Wednesday, October 10, 2012

ACT OUT: Arthur Miller's Broken Glass Opens at Red Twist

Broken Glass

By Arthur Miller

Directed by Michael Colucci & Jan Ellen Graves

Opens at Redtwist Theatre Sunday, Oct 14, at 3pm

Company member and Jeff Award-winner, Jacqueline Grandt, plays a woman with a mysterious illness in Miller's 1995 award-winning period drama about the demons of your past that become your present nightmare.

Redtwist Production History of the Play

Redtwist (then called Actors Workshop Theatre) produced the play in 2001 at the then-Victory Gardens studio as an itinerant company, opening just days before 9/11. During that production, Michael Colucci directed and played the role of Harry Hyman. He cast Jan Ellen Graves as his wife Margaret, who later became his actual wife and producing partner. They moved into the Bryn Mawr location in 2002, and producedBroken Glass as the opening show in their first full season in 2004-05. Jan again played Margaret Hyman, and Michael directed. It was Redtwist's first show for Jacqueline Grandt and Neal Grofman (as Sylvia and Phillip Gellburg), who are reprising their roles for this production. Michael is revisiting the role of Harry Hyman, and co-directing with Jan Ellen Graves. "I'm thrilled to have Jacqueline Grandt recreating a role that very few people saw in 2004 when Redtwist was a new company," says Artistic Director, Michael Colucci. "Broken Glass will be a reunion of sorts as we are celebrating our 10th year in Edgewater." Steve Scott was originally scheduled to direct but needed to tend to health matters. Jan Ellen Graves comments, "We'd like to thank Steve Scott for laying the foundation for this production."

CAST

Featuring company members, Jacqueline Grandt (Sylvia Gellburg) and Michael Colucci (Harry Hyman), with guest artists, Neal Grofman (Phillip Gellburg), Susan Fay (Margaret Hyman), Mike Nowak (Stanton Case), Robyn Okrant (Harriet).

STAFF

Michael Colucci & Jan Ellen Graves (Directors), Willie Landon (Assistant Director), Shelby Glasgow (Stage Manager), Olivia Leah Baker (Assistant Stage Manager), Justin Castellano (Production Manager), Amanda Lautermilch (Production Assistant), Frank Sjodin (Tech Director), Joe Schermoly (Set Designer), Christopher Burpee (Lighting Designer), Christopher Kriz (Sound Designer), kClare Kemock (Costume Designer), Rachel S. Parent (Costume Assistant), Jeff Shields (Prop Designer), Eva Breneman (Dialect Coach), Cassandra Rose (Dramaturg), Mary Reynard Liss (Vocal Coach), Chris Rickett (Fight Director); Garvin Jellison (Master Electrician); Jan Ellen Graves (Graphic Designer); Charles Bonilla (Box Office Manager); Malcolm Martinez (Box Office Associate); Johnny Garcia (Associate Producer); Michael Colucci & Jan Ellen Graves (Producers)

SCHEDULE

Opens: Sun, Oct 14, 3pm

Runs: Thu, Fri, Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 3pm

Closes: Sun, Nov 18

Running Time: Approximately 2:15, which includes one intermission

Previews: $15; Wed, Thu, Fri, Oct 10, 11, 12, at 7:30pm (no show on Oct 13)

Tickets: Thursdays, $25; Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, $30 (seniors & students $5 off)

Group Rates: Special discounts for groups of 10 or more, and groups of 25 or more

DETAILS

Call: 773-728-7529

Email: michael@redtwist.org

Website/Tickets: www.redtwist.org

Redtwist is located at 1044 W Bryn Mawr, 2 blks W of LSD, 2 blks E of the Red Line El station. Street parking (paybox/meters until 9pm) is available on Bryn Mawr, side streets, and Broadway. Please reserve 48 hours in advance. Credit cards accepted by phone and via Paypal to guarantee seating.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

ACT OUT: Gravity Defying LEO Two Days Only

THE GRAVITY DEFYING ONE-MAN SHOW "LEO" MAKES ITS CHICAGO AREA PREMIERE AT THE ECC ARTS CENTER OCT. 26-27

Tickets for This Internationally Acclaimed, Best of the Edinburgh Festival Winner Are Now On Sale to the General Public

Elgin Community College (ECC) Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, Ill. presents the Chicago area premiere of the internationally renowned Circle of Eleven's critically-acclaimed one-man gravity defying show "LEO," Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

"LEO," starring the multi-talented performer Tobias Wegner is a surprising, hilarious, and moving show sure to be a hit with audiences age 8 to 80. Based on an original idea by and performed by Wegner and directed by Daniel Brière, "LEO" uses an ingenious combination of stage design and video projections to create an unexpected environment for extraordinary feats of acrobatic theater in which "our hero" literally loses his sense of gravity and departs on a logic-defying adventure. .

