A Return Visit: Ed Asner feeling better, resuming 'FDR' tour with local dates

Actor Ed Asner still remembers hearing the news that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had died.

OFFBEAT: Lorna Luft's Judy Garland doc event cancelled, Asner still on the mend

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Ed Asner here for one-man show about FDR

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Yuletide Applause: Tickets for holiday stage productions are ideal stocking stuffers

Charlie Blum has been booking shows for Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville for 23 years.

OFFBEAT: Michael Feinstein among names announced for new Auditorium season

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia presents the National Tour of 'Treasured Stories by Eric Carle'

The new touring production 'A Brown Bear, a Moon, and a Caterpillar: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle,' by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia brings together old favorites and new friends with this family favorite stage show featured for one performance 11 a.m. Feb. 4 at Center for Performing Art…

Kid Picks with Philip Potempa for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Our weekly round-up of new children's media.

GSU rings in Chinese New Year with Golden Dragon Acrobats

Jon Cobb, theater manager of Governors State University's Center for Performing Arts in University Park, looks forward to the return of the Golden Dragon Acrobats.

OFFBEAT: Funny 'Forbidden Broadway' coming to nearby GSU's cabaret stage

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GSU presents 'Junie B. Jones' performance for holiday season

UNIVERSITY PARK | Governors State University's Center for Performing Arts celebrates the holidays with "Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!" at 11 a.m. Dec. 3 and 1 p.m. Dec. 4. Emerald City Theatre's adaptation of the best-selling children's book series by Barbara Park was written …

GSU presents 'Flow' in November

Rashaad Hall and Deja K. Taylor, will star in "Flow." Governors State University is bringing this theater performance to the south suburbs Nov. 12.

GSU presents 'Flow' in November

UNIVERSITY PARK | Powerful narratives, dynamic rhythm and rhymes, and live beats will electrify the audience when "Flow," by Will Power, comes to the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University at 8 p.m. Nov. 12.

Tej'ai Sullivan of Joliet portrays Michael Jackson

Tej'ai Sullivan of Joliet is portraying Michael Jackson in a tribute stage show at Governors State University's Center for Performing Arts on Oct. 1. "Thriller: The Legend Continues," is described as an unforgettable evening featuring music from the undisputed King of Pop, is at 8 p.m. Satur…

OFFBEAT: Details shared about touring October stage tribute to Michael Jackson at GSU

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The Ultimate Thriller

The national tribute tour to Michael Jackson called "The Ultimate Thriller" is part of Governors State University's announced 2011-2012 season at their Center for Performing Arts.

OFFBEAT: New Michael Jackson tribute stage show part of GSU 2011-2012 Season

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Southland Theatre Ensemble to perform 'Ragtime' at GSU

UNIVERSITY PARK | The Southland Area Theatre Ensemble (SLATE) at Governors State University announced it will present the musical "Ragtime" as its 2011 summer production.

OFFBEAT: Women's History Month celebrated with GSU cabaret performance

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Dennis DeYoung unplugs Styx favorites

It's not often that area music fans have the pleasure of hearing one of the rock era's iconic voices on a Chicagoland stage.

The gift of holiday entertainment

During the 13 years Burt Dikelsky has been executive director at The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, he's booked what now seems like countless holiday shows. "I think the key each year is to always mix it up and keep things fresh, while still giving a nod to traditi…