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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson talked with Steve Dale for a wide-ranging conversation covering the city budget, public safety, economic development, and support for small businesses. Johnson highlighted a proposed $1.3 million increase for Chicago Animal Care and Control, calling it part of a larger effort to strengthen city services and respond to growing community needs […]

Chicago jazz and cabaret favorites Mark and Ann Burnell joined Steve Dale in the WGN Skyline Studios to discuss their upbeat new holiday single, Let It Snow, a fresh jazz-inspired take on the classic song featuring Grammy-winning violinist Zach Brock of Snarky Puppy. The duo shared how they recorded the track at Chicago’s Sound Mind […]

Legendary entertainer Lucy Arnaz joined Steve Dale to talk about her upcoming New Year’s Eve family celebration at the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, where she’ll be joined by her husband, actor and author Laurence Luckinbill, along with their children, musician Joe Luckinbill and actress-singer Kate Luckinbill. Arnaz said the evening will feature music, storytelling, […]

Chicago native and Rockford-raised performer Peyton Schoenhofer, who stars as Bob Gaudio in the 20th Anniversary North American tour of Jersey Boys, talks with Steve Dale to discuss bringing the hit musical back to Broadway in Chicago, running November 10-22 at the CIBC Theatre. Schoenhofer, who is appearing in Jersey Boys for the fourth time, […]

David Byrne co-created Theatre of the Mind, a Goodman Theatre production at 333 N. LaSalle St, and Steve Dale talks with actor James Earl Jones II, one of the rotating performers who will guide audiences through the experience, who goes in-depth about this immersive production and his role as David in it. He also recalls what […]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s musical The Book of Mormon is back in Chicago for a limited run at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, October 23 through November 1. Steve Dale caught up with cast member Shafiq Lamar Hicks, who plays the General, to talk about the award-winning comedy, his impressive career, and the future of […]

After 85 years, Gene & Georgetti’s continues to be a family owned business thriving in River North (500 N. Franklin St). Steve talks with third generation owner Michelle Durpetti.  Nothing has changed at Gene & Georgetti’s, yet everything has changed. Michelle explains what that means. What’s their secret to thrive as a privately owned restaurant among all the corporate […]

Actress Jacqueline Guillen, who is in Dead Girl’s Quinceañera at the Goodman’s Harris Theatre, talks to Steve Dale about the unique and premiere show, a sort of coming of age detective story. You’ve perhaps seen her on TV, but she says why she prefers the stage and she says Steve Dale’s Spanish isn’t awful.

It’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen dead body – that’s Operation Mincemeat at the CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., through Oct 11, a Broadway in Chicago show.  […]

Alex Goodrich is a veteran Chicago actor who plays the Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland – who had to deal with 38 International flights diverted there on September 11 following the terrorists attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The show is Come from Away, at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre. This story is particularly touching today […]

Going Bacharach: Songs of an Icon has moved from Chicago’s north side to off-Broadway, Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, 10 W. 64th Street, New York. The songs include Walk on By, I Say A Little Prayer, That’s What Friends Are For, I’ll Never Love This Way Again, and so many more. Here’s a conversation with Steve Dale and vocalist John Pagano, […]

Whether it is for Don’t Cry Out Loud, Come in From the Rain, or the Through the Eyes of Love/Theme from Ice Castles (which Steve Dale says was played at his wedding.) Melissa Manchester has had many hits, earning her two Oscar nominations and a Grammy Award. Steve Dale talks with her about the Midnight Blue duet […]

Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff Podcast, talks auto trends with Steve Dale. Are EV’s already passe? Even small car hybrids are hard to find with no shortage of crossovers and SUV’s. What about the “tariff war” with Canada? Are car prices soon likely to go up? Steve finds out during his chat […]

Dennis Watkins is, without question, a world class magician and he joins Steve Dale to talk about his 25 years in Chicago and his 12th year at the Magic Parlour. He’s also known to be able to read minds, Steve Dale explores the mentalist phenomena.

Dirty Dancing’s lead performers Analese Starzec (who plays Frances) and Blake Zelesnika (who plays Johnny) chat with Steve Dale about Dirty Dancing: The Musical, running from September 9th to 20th at the James Nederlander Theatre.