Theatre with a side of life
Broadway in Chicago, along with Work Light Productions, presents The Regent’s Park Theatre London Production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on a 50 city tour over three years. This isn’t your mama’s “Jesus Christ Superstar.” The beloved rock opera gets a heavy metal-like makeover in this 50th Anniversary Production reimagined by The Regent Park Theatre London. The ...
Broadway in Chicago presents Lincoln Center Theater’s Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY. It. Is. Loverly! Fans and newbies will delight in this newest production of flower girl turned lady transformation. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture “Pygmalion”, romanticizes a rags-to-riches makeover rooted in learning proper diction. A ...
Broadway In Chicago presents the Chicago Premiere of HADESTOWN, winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. HADESTOWN captivates from the first few notes of “Road to Hell”. The charismatic Levi Kreis (Hermes) welcomes us to this Greek Tragedy co-existing in the real world ...
Broadway In Chicago presents COME FROM AWAY. The details of September 11, 2001, both historic and personal, are embedded in my memory. The images of the planes crashing into the towers and my own urgent need to be with friends at a Chicago neighborhood bar co-exist in my mind as collateral damage to the tragic day’s ...
Broadway in Chicago presents the Pre-Broadway Musical PARADISE SQUARE. From the very first to the very last note, Joaquina Kalukango (Nellie) owns the bar, the stage, and the show. The phenomenal Kalukango welcomes the audience and patrons to her tavern with a rebel-rousing “Paradise Square.” Much later in the show, Kalukango belts out, literally and figuratively, ...
Broadway in Chicago presents WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. This show is politics as unusual! USA’s favorite 230+ year old document gets dusted off and dissected down. As a 15 year old, Playwright Heidi Schreck participated in constitutional debates. Schreck used these teenage competitions to win scholarship money for college. Her play starts by setting ...
Broadway in Chicago presents LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS. John Leguizamo is a comedian, stage/movie/television actor and writer. From a “Foo Wong” drag queen to a diminutive “Moulin Rouge” artist to an “Ice Age” sloth, Leguizamo’s talents have been showcased in his broad and diverse portfolio. Currently, Leguizamo is performing in his Tony Award nominated ...
TimeLine Theatre, in conjunction with Broadway in Chicago, presents the Chicago Premiere of OSLO. Playwright J.T. Rogers won the Tony for Best Play in 2017. Rogers chronicles the 1992-1993 secret peace talks. Norwegian diplomats facilitate discussions between Israel and the PLO. The tug and pull negotiations are illustrated through a series of meetings. Over conversations, cocktails ...
Broadway in Chicago presents ANASTASIA. The creative team of Terrence McNally (book), Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), inspired by the movie, made this epic story into a musical. Anastasia is a Russian princess. Her fairytale life abruptly ends with her family being murdered. Although the country, now under communist rule, believes Anastasia perished with her ...
Broadway in Chicago presents A BRONX TALE. It’s the Bronx 1960. Belmont Avenue is a close-knit Italian-American neighborhood of bakeries, bars and gangsters. Over on Webster Avenue, African-Americans have established their own community. Calogero (played by a charismatic Joey Barreiro) narrates his personal story about defying his father (played by Richard H. Blake). First, as as ...