Roundup: Check Out The Top Stories From Chicago You Might Have Missed 6/2 - BRIDGES and More!

Happy Friday, BroadwayWorld! Here are the top stories from Chicago you might have missed this week!

1) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our Broadway World 5/26 - DIRTY DANCING, LES MIS, WICKED, and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - May 26, 2017

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature DIRTY DANCING, LES MISERABLES, WICKED and More!. (more...)

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2) Casting Announced for Greenhouse Theater Center's MACHINAL
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2017

Greenhouse Theater Center is pleased to announce casting the first production of its 2017-18 season, Artistic Director Jacob Harvey and Elizabeth Margolius' bold reimagining of Sophie Treadwell's most celebrated play, MACHINAL. . (more...)

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3) Marriott Theatre Continues 2017 Season with THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2017

From the picturesque covered bridges of 1965 Winterset, Iowa, comes the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, continuing Marriott Theatre's spectacular 2017 Season, running June 21 through August 13, 2017 with a press opening on Wednesday, June 28 at 8 p.m. at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire.. (more...)

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4) Photo Flash: First Look at Stacy Keach as Ernest Hemingway in PAMPLONA at the Goodman
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2017

Tonight, May 30, marks the opening of Pamplona, Jim McGrath's newest work, featuring stage and screen star Stacy Keach as Ernest Hemingway. As previously announced, the world premiere production has been extended for one week, now closing on Sunday, June 25. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!. (more...)

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5) National Sawdust Curator Anthony Roth Costanzo presents Re-Imagined Handel Cantata This July
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2017

This summer, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, a "bona-fide star" (New Yorker) of the Metropolitan Opera, Berlin Philharmonic, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, LA Opera, and Glyndebourne, returns as one of twelve curators to Brooklyn's artist-led National Sawdust (NS), where he will present and perform in a radical reimagining of Handel's dramatic cantata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, a co-production of National Sawdust and San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (led by conductor Nicholas McGegan).. (more...)

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6) Michael Shannon to Helm Premiere, Star in VICTIMS OF DUTY as Part of A Red Orchid's 25th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2017

A Red Orchid Theatre announces its 25th Anniversary Season.. (more...)

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7) FELIX AND FINGERS to Bring High-Energy Dueling Pianos Show to Raue Center
by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2017

Raue Center For The Arts has announced Felix and Fingers will bring their high-energy dueling pianos show to the stage throughout the 2017 - 2018 season! Some of the best live entertainment in the area comes to Raue Center select Thursdays before Lucy's Comedy Cafe starting at 8 p.m. on June 16, 2017!. (more...)

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8) Photo Flash: Broken Nose Theatre's Hit Production of AT THE TABLE
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2017

Following its critically acclaimed, completely sold-out run at the Berger Park Coach House this winter, Broken Nose Theatre's hit production of Michael Perlman's AT THE TABLE directed by Spenser Davis will receive a five-week remount this summer featuring the full original cast. The Jeff Award-nominated Best Play will return June 29 - July 28, 2017 at The Den Theatre (Upstairs Main Stage), 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are currently available at brokennosetheatre.com. Tickets for all Broken Nose Theatre productions are available on a "pay-what-you-can" basis, allowing patrons to set their own price and ensuring theatre remains economically accessible for all audiences. . (more...)

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9) Five New Musicals to Debut at MCL Chicago's PREMIER PREMIERES
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2017

Festival Coordinator Courtney Fontaine and MCL Chicago Executive Producer Alex Garday are thrilled to announce the diverse lineup for MCL Chicago's third annual Premier Premieres! A Weekend of New Musical Comedies festival, June 22-24, 2017.. (more...)

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10) THE SCHOOL FOR LIES in Session Beginning 6/28 at The Artistic Home
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2017

The Artistic Home will follow up its highly acclaimed and Jeff recommended production of By the Bog of Cats - a contemporary Irish take on Medea - with a much cheerier updating of a classic. Their summer production for 2017 will be David Ives' comedy in verse, The School for Lies.. (more...)

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