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When P. J. Paparelli moved to Chicago he knew he wanted to write a play about the violence in this city. But instead of creating a new work, he realized the solution was closer to hand: revising his 2005 play about the 1999 school shooting at Columbine High School.  

Sports fans and theater fans appear to have little in common. But both celebrate a spring season, argues Northwestern English Professor Bill Savage (yes, brother of Dan), and we're on the brink of it.

1. It's the Chicago Theatre's birthday. To commemorate such a storied 90th anniversary, Chicagoist picked the brains of their staff for some favorite memories.

1. I'm just going to throw this out here: "Have you ever had to pee so badly you could nearly taste it?" Um...I don't know, Bob.

1. Playright Tim J. MacMillan is biking from New York City to Chicago to raise money for his play Soul mates don't die.

When I was in high school, I went to a Ben Folds (sans the Five) concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. People smoked marijuana in the theater, but the show had to stop promptly at 10 pm so they could set up for the Radio City Rockettes performances the next day.