BWW Chicago's Fall Theater Preview Party: Call For Theaters To Participate!

Paul W. Thompson, Chicago Regional Editor for BroadwayWorld.com, author of the weekly column, "The Showtune Mosh Pit," and owner of Paul W. Thompson Music in the Chicago Loop, announces the third of the three fun summer events at The Call Bar for 2013. He's hosted one each month, and now it's time for August!

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 (8:00 pm-12:00 midnight) is the FALL THEATER PREVIEW PARTY. All theater fans are invited to drop by. And all theater companies are invited to participate!

On the last Wednesday of August, August 28, 2013, The Call, at 1547 W. Bryn Mawr in Chicago's Andersonville, neighborhood, will be the site of the "Fall Theater Preview Party," from 8:00 pm-12:00 midnight. Chicago area theater companies are being invited now to bring information about their fall seasons, so that everyone in attendance can plan out their nights at all of the "Super September" shows that happen every year in the Chicago theater community. Some theaters may be giving away chances for tickets, and some may even perform excerpts. And theaters--you don't have to wait to be invited to participate, just let Thompson know you're coming! He'll host the party, keep the information flowing and let you know who's in the room. Did anyone say, "networking?"

This event will be a fun way to welcome folks back from their summer activities, and to focus on the great Chicago theater scene that explodes in the weeks after Labor Day. With showtune videos on the screens and theater people on hand, professionals and fans alike, what's not to love? See you there!

For Theaters That Would Like To Participate:

If you have a show or a season you would like to promote, it's easy to do. First, send Thompson an e-mail to Paul@BroadwayWorld.com, with the name of each show, the dates and times, location and ticketing information. Include the name of a contact person for the Preview Party, your company's website address, and indicate what form your participation on the 28th will take (performance or speech, ticket giveaway, handing out flyers, etc.). You don't have to be there from 8:00 to midnight, either, so if you have a preferred time, include that also. That's it! Event staff will be back in touch with you to confirm details later in the month. And thanks for all you do to make Chicago's theater scene the best in the world.

The Call Bar, 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago, between Clark Street and Ashland Avenue, is home to Andersonville's largest dance floor. But readers of BroadwayWorld Chicago know it as the home of the annual BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards Celebration every winter, hosted for the last three years by BWW's Paul W. Thompson and The Call's Ashley Morgan. And of course, on every Wednesday night, "Curtains Up!" brings you your favorites Broadway and Silver Screen hits on the video screen, starting at 9:00 pm. It is a 21 and over venue. And there are drink specials every day! The Call, Andersonville's neighborhood video and dance bar, is Andersonville's newest (since 2009) and largest GLBT neighborhood nightspot. With Andersonville's largest dance floor, it is located just steps west of the corner of Clark Street and Bryn Mawr Avenue (between Clark & Ashland) in Chicago's fastest growing neighborhood: Andersonville. It is proud to be part of the GLBT and Andersonville communities! The Call is open every day at 4PM--and closes at 2AM (3AM Saturday's) NO COVER. http://www.callbarchicago.com/.

BroadwayWorld Chicago is one of the largest and most active of the over 100 regional sites that form BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater site on the net. Founded in New York City by Editor-in-Chief Robert Diamond in 2003, BroadwayWorld soon expanded to major cities in North America, and then to Europe and around the world. Paul W. Thompson has been a contributor to BroadwayWorld Chicago since 2007, and became Regional Editor in 2009.

"The Showtune Mosh Pit" is the Midwest's leading weekly column devoted exclusively to musical theater and showtune news, for and about the Chicago theater community and Chicago area audiences. It includes "the latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars," The Call and Sidetrack. From its first appearance on August 5, 2009, "The Showtune Mosh Pit" has attracted over 3,000 engaged weekly subscribers, and become a must-read for students, theater professionals and theater fans in Chicago and around the country. "The Showtune Mosh Pit" Subscrption Thread.

Paul W. Thompson Music, located in Chicago's historic Fine Arts Building at 410 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 417, and licensed by the City of Chicago, is the center of Paul W. Thompson's career as a performer, teacher and writer for the theater, church and concert hall. Thompson is a professional singer, actor, pianist, musical director, vocal coach, teacher, composer and commentator. With a bachelor's degree in theater, and master's degrees in both music and business, he moves easily between the worlds of classical music, religious music, classic pop and musical theater. He has appeared onstage or in the orchestra pit in concerts, musicals, operettas and operas in 30 states, in a career spanning more than 40 years. He composes music for the church and the theater, and is excited to teach the great songs of Broadway to the next generation of musical theater performers. If you would like to study voice, or purchase or commission new music for your theater or congregation, contact Paul W. Thompson Music on Facebook or e-mail him today! (mailto:pwthompsonmusic@gmail.com.). .https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-W-Thompson-Music..