Chicago Broadcasting Network

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.

It’s the 1940s and veteran detective Max Forthright is throwing a lavish party to celebrate the publication of his upcoming memoirs.

Before long there is a shot and the discovery of a body causing the entire assemblage to turn to Max to identify the killer in “A Murder Most Novel.”

A cleverly written and well-performed production at Nox Arca Theatre in Chicago through December 14th, 2019.

Review by Reno Lovison

The world premiere of Anthony Whitaker’s “My Life is a Country Song” presented by New American Folk Theatre has taken that adage to heart and crafted a well told musical tale of love, friendship, and personal triumph.