"LEO" is the newest creation of the Berlin-based production company Circle of Eleven. Directed by the Montréal-based actor and director Daniel Brière, it won several major awards at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe festival including the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, the Three Weeks Editors Award and The Scotsman Fringe First Award. When "LEO" made its U.S. debut in New York City this past January Time Out New York called it “an eye-teasing, grin-inducing, deeply impressive work of sustained absurdist magic”

and The New York Post raved, "Alternately funny and poetic... 'LEO' soars."

The ECC Arts Center engagement is the only Chicago area site currently scheduled for the "LEO" fall 2012 North American Tour.

Tobias Wegner (performer/creator) completed his acrobatic training at the Belgium University of Contemporary Circus Arts (E.S.A.C.) in Brussels. His professional career has taken him to, among other places, Brazil, Spain, and India. He has also performed at the Southbank Centre (London), the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris), the Schauspiel Frankfurt, and the Staatsoper unter den Linden (Berlin). In 2008, Tobias won the European competition "Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe" with the project AIUAIO and his own company of the same name.

Daniel Brière (director) is co-artistic director of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental in Montreal, where he has created new work since 2003. He has directed more than 20 theater productions, including "LÉO," which was created in Berlin, won three awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and has since toured to New York, New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil, and elsewhere. As an actor, Brière has appeared in film and played a variety of roles in Quebec and overseas. His television include the popular TV comedy "The Parent Family," for which he was awarded the 2011 Artis Prize for a male lead.

The design team includes Flavia Hevia (set and lighting design), Heiko Kalmbach (video design); Ingo Panke (animation); and Heather McCrimmon (costume design). Creative Producer is Gregg Parks.

Tickets may be purchased online by clicking here or at the ECC box office located in the arts center. Box office hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone, call 847-622-0300. All major credit cards are accepted.

For more information about the ECC Arts Center, visit elgin.edu/arts. Video clips of upcoming artists and events can be found at youtube.com/ECCArtsCenter. Connect and talk to the arts center on Standing Room Only, a blog at eccartscenter.com. The arts center also can be followed on Twitter at twitter.com/ECCArtsCenter. Become a fan of the arts center on Facebook at facebook.com/ECCArtsCenter.

"LEO" makes its Chicago area premiere at the ECC Arts Center

1700 Spartan Dr,

Elgin, Ill.

Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

"LEO" is appropriate for theatre goers of all ages and recommended for those 8 and up.

Tickets are $33 for adults / $20 for children 12 and under and on sale now to the general public.

NY SHOWS ON OUR RADAR: Bristol Meets Brooklyn #roadtrip

Bristol Street Artists and DJs Meet Brooklyn DJs & Bands For CMJ

Tuesday October 16th, Knitting Factory, Brooklyn

Hey NY peeps...want some house guests? It might be time for a road trip. NY sure is closer to Chicago than England. This collaboration looks like too much fun.

On 16th October 2012, BEAM// (Bristol Exchange of Arts & Music) are bringing a slice of Bristol’s burgeoning street level art, music and film to Brooklyn. BEAM// will be running a day and night event at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, featuring world renowned street artists Inkieand Nick Walker, music from Scott Hendy (Malachai/Boca 45), plus the legendary Bristol DJ and long time NY resident DJ Milo. There will also be representation from Brooklyn in the form of DJ Ursula 1000 and live acts The Good People and Archie Pelago.

The event will include film screenings, visuals and art to give a flavour of the creative output from Bristol, UK featuring work from award winning music documentary filmmaker Mark Kidel and a selection of music promos and visuals from John Minton.

