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As the world commemorates William Shakespeare's 459th birthday this April, Chicago Shakespeare Theater will celebrate the Bard with multiple events throughout the month. The Theater will honor the legacy of Founding Artistic Director Barbara Gaines with the Spirit of Shakespeare Award, which will be presented at a fundraising event at the Theater's home on Navy Pier on Monday, April 24, 2023.

A guest star set to appear in the 2023 Christmas special originally appeared in an episode from 2005 – any guesses who?

The Taskmaster himself, Greg Davies, joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with

Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

Simon Callow has a very cultured dog, the actor tells Helena Bonham Carter in a piece for the magazine of the London Library

To help you decide what to watch, we've put together and curated a selection of some of our top picks for the week ahead.

When I first heard about the new documentary series Waco: American Apocalypse (Netflix), I was a bit ho-hum. I thought why now? (It’s the 30th anniversary of the siege at Waco — duh). But I also wondered what relevance this terrible story could have today. Eighty two people, including 25 children and four federal agents, died in the carnage, which ended when the Davidian cult’s compound was engulfed in a hellish inferno.

Off Menu and off grid: James Acaster and Ed Gamble are Hunted - The best of the weeks comedy on TV, radio and on demand

Greg Davies's polished comedy is chock-a-block with star guests, finding inspiration in the culture wars, 1980s pop... and cartoon elephants

Nude scenes have appeared in feature-length narrative movies since the 1910s, and the best nude scenes deserve to be considered alongside the fine arts. By Samantha Bergeson, Ryan Lattanzio, Alison Foreman Mar 20, 2023 “That’s not art. A striptease isn’t art. It’s too direct. It’s more direct than art.” That line from Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikiru” sums up a lot of…