Soap operas are the foundation of American television storytelling — and their roots sprouted right here in Chicago. From its early radio days in the 1930s to streaming today, soaps have endured by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Paul Rogers / For The Times) The golden age of radio drama is a memory shared by a dwindling few. But the flame has been kept ...

Long-form radio programming was once a staple part of radio entertainment. This style of radio carries the listener into the story through a sonic canvas to create the mental imagery. GAP Digital, a ...

The cast for June's show. Credit: Provided. Three summers ago, a group of like-minded performer friends joked about starting a bar together. They eventually decided a bar was too ambitious of a ...

In the early 1970s, Steven Spielberg asked Tom Stoppard to write a screenplay for the movie "Jaws." The great playwright said no, he was busy writing a play for the BBC. You'd turn down a Hollywood ...

A troupe of Inwood locals is rehearsing an adaptation of Blake Edwards' "Richard Diamond, Private Detective — The Man With the Scar." "We're going to work on the lines a bit, and obviously we have to ...

Long before the audiobook boom, radio plays with A-list actors perfected the art of sound-driven storytelling. L.A. Theatre Works carries on that legacy, bringing in the likes of Annette Bening, ...