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The Black Ensemble Theater is bringing a unique blend of soulful music and food to its audiences, combining the sounds of legends like Al Green and Aretha Franklin with culinary delights.

A musical chronicling the career of rock-‘n’-roll pioneer Buddy Holly known as “The Buddy Holly Story” is taking the stage in Chicago, NBC Chicago’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

When Jay-Z and Alicia Keys filmed the video for “Empire State of Mind,” their valentine to New York City, they naturally ended up in Times Square, singing on illuminated red glass steps. It was no mere set: It was two New York icons standing on another. Their stage was the top of the TKTS booth, which has become part of…

She went from being a registered nurse to a contestant on “America’s Got Talent.” Now Christina Wells is in the National Touring Production of “Chicago the Musical.” NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

Lookingglass Theatre’s “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” is a holiday classic based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story.

Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago adapted “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” a holiday classic with only two sentences of dialogue in the original story, into a completely dialogue-free production. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

Creative arts organization PlayMakers Laboratory is celebrating its 25th anniversary with two public benefit performances featuring stories written by Chicago Public School students. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

The trial of R. Kelly’s manager has opened on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater.