Stayin’...

Actress and singer Angela Ingersoll started following the yellow brick road when she was a small child and she has never looked back. “I was four years old when I...

As Rod Serling of TV's "The Twilight Zone" fame might intone, "Submitted for your approval, a look into the future in the form of the play 'Marjorie Prime,' a cross...

Actress/musician Tiffany Topol, an Oswego native, portrays the lead character of Girl in the Paramount Theatre's production of "Once," but this is not the first time that she has appeared...