WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

It was a thousand degrees in Chicago during this week's The Paper Machete episode, so why not celebrate the outdoors?

1. Porgy and Bess has just opened at Court, but their production is just one step in the piece's storied and complex 85-year history.

1. Dirty Blonde at Theater Wit celebrates the legendary Mae West, and is playing all weekend.

1. WBEZ's very own Peter Sagal, the host of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me, will step behind the mic for a very different kind of radio show: "The Sound of Young America" is back at Second City.

Monday is a typically slow performance night in the theater world, but there's always someone trying to be funny, so never fear! There's still some stuff you didn't do yesterday. 1. There is comedy you can bring the kids to...maybe.

Chicago media on Friday (Feb. 4) reported the death of Joyce Sloane, 80, the emeritus producer of The Second City.