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Porchlight Music Theatre To Host Broadway Open Mic

The event will take place on Saturday, July 11.

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Porchlight Music Theatre To Host Broadway Open Mic

Porchlight Music Theatre’s Porchlight Young Professionals Associate Board (PYP) has announced its summer fundraiser, the return of Broadway Open Mic, a live karaoke special event, Saturday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N. Clark St. 

Broadway Open Mic is hosted by Frankie Leo Bennett with Alex Newkirk on piano. Tickets are $35, (entry to event and one song ticket) or $30 (entry to event only), with VIP tickets available for $50 that include reserved seating and a song. All tickets include two complimentary welcome drinks and light bites, sponsored by Big Onion Hospitality and Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar.

During the event, attendees may also pay $5 to sing a song or to nominate a friend to sing or pay $10 to get out of singing when nominated to sing! All funds raised support Porchlight Music Theatre's 31st season. Broadway Open Mic is sponsored by Matthew Bowen, Nate Groonwald and Brian Hare,  Jenny Poth, Lisa and Alex Villani-Gale and Gia and Quinn Wunar. Tickets are available at Porchlight Music Theatre.

“It’s back! PYP’s inaugural special event returns, now in its third edition. All of us look forward to welcoming back the amazing voices and people who take to the stage to share a song or a few,” said Porchlight Young Professionals Chair Nate Groonwald. “It’s a fun atmosphere to meet with fellow music theatre lovers, to celebrate Porchlight and hear classics and hidden gems from Broadway and beyond performed by friends.”



ABOUT PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE

Porchlight Music Theatre, now in its 31st season, is the award-winning center for music theatre in Chicago. Through live performance, youth education and community outreach, we impact thousands of lives each season, bringing the magic of musicals to our theatre home at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts in the Gold Coast and to neighborhoods across the city. Porchlight has built a national reputation for boldly reimagining classic musicals, supporting new works and young performers, and showcasing Chicago’s most notable music theatre artists, all through the intimate and powerful theatrical lens of the “Chicago Style.” 

Porchlight's history over nearly three decades includes more than 70 mainstage works with 15 Chicago premieres and five world premieres. 

Porchlight's education and outreach programs serve schools, youth of all ages and skill levