This exuberant Broadway in Chicago production with Caribbean inspired compositions of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is a cautionary love story warning of the dangers of tempting fate, told as a folk tale passed down by the village storytellers to a Little Girl.

Black Button Eyes Production of the Chicago premiere of “Whisper House” is a somewhat touching story of love and acceptance, with an unusual treatment and interesting musical score delivered by a competent cast . . . Theater Review by Reno Lovison.

Reno Lovion presents a podcast book review with a Chicago spin of Mark Kurlansky's book "1968 The Year That Rocked the World."

Reno Lovison podcast review of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Webber presented by Music Theater Works at the Cahn Auditorum in Evanston through December 31, 2019.

“Burning Bluebeard” literally comes alive in front of a scorched proscenium arch on a ruined stage - - depicting the aftermath of an inferno that destroyed the Iroquois Theater in Chicago at the dawn of the 20th Century. A Ruffians Production playing through December 27, 2019 at The Porchlight Theater.

An upbeat holiday story that explores the meaning of family through the lives of five men and a baby boy in a small mining camp circa 1850s California.

A podcast theater review by Reno Lovison.

This Chicago holiday production of Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” can be described as Theater in a Garden amid the tropical flora collection in the Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Show House Room.

Theater review podcast by Reno Lovison.

We are planning to have Eventologist, Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith as a recurring guest on our podcast to share one or more monthly "holidates" with us including suggestions on how to specifically celebrate with a "Chicago Spin" beginning with National Smith Day, January 6, 2020.

An amusing tale based on a true story, as told by Louise Seger who met young Patsy Cline at one of the singer's early Houston performances in the 1950s creating a friendship that lasted until the legendary singer’s tragic death. A Firebrand Production on stage at the Den Theater in Chicago through December 15, 2019.

Venice Johnson is a Chicago artist, writer, and storyteller sharing her grandmother's old school lesson about maintaining a mutually beneficial romantic relationship.