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Kate Baldwin, Bobby Steggert join cast of 'Big Fish'
Broadway stars Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert have been added to the previously announced cast of "Big Fish," the new musical based on the Tim Burton movie. "Big Fish" is slated to premiere in Chicago in April in a pre-Broadway tryout. Norbert Leo Butz...Tags: Big Fish (movie), Tim Burton, John August
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'Big Fish' announces Chicago dates
"Big Fish," the Broadway musical (book by John August and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa) based on the fantastical Tim Burton movie, has announced the dates for its pre-New York engagement in Chicago. The show, directed and choreographed by Susan...Tags: Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Big Fish (movie), Tim Burton, John August
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Broadway in Chicago adds 'Jekyll & Hyde,' 'Anything Goes'
Broadway in Chicago said Wednesday that is has booked the touring productions of Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde" and the Broadway revival of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" for its spring season, adding to several previously announced shows. "Anything...Tags: Constantine Maroulis, Linda Eder, Palace Theater, Rachel York
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Chicago reels in a pre-Broadway 'Big Fish'
"Big Fish," the new Broadway musical based on the 1998 novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions" by Daniel Wallace and a 2003 movie penned by John August and directed by Tim Burton, will have its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago in the spring. The...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Tony Awards, Dan Jinks, Michael C. Hall, John August
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Chicago Ideas Week doubles in scope
If you want to tour Millennium Park with ex-Mayor Richard M. Daley or to visit Intelligentsia's coffee-roasting plant or to get first dibs on programs featuring retired news anchor Tom Brokaw, actor Edward Norton, model Elle Macpherson, chef Jose Andres...Tags: Groupon, Inc., Local Government, AOL LLC, Rahm Emanuel, Edward Norton
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'Fela!' a swirl of African jams, justice
Deep into "Fela!," when Fela Anikulapo-Kuti stands defiant at The Shrine, even as the Nigerian military authorities try to break the back of his collective family, the cast of the touring musical brings out some coffins as a political memorial to those...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Mick Jagger, John Coltrane, London Theatre, Frank Sinatra
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An extra week in Chicago for 'Fela!''
The touring musical "Fela!" will now play for three weeks in Chicago instead of two. Broadway in Chicago said Wednesday that the touring Broadway show, which tells the story of the Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, will now play from Mar. 27 thru April 15 at...Tags: Broadway Theater, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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'Rain,' again
The Beatles tribute show "Rain" is returning to Chicago for a week in June, Broadway in Chicago said Monday. The Broadway production, which involves a lot of "Zelig"-like archival footage mixed with the live performers, will play June 26 through July 1....Tags: The Beatles (music group)
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Director Michael Mayer on 'American Idiot,' the hazards of theater
Ever since his smash hit "Spring Awakening," Michael Mayer has been one of Broadway's hottest, busiest and most distinctive directors. We spoke with Mayer about the tour of his Broadway production of "American Idiot," which opens Tuesday in Chicago, his...Tags: Smash (tv program), Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Theater, Television
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Oh 'Mamma Mia,' you're showing your age
The director, Phyllida Lloyd, has moved on to a movie about Margaret Thatcher, but the song stylings of ABBA will surely outlast the Iron Lady. And "Mamma Mia!", the story of a girl with three potential dads on a Greek island where they have no Facebook,...Tags: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, London Theatre, ABBA (music group), Agnetha Faltskog, Mamma Mia! (movie)
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Successfully remade 'Addams Family' adds the charm missing from Broadway version
"The Addams Family" is not the first musical whose first national tour has been infinitely better than the Broadway production that gave birth to it: such past shows as "Big" and "The Civil War" were also greatly improved. But in most of these rare cases,...Tags: Broadway Theater, Gomez (music group), Music Theater, Concerts, Entertainment Events
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'The Addams Family' to close on Broadway
"The Addams Family," the Broadway musical about the famously macabre family, will close on Broadway Dec. 31, its producers announced Tuesday morning. The show, which began at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago and was lead produced by Stuart Oken, will have...Tags: Broadway Theater, Entertainment, The Addams Family (musical), Brooke Shields, Theater
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