Much like Brooklyn itself, the city of Bristol has long been regarded as a place of innovation, radical creativity, and independence. From the street art of Banksy, Nick Walker, Will Barras, Inkie to the groundbreaking, distinctive and original music of Massive Attack andPortishead, and the de-facto ‘home’ of movements such as dubstep and drum & bass, this is all drawn from a multi cultural and fiercely independent city. Bristol is recognised the world over as a leader, not a follower, in original and underground culture. Full program and profiles below :

2pm - 7pm - FREE ADMISSION

Street painting by Inkie and Nick Walker, Film Screenings + Q & A with the artists at 5pm.

7pm - late - $10

7:00pm - Scott Hendy / Malachai (DJ Set)
7:30pm - Ursula 1000 (DJ Set)
8:30pm - The Good People (Live Band Set)
9:30pm - Inkie Vs Malachai (Live Visual Art Performance + DJ)
10:00pm - DJ Milo (DJ Set)
11:00pm - Archie Pelago (Live Band Set)

Click here to order 'Preachers' (Digipak or White Vinyl)

'Preachers' Tracklisting

01 Preachers
02 Shatter Together
03 Born In The Belly
04 Mono
05 This Time
06 Death Valley
07 Devoe
08 Between Space
09 Oh Little Sister
10 Chameleon
11 I Left My Conscience In You

Tour Dates

10.09 - Glasslands - New York, NY
10.11 - Thursdays - Beaver, PA
10.12 - Slims - Raleigh, NC
10.13 - Tin Roof - Charleston, SC
10.14 - Conundrum - West Columbia, SC
10.15 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA
10.17 - Celtic Irish Pub - Pascagoula, MS
10.18 - The Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK
10.19 - Holy Mountain - Austin, TX
10.25 - Fitzgerald’s - Houston, TX*
10.26 - Chelsea’s - Baton Rouge, LA*
10.31 - Vinyl Music Hall - Pensacola, FL^
11.02 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA^
11.04 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX^
11.07 - DC9 - Washington, DC
11.08 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA%
11.09 - Calvin Theatre - Northampton MA%
11.10 - UC PAC - Rahway, NJ%
11.11 - The Paramount - Huntington, NY%
11.13 - Carnegie Music Hall - Pittsburgh, PA%
11.15 - Midland Theatre - Kansas City, MO %
11.16 - Palladium - Dallas, TX%
11.17 - Nutty Jerry's - Winnie, TX%
11.18 - ACL Live/Moody Theater - Austin, TX%
12.21 - The Fonda Theater - Hollywood, CA#
12.22 - The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA#
12.27 - Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA#
12.28 - Slims - San Francisco, CA#
12.29 - Slims - San Francisco, CA#

* w/ Centro-Matic
^ w/ The Psychedlic Furs
%w/ The Wallflowers
# w/ X

Click Here To Listen To Preachers On Spinner

Click Here To Listen To "Born In The Belly" On Brooklyn Vegan

“Nobody ever paid money to see Harry Houdini escape being buried alive” says My Jerusalem founder and singer Jeff Klein. “They wanted the small chance of seeing him killed by the weight of the earth on top of him.”

Behold the concept behind Preachers, the second full-length release from Austin’s My Jerusalem. From the opening piano of the haunting title track, to the unexpected pummeling guitar and drums on closer “I Left My Conscience In You”, Preachers leads the listener on a cinematic journey through a reckless, jagged landscape of Raymond Carver-esque stories, fueled by Klein’s persuasive baritone, ominous guitars, dream-like keyboards and a deep rhythmic pulse.

Recorded in under three weeks by Spoon drummer Jim Eno (Heartless Bastards, Polica, Black Joe Lewis) at his Public Hi-Fi studio, Preachers is the first My Jerusalem album genuinely made by a band, not just performed by a group of musicians. Pushing aside hard drives and laptops to make way for analog tape machines and vintage keyboards, what Klein describes as the “Post-Modern Southern Gothic Soul” sounds of Preachers were born from organic, live performances Eno carefully captured and tweaked.

