Come celebrate the innovative music of American pop legend Sam Cooke! This high-energy show features 21 timeless classics from Cooke’s songbook that seamlessly highlight his brief musical journey from Gospel golden boy, to international pop sensation.  This evening of remarkable jazz and blues interpretations stars Chicago son, Darrian Ford and his live band…and features hits...

Here’s your chance to become familiar with the age of “screwball comedy” and the great detectives of “film noir.” Names that once were household words like – Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and Humphrey Bogart – are returning to The American Theatre’s silver screen. Come experience the silvery splendor of black-and-white photography and brilliant writing that...

Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history--Casablanca. Rick Blaine (Bogart--The African Queen, The Caine Mutiny) owns a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, frequented by refugees desperate to escape German domination. Despite the ever-present human misery, Rick manages to remain uninvolved in...