Cassie Walker Burke

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Clare Lane |Cassie Walker Burke |Noah Jennings

Before guitarist Tom Morello became a member of era-defining bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, he portrayed Oberon in suburban Libertyville High School’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”A new project with the Goodman Theatre is calling him back home. Morello is working with Chicago writer Zayd Ayers Dohrn on a new musical called “Revolution(s)” that will help kick off the Goodman’s Centennial 2025–2026 season.

1 month ago | wbez.org | Clare Lane |Cassie Walker Burke |Noah Jennings

Before guitarist Tom Morello became a member of era-defining bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, he portrayed Oberon in suburban Libertyville High School’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. “Some of my initial civil disobedience training was in the drama club at Libertyville High School,” Morello told WBEZ this week. A new project with the Goodman Theatre is calling him back home.

2 months ago | wbez.org | Hannah Edgar |Mark Guarino |Mike Davis |Cassie Walker Burke

Shara Nova has one of those voices you recognize right away. Whether leading her art-pop band, My Brightest Diamond, or starring in Sufjan Stevens’ Illinoise, Nova is a powerhouse with an ethereal, flexible sound. Nearly two decades and six studio albums later, Nova has cultivated a devoted fanbase. Among them? A whole lot of musicians in the classical world.

Dec 30, 2024 | wbez.org | Cassie Walker Burke

With the city’s arts scene back in full force post-COVID, 2024 brought big ideas, fresh collaborations and sizzling new releases from all corners. We chose to focus this look back on breakthrough creatives whose work stuck with our arts reporters even after we’d filed our stories. Some are delicious fun; others wrestle deftly with the world we live in, refusing to shy away from topsy-turvy politics and blistering global conflicts.

Dec 5, 2024 | wbez.org | Mike Davis |Courtney Kueppers |Cassie Walker Burke |Morgan Ciocca

Jane Lynch is best known for her Emmy Award–winning role as high school cheer coach Sue Sylvester in Glee. But the Evergreen Park native honed her comedy skills in Chicago with Second City and through The Real Live Brady Bunch at Annoyance Theatre, before making her name in a string of hit comedy films in the 2000s, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Role Models.