Preachers is the follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed debut, Gone For Good, an album that earned the band performances on BBC Radio 6 and Daytrotter, as well as notices from NPR’s All Songs Considered, AOL/Spinner’s Song of the Day, and the iTunes Weekly Rewind. Along with European festival appearances at the Frequency Festival, Musikfestwochen, and Rock Im Saal, the band toured and played shows with a eclectic set of bands including Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Har Mar Superstar, Avett Brothers, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and White Arrows.

Buoyed by the success of Gone For Good, Preachers showcases a band headed into the studio with a renewed focus and confidence.Preachers contains equal parts swagger (the swampy gospel of title track “Preachers”, the strutting intensity of “Born In The Belly”) and groove (the spooky beauty of “Shatter Together”, the crescendoing, feral drive of “Devoe”, the infectious crooner “Mono”); as much primal (“Death Valley”) as it is humane (“Chameleon”).

“It’s a darker record,” says Klein, who, before forming My Jerusalem in 2010, made 3 records under his own name. “So much had changed since Gone For Good. We’d all kind of been through hell and back again in different ways, and this was the natural artistic result of all of that. But I think it’s a beautiful, comforting darkness. It’s real, but not selfish.”

“We finally have a shared collective vibe,” adds guitarist/keyboardist Jon Merz, “I believe it’s more representative of what our live shows sound like. This time around, Jeff would bring us song ideas and we would add our own perspectives to it.”

The five-piece, which also features multi-instrumentalist Michael St. Clair, drummer Grant Van Amburgh, and bassist Geena Spigarelli, also had the opportunity to road-test much of the new material before recording, during their extensive touring behind Gone For Good. It was a luxury they didn’t have the first time around.

“Working out the kinks live before recording them makes a big difference,” reflects Klein, “They get a chance to breathe and grow before committing them to the world permanently. Because of that process, some songs, like ‘Death Valley,’ sound nothing like their early version. We’re excited to take them on the road and see how they evolve even further.”

Equal parts sweet, morbid, strange, and sincere,Preachers is an experience that could convert the most steadfast of non-believers.

Media

Click here to listen to "Mono" track on PopMatters

Click here to listen to "Preachers" track on Spinner

Links

My Jerusalem Website
My Jerusalem Facebook
My Jerusalem Twitter
The End Records Website
The End Records Facebook
The End Records Twitter

PLAY LOCALLY: ChiIL Live Shows On Our Radar Tonight Through Friday

There's plenty of music and theatre openings this week around Chi-town. Fall is the perfect season to get out and see shows. Here are our top picks this week.

TONIGHT Tuesday, 10/9

Adam Ashbach (music 21+/ $5-$8/Double Door)

After a period of relative quiet, Adam Ashbach (ex-band leader of Lollapalooza vets Musical Outfits) will make his return to the Chicago stage with a show at Double Door on Oct. 9 (supporting local garage poppers Jonny Rumble)

Check out all the details here at Double Door's main site.

Check out Adam's FB page here.

After living in Brooklyn for a short time to pursue the artist’s dream, Adam Ashbach came home to Chicago in 2008 and recorded the well-received EP Puzzle Pieces at CRC and Studio Ballistico.

After playing only a few shows in support of the EP, Ashbach then took time off to reflect on life and everything other than music. But once again the music bug has bit and brought him back to familiar territory. He fell right back into Tim Sandusky's Studio Ballistico to collaborate on new music with all new musicians save for Jason Angelilli (his bass player and friend from grade school), who has become a stalwart writing companion.

Joining Adam and Jason in the studio, and rounding out the live show, is Neal O'Hara, Reid Muchow and Taras Horalewskyj. These talented musicians can be found playing out in multiple bands on any given night in Chicago. Their contagious desire has rubbed off on Ashbach. Eager to release his newest EP, Too Much Left To Write, Adam brought years of experience and what he likes to call "getting old" to the studio. For this go around, Adam is happy to be playing music for the joy leaving behind the drama of old bands and he is reveling in what is happening right now.

Wednesday, 10/10

Black Watch (theatre) at Broadway Armory. National Theatre of Scotland in conjunction with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Click here for our past coverage and show details. ChiIL Live Shows will be there for opening night and we'll have a full review up shortly.

