Charles Smith and Chuck Smith, two venerable artists with a long and auspicious history in Chicago theater, don’t just have similar names. They’ve been friends and collaborators for close to 40 years.

Ragtime duo Cherry and Jerry took an audience back in time as they performed early Blues music Sunday at Missouri River Regional Library. Heads were swaying and feet were stomping as the piano and ...

With a script that's been revisited and deepened by the playwright 30 years after it was first published, Shakespeare & Company presents Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues by Charles Smith, at the Elayne P.

American Blues Theater will present the Chicago premiere of Artistic Affiliate Charles Smith’s Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues, directed by Ensemble Member Chuck Smith. Capping off Blues’ 2024-2025 season, ...

COVID policy: Masks are encouraged but optional, unless attending a designated mask-required performance. The 82-year-old Pompey (Glenn Barrett, who has been too-long absent from Berkshires stages) is ...

Known for their “slightly punk perspective on vintage American blues,” the Santa Cruz-based trio The Devil Makes Three performs this Friday, June 11, at the Grey Eagle before heading to Manchester, ...

Author Matt Chaney, Southeast Missouri State University alumnus, discusses the inspiration for his books, “River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music: It all equals rockabilly, part one” and ...