I fell once,” says the circus artist Shana Carroll at the top of her wondrous stunner of a new show, “The Attic: Things I’ve Seen While Lying On My Back.” That would be from a trapeze. Lying on the ...

Chicago loves Celie, Sofia and Shug Avery, and has embraced “The Color Purple,” the 2005 Broadway musical based on both the beloved Alice Walker novel of strife, resilience and triumph in rural ...

"Democracy Now!" is not a program you seek out when you're on the fence about the issues. The daily nonprofit radio show, now entering its four decade on both the real and digital airwaves, is as ...