Osnes and Fontana Headline (sorta) Free Concert in Chicago

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/2/17 at 10:22am

Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana will headline the (sorta) annual (sorta) free concert of Broadway showtunes in Millennium Park, for those in the Chicago area.

Friday, July 21 6:30 PM
Saturday, July 22, 7:30 PM

A Broadway Romance
 

Gershwin: Overture to Girl Crazy

Loesser: Song of a Summer Night from The Most Happy Fella

Bernstein: Something's Coming from West Side Story

Rodgers: Out of My Dreams from Oklahoma!

Bock: Tonight at Eight/Will He Like Me from She Loves Me

Pasek & Paul: First Date/Last Night from Dogfight

Styne: I Met a Girl from Bells Are Ringing

Rodgers: Ten Minutes Ago from Cinderella
If I Loved You from Carousel
You Are Never Away from Allegro

Beck: Love is an Open Door from Frozen

Berlin: Old-Fashioned Wedding from Annie Get Your Gun

Sondheim: Getting Married Today from Company

Brown: Next Ten Minutes from The Last Five Years

Lane: The Begat from Finian's Rainbow

Flaherty: Our Children from Ragtime

Guettel: Dividing Day from The Light in the Piazza

Sondheim: Buddy's Blues and Could I Leave You from Follies

Loewe: How to Handle a Woman from Camelot

Arlen: Come Rain or Come Shine from St. Louis Woman

Bernstein: Make Our Garden Grow from Candide

 

You can purchase tickets for the main seating are at the website for $25-95.  Lawn is free.
 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/2/17 at 11:31am

Thanks! I'll definitely make sure to check this out!

[adagio]

Posted: 6/2/17 at 11:51am

That's so exciting! Thanks for the heads up!

[Leaf Coneybear]

Posted: 6/2/17 at 12:17pm

I had no idea about this, thanks for posting!

[Leaf Coneybear]

Posted: 7/17/17 at 12:42am

Super excited to be attending this weekend, but is there any confirmation that they are letting people sit on the lawn for free? 

Updated On: 7/17/17 at 12:42 AM

[Leaf Coneybear]

Posted: 7/21/17 at 6:03pm

Anyone think this will be cancelled due to rain?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/21/17 at 6:13pm

The Broadway in Chicago performances have still gone on despite rain.

[jon5202]

Posted: 7/22/17 at 9:40am

Some clarification.  The Grant Park Music Festival is basically a free weekly (Wed/Fri/Sat night) festival in downtown Chicago.  It is located in the outdoor Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.  The venue seats about 11,000-12,000 patrons.  There are 4000 seats in the seating bowl facing the stage.  The rear area (about 2500 seats) is always free as is the lawn (7000 spaces).  The front section of the bowl (1500 seats) costs $25-$95 (depending on location) on a per night basis with an assigned seat given.  The concerts go on rain or shine (with rare bad weather exceptions).

The performance on Friday (7/21) was performed in full as the heavy rain miraculously stopped 15 minutes before the start of the concert and began again 15 minutes after the concert ended.  The concert on (7/22) tonight begins at 7:30pm and should end about 10:00pm.  Rain should hold off for the concert tonight.  There is a 30 minute pre-concert lecture at 6:30pm in the tent next to the pavilion.  Seating is open all day.

The singers were in fine form and the program as indicated in the first posting was intact with two encores at the end.

Here is the GPMF Facebook page with some videos pertaining to the concert. 

https://www.facebook.com/grantparkmusicfestival/?hc_ref=ARTzar_Gu248ljtyWC04MC7QxeJl8IbdtKXWIgnMgQltYBeUGqxfD8ipgT89_PEpXhI&fref=nf

I assume some Youtube postings might follow from attendees.  Hope this explains the event. 

ps Broadway in Chicago has its annual performance on Monday August 14 at 6:15pm.  This also is at the Pritzker and is a free event.  It always attracts a huge crowd so get there early for bowl seating.

http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/summer-concert-millennium-park-2017/

 

Updated On: 7/22/17 at 09:40 AM

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/22/17 at 9:47am

Slightly OT: Anyone seeing "Bandstand" this Saturday, 7/22?  Becca Petersen is on for Osnes for the first time. Her 1st cover has not been well received (vocally) and the production has split these three performances (7/21 and both shows 7/22), which seems unique for a show only 4 months in, and only a 2 day star absence (i.e. it's not an 8 show vacation, like "DEH," in which two different covers more logically appeared.)  

In light of the disappointment in the first cover, the new one might be worth hearing about.