OFFBEAT: Felicia Fields one-woman show entertains while looking for an audience

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Felicia Fields

Entertainer Felicia Fields is busy fine-tuning her new one-woman show.

OFFBEAT: Felicia Fields one-night Munster show a perfect V-Day

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Entertainer Felicia P. Fields

Entertainer Felicia P. Fields is bringing her new one-woman cabaret show to Theatre at the Center in Munster for one-night only for a Valentine's Day night show on Feb. 14, 2013.

Adventures in Everyday Living, Shorelines Thursday, July 19

It's hot outside, but area theaters are keeping audience members cool all summer with productions that range from the Towle's 'Next to Normal' to the Goodman's 'Crowns.' --Kathy MacNeil, assistant managing editor, Shore magazine

Actress Felicia Fields stars in 'Crowns'

Actress Felicia Fields stars in 'Crowns' at Chicago's Goodman Theatre through Aug. 12.

OFFBEAT: Drury Lane's 'Hairspray' good, but doesn't reach sky-high possibilities

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Lillian Castillo, Michael Lindner and Felicia Fields star in "Hairspray" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

Lillian Castillo stars as Tracy Turnblad, with Michael Lindner stepping into the heels of her mom Edna and Felicia Fields as Motormouth Maybelle in Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook's production of the Tony Award-winning musical "Hairspray" running now until June 17.

OFFBEAT: Theater queen Tammy Mader returning to 1960s, but off stage, for 'Hairspray'

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'SNL' fav Nora Dunn loving stage time in 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore'

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OFFBEAT: 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' wears thin as stage entertainment

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OFFBEAT: Loretta Swit joining Nora Dunn for Chicago cast of 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore'

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Of Notoriety: "The Wiz" enchants in Munster

I've been spending my summer shadowing Times Columnist Philip Potempa, who is also my professor at Valparaiso University. During my time shadowing Professor Potempa and writing on this blog, I have discovered an enjoyment of writing film reviews. As a lover of cinema, movies have always had …

OFFBEAT: Theatre at the Center's 'The Wiz' a fun and funky trip with old friends

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Felicia Fields on Stage

Actress Felicia Fields, who hails from Blue Island, Ill., is starring as witchy Evillene in the stage musical "The Wiz" at Theatre at the Center, opening Thursday and playing through Aug. 7.

Chicago South Side actress Felicia Fields eager for 'The Wiz'

Actress Felicia Fields likes to describe it as "as stage story with a message of home."

OFFBEAT: Hollywood happy nuns camp it up for silly fun in new 'Nunset Boulevard'

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OFFBEAT: Hollywood happy nuns camp it up for silly fun in new 'Nunset Boulevard'

Felicia Fields is Sister Hubert (left to right), Lauren Creele is Sister Amnesia, Alene Robertson is Reverend Mother (front, center), Nicole Miller is Sister Leo and Mary Robin Roth is Sister Robert Anne in the Chicagoland premiere of "Nunset Boulevard" at Theatre at the Center in Munster un…

Holy Hollywood!

The "Nunsense" nuns take on Hollywood in the Midwest premiere of "Nunset Boulevard" at Theatre at the Center in Munster (through May 29).

Having a ball

Top, left to right: Meet Alene Robertson as Reverend Mother, Felicia Fields as Sister Hubert, Lauren Creele as Sister Amnesia and Mary Robin Roth as Sister Robert Anne. Below, left to right: And that's Nicole Miller as Sister Leo in the Chicagoland premiere of "Nunset Boulevard." The latest …