| Behind the Emerald Curtain Theatre : Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, Chicago Illinois Dates : 00, 0000 Other information: Every Tuesday at 5 pm and select Wednesdays at 10:30 am at the Oriental Theatre "Behind the Emerald Curtain", an exclusive one-of-a-kind look at WICKED, is now offered every Tuesday evening at 5:00 PM and select Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Cast members from the production of WICKED will take you on a magical journey behind the scenes of Broadway's hit musical phenomenon. Behind the Emerald Curtain participants will get a sneakified peek at the blockbuster musical, see actual props, masks and Tony Award-winning costumes and sets. The tour also includes a question-and-answer portion with current cast members, and an opportunity to find out what's in store for this mega-hit musical. The tour lasts 60 minutes. |
| Wicked 24 W Randolph Theatre : Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, Chicago Illinois Dates : 00, 0000 Running time: 2 hours and 43 minutes including one 15 minute intermission Other information: OPEN-RUN! American Express Cardmembers can buy tickets for performances through November 2! Be sure to also purchase your ticket for Behind The Emerald Curtain. A behind the scenes look at this blockbuster musical, every Tuesday at 5 pm and select Wednesdays at 10:30 am! Day-Of-Performance Drawing Gives Fans a Chance to See WICKED for Only $25 See WICKED from the front two rows for $25. The drawing will take place Tuesdays through Fridays at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre box office and Saturdays & Sundays at the Borders Books and Music, located adjacent to the theater at 150 N. State St. Entry forms will be available on the day of the performance at the specified drawing location during regular business hours. Two hours prior to each performance 10 names will be drawn, totaling 20 seats. The names drawn will have the opportunity to purchase one or two tickets at $25 each. You must be present and cash and photo-ID are required. See entry station for complete rules. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. "THE BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR. If every musical had the brain, the heart and the courage of WICKED, Broadway would be a more magical place." -Time Magazine |
| Jersey Boys 18 W Monroe Theatre : LaSalle Bank Theatre, Chicago Illinois Dates : Begins October 05, 2007 Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes including one 15 minute intermission Other information: Now on sale through October 12, 2008! "JERSEY BOYS ROCKS CHICAGO!" raves the Chicago Tribune of the 2006 Tony® Award-winning best musical that takes you up the charts, across the country and behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Discover the secret of a 40-year friendship: four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom becoming one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sound and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty! Experience electrifying performances of the hits that took these guys all the way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What A Night," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and more. $25 rush tickets available for every performance! Rush tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. the day of each performance. Ten (10) front row seats are available at the LaSalle Bank Theatre Box Office (18 W. Monroe) only. As many as forty (40) additional seats, subject to availability at select performances, are made available online at Ticketmaster.com and at the LaSalle Bank Theatre Box office. Limit two (2) tickets per patron; seats are limited view. Warning: Authentic New Jersey profane language is used frequently in this show. |
| Avenue Q Theatre : Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago Illinois Dates : May 21, 2008 - June 07, 2008 bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There's Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fianceé Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod -- a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate. And would you believe the building's superintendent is Gary Coleman?!? (Yes, that Gary Coleman.) AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life. Recommended for ages 13 and up. |
| Dirty Dancing Theatre : Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago Illinois Dates : Begins September 28, 2008 BEGINS SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Jacobsen Entertainment, in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions and Broadway In Chicago, is thrilled to announce the U.S. premiere of the international stage hit Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage by Eleanor Bergstein, writer of the iconic blockbuster movie. The National Tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will premiere in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is a coming of age love story involving the talented and headstrong dancer Johnny Castle and Frances “Baby” Houseman. During her family’s summer vacation at the popular Kellerman’s resort, Baby, a doctor’s daughter with dreams of joining the Peace Corps, meets Johnny, the guy from the wrong side of the tracks. Against all odds, they fall in love, learning life-changing lessons along the way. Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, follows the highs and lows of their summer romance. The original story of Dirty Dancing has been expanded for the stage. While keeping magical moments from the film, in the theater, Baby and Johnny’s relationship is developed further; there is more sensational dancing; and, more music, joining favorite songs like the Academy Award-winning “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life,” “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby” and “Do You Love Me?” |
| Mary Poppins Theatre : Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago Illinois Dates : Begins March 25, 2009 Based on P.L. Travers’ cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS features the Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®- winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics. |
| A Bronx Tale Theatre : , Chicago Illinois Dates : To be announced Academy® Award-nominated actor Chazz Palminteri returns to the stage in an unforgettable performance fresh from a successful run on Broadway, where it was praised by the critics and adored by the public. In A BRONX TALE, the celebrated play on which he based the legendary movie, Palminteri vividly depicts a young boy’s rough childhood in the 1960s-era Bronx and the unforgettable people he encountered. A classic coming-of-age story about reaching your true potential and trusting your heart, A BRONX TALE is directed by four-time Tony® Award-winner Jerry Zaks. |
| A Chorus Line Theatre : , Chicago Illinois Dates : To be announced In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 17 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for—with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed—to have the chance to dance. This is A CHORUS LINE, the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. Winner of nine Tony® Awards, including “Best Musical” and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, this singular sensation is the longest-running American Broadway musical ever. Now A CHORUS LINE returns. Come meet the new generation of Broadway’s best. “A CHORUS LINE is back, and it’s thrilling!” —John Lahr, The New Yorker. |
| Grease Theatre : , Chicago Illinois Dates : To be announced The one that you want is back! GREASE, Time Magazine’s 2007 pick for “#1 musical of the year,” is rockin’ across the country in this new production direct from Broadway. Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. “Bad boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy fall in love all over again to the tune of your favorite songs: Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’ and We Go Together as well as additional songs from the hit movie: Grease, Hopelessly Devoted to You and You’re the One That I Want. So throw your mittens around your kittens and Hand Jive the night away with the show that’ll make you want to stand up and shout, “A- wop-bop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!” GREASE! |
| Xanadu Theatre : , Chicago Illinois Dates : To be announced Put a bunch of smash pop songs, the Tony® Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane and the cutest couple in town into a Broadway blender, and what do you get? A roller-skating, disco- dancing, glow-stick-waving smash-hit musical! Taking audiences back to 1980 California, this hilarious new musical follows the beautiful Kira, who travels to earth to inspire a struggling young artist named Sonny. A vision in leg warmers and wind-swept hair, she helps this hunky painter find his voice, discover true love and build the world’s first roller disco (not necessarily in that order). |
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