We're pretty stoked to see the highly acclaimed production of Black Watch, also by National Theatre of Scotland. Click the link for video clips, behind the scenes, reviews and more. We missed it the last time around and are eagerly awaiting it's return October 10th. It's playing at The Broadway Armory through Oct. 21st.

by Gregory Burke
directed by John Tiffany

at the Broadway Armory,
5917 N. Broadway, Chicago
October 10–21, 2012

“ A feast of rich and finely detailed work...A show those with even a drop of Scottish blood in their veins should not miss!”
–Chicago Tribune

“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Superb 'Black Watch' is riveting.”
–Chicago Sun-Times

**Recommended for audiences 13 years and older. The production contains very strong language, loud explosions and strobe lighting.**

Back by popular demand! CST brings the National Theatre of Scotland's world-renowned Black Watch to Chicago audiences for a return engagement at the Chicago Park District's Broadway Armory. This impassioned, urgent telling of a heroic Scottish regiment's tour in Iraq deftly interweaves events both past and present. Battles leap to heartrending life, glorious bagpipes resound, and the intimate moments of soldiers' lives are revealed as they discover what it means to make the journey home again.

Approximate Running Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes (no intermission)

Click here for more video footage and show details at Chicago Shakespeare's site.

Nick Waterhouse (R & B music) at Lincoln Hall

ChiIL Live Shows will be there shooting stills. This should be one sweet show you won't want to miss. 21+

$14.00

Wednesday, October 10 2012

9:00 PM | 21+

Click here for Lincoln Hall's main site and more Nick Waterhouse info

Bio

Nick Waterhouse is the New Breed – An R&B fanatic who combines an uncanny old-school sensibility with a charged, contemporary style. At just 25, He joins the ranks of a growing cabale of similar acts and producers of recent times – Mark Ronson, Mayer Hawthorne, the Daptone Crew et al – that are all moving forward into the past, yet all quite different. For Waterhouse, his muse is the over-modulated sound of vintage R&B, and his take on such a time-honored tradition evokes the back-alley thrill of New Orleans, Detroit and Memphis in their heyday. He combines an astute attention to detail with an honest desire to match the emotional impact of the music that inspires him.

When asked to pinpoint the sound or style he strives for, Nick Waterhouse simply shrugs and responds, “American music. And I know that’s pretty general, but it is what it is. I have spent so much of my life immersed in this stuff, because I wanted to figure it out, [yet] all I figured out was that there was no plan.” In other words, whatever musical style Nick may choose to espouse, it’s not done because someone else did it, but done for the same reason someone else did it. “To me, [the music I play] is not a ‘type’ of music,” he emphasizes; “it IS music. The records I listen to ARE music. A record is a moment in time, and something recorded in 1955 is the same as something recorded in 2010.” Growing up in the Southern California, Waterhouse eschewed his surroundings and found emotional authenticity in the vintage wax of Ray Charles, Roy Head, Little Willie John and the whole panoply of American music, where feel so often trumps technique. After the sold out release of his own self-produced 45, the raunchy ‘Some Place’, and a string of exciting shows with his live group The Tarots, Nick went to work on his forthcoming full-length for Innovative Leisure – continuing an undeniably raw and rhythmic take on American music.

His approach to production – entirely vintage analog equipment, open-reel tape machines, lacquer cutting machines, and even hand letter-pressed labels – has left a few fans wondering where and when he comes from; Long-lost deadstock Rhythm & Blues artifact? White or Black? New or old? It’s a fitting recall to the days of early Rock & Roll, when rhythms crossed the tracks and no-one was quite sure WHAT or WHO this music was. As LA Record bears witness, “You’ve gotta be one kind of maniac to produce like this, and a whole other kind to shout like this, and an even more frightening kind to make the first two maniacs work together. Nick pulling this all off simultaneously means preternatural powers in play”

Career Highlights

Current Tours

Date	Venue	City	State	With
Tue 10/09/12	Magic Stick	Detroit	MI	Allah-Las, Richie Wohlfeil
Wed 10/10/12	Lincoln Hall	Chicago	IL	Allah-Las, DJ Misa
Thu 10/11/12	Fine Line Music Cafe	Minneapolis	MN	Allah-Las, Mike 2600
Sun 10/14/12	Neumos	Seattle	WA	Allah-Las, Gred Vandy
Mon 10/15/12	The Wild Buffalo	Bellingham	WA	Allah-Las, DJ Yogoman
Tue 10/16/12	Biltmore Cabaret	Vancouver	BC	Allah-Las, Jonny Grayston (of the East Van Soul Club)
Wed 10/17/12	Star Theater	Portland	OR	Allah-Las, DJ Beyonda
Sat 10/20/12	Bimbos 365 Club	San Francisco	CA	Allah-Las, DJ Primo
Sun 10/21/12	El Rey Theatre	Los Angeles	CA	Allah-Las, Aquarium Drunkard/Light In The Attic
Fri 11/02/12	Fun Fun Fun Fest	Austin	TX
Mon 11/05/12	Santa Fe Brewing Company	Santa Fe	NM
Wed 11/07/12	Casbah	San Diego	CA

Thursday 10/11

The Luck of Eden Hall at The Burlington
only $5 suggested donation

Rocket Miner | The Foreign Resort (Copenhagen, Denmark) | The Luck of Eden Hall

doors 9pm
Click here for The Burlington's main site
The Burlington is at Fullerton and Kimball in Logan Square

Friday

ChiIL Live Shows will be there for opening night and we'll have a full review up shortly.

October 12th - November 10th , 2012

Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS
CHICAGO 2012

By examining and bringing together (in a dream-like way) the narratives of the assassinations and attempted assassinations of the US presidents during our national history, Composer Stephen Sondheim weaves together the pain that lies just beneath the surface of American consciousness – the pain of alienation, regret, and failure to achieve the “American Dream”. But in the end, who is responsible for that failure? Ourselves? Our Parents? Our Society? Our President?

And yet, in all this darkness there lies just the glimmer of hope. Each of these individuals, pushed by themselves and unseen forces to commit desperate and despicable acts, contain within them a certain sense of innocence. Buried deep in these stories is an overwhelming heart – yes, Assassins is a love story, oddly enough. A story about men and women so desperate to be heard and validated, so desperate to find love that they would do anything to get it – in a way, to achieve their manifest destiny. What’s more American than that?

Mixing dark humor with unforgettable musical numbers, and strong showcase roles for our talented cast of character actors, this show will be a wonderful way to get in the mood for the 2012 election season, no matter what your politics are!

For questions and box office issues, please contact:
tickets@thegoforth.com
(312) 212-3470
Running time: Approximately 90 minutes

Tickets - $45
BUY TICKETS

Local reggae crew Akasha will be supporting Hawaii’s The Green @ Bottom Lounge on Friday, Oct. 12. (17+)

Click here for all the Akasha details on Bottom Lounge's home page.

Click here for Akasha's Main Site

Monday, October 8, 2012

Cyndi Lauper & Harvey Fierstein On Kinky Boots #BroadwayinChicago

Check out ChiIL Live Shows' original HD Video footage from the Kinky Boots press conference.

The Second City's second to none in our hearts. And at the press conference for Kinky Boots' Pre-Broadway World Premiere, everyone from Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper to the producers and cast all expressed their adoration for The Windy City.

ChiIL Live Shows was elated to be invited to the press conference and we'll be reviewing the show opening night on October 17th. Preview tickets are available right now!

We rented the indie film the musical was based on and loved it. It was right on so many levels. Check it out locally at Facets Multimedia then book your tickets for the live version. We can't wait to see the adaptation to stage, and we're so stoke that Chi-Town gets to see it first.

Tickets and further info are available here.

PRE-BROADWAY WORLD PREMIERE!

From Grammy® Award-winning pop icon CYNDI LAUPER and four-time Tony Award® winner HARVEY FIERSTEIN comes the exhilarating new musical KINKY BOOTS, directed and choreographed by Tony Award® winner JERRY MITCHELL.   

Charlie Price has suddenly inherited his father's shoe factory, which has been in his family for generations but is now on the verge of bankruptcy. In trying to save the business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As they try to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair discovers that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible. 

Featuring a sensational new score by Cyndi Lauper, knockout dancing, and a spectacularly uplifting story, KINKY BOOTS proves that sometimes, the best way to fit in is to stand out! 

Ticket prices are $33 to $100.

Groups of 15+ now on sale! 312-977-1710

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