Sunday Morning

This week on Dean Richards’ Sunday Morning: Ravinia CEO Welz Kaufmann joins Dean on the phone to preview the fantastic acts making their way to Ravinia this month, including Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Mary J. Blige, Alan Cumming and more. Zachary Stevenson, who plays Buddy Holly in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at the American Blues Theater, stops by to talk about portraying the rock and roll pioneer and performs “Peggy Sue” and “Everyday” live. In Dean’s A-List interviews, he […]

Zachary Stevenson, who plays Buddy Holly in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at the American Blues Theater, stops by to talk about portraying the rock and roll pioneer and performs “Peggy Sue” and “Everyday” live.

This week on Dean Richards’ Sunday Morning: Ravinia CEO Welz Kaufmann joins Dean on the phone to preview the fantastic acts making their way to Ravinia this month, including Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Mary J. Blige, Alan Cumming and more. Zachary Stevenson, who plays Buddy Holly in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at the American Blues Theater, stops by to talk about portraying the rock and roll pioneer and performs “Peggy Sue” and “Everyday” live. In Dean’s A-List interviews, he […]

It’s Dean Richards’ inaugural show from WGN’s new studios! Dean and the gang kick off their tenure in the Allstate Skyline Studio with a fully packed show with all the news, interviews and laughs you can handle. This week in theater, Dean sits down with “Ameirca’s Mom” Phylicia Rashad who captured the hearts of millions as Claire Huxtable. She talks Chicago, her latest theater projects and the effect of former co-star Bill Cosby’s fall from grace on the legacy of […]

Dean Richards sits down with husband and wife stars of the movie “Gotti”. The film follows the story of New York mob boss, John Gotti and his rise in the infamous Gambino crime family. Travolta plays the title role and talks with Dean about visiting Chicago, playing such a well known character and dancing with Princess Diana at the White House. Preston plays the role of Victoria Gotti, John’s wife. She talks about playing husband and wife on screen with […]

On this edition of This Week in Theater, writer of the play Burnham’s Dream: The White City, June Finfer joins Dean to discuss her inspiration behind writing the play about World Fair and Chicago legend Daniel Burnham. The play runs through July 1st at Theatre Wit in Chicago.

This Father’s Day marks the last day of shows from Tribune Tower. Dean reflects back on his memories from the iconic Chicago building and listeners share their favorites as well. Dave Schwan’s Dad, Paul calls into the show to wish everyone a happy Father’s Day. We talk to Dr. Harold Katz about how to avoid bad breath and the importance of staying hydrated. On “This Week in Theatre” June Finfer, writer of “Burnham’s Dream: The White City” joins the program […]

Dean Richards sits down with husband and wife stars of the movie “Gotti”. The film follows the story of New York mob boss, John Gotti and his rise in the infamous Gambino crime family. Travolta plays the title role and talks with Dean about visiting Chicago, playing such a well known character and dancing with Princess Diana at the White House. Preston plays the role of Victoria Gotti, John’s wife. She talks about playing husband and wife on screen with […]

On this edition of This Week in Theater, writer of the play Burnham’s Dream: The White City, June Finfer joins Dean to discuss her inspiration behind writing the play about World Fair and Chicago legend Daniel Burnham. The play runs through July 1st at Theatre Wit in Chicago.

This Father’s Day marks the last day of shows from Tribune Tower. Dean reflects back on his memories from the iconic Chicago building and listeners share their favorites as well. Dave Schwan’s Dad, Paul calls into the show to wish everyone a happy Father’s Day. We talk to Dr. Harold Katz about how to avoid bad breath and the importance of staying hydrated. On “This Week in Theatre” June Finfer, writer of “Burnham’s Dream: The White City” joins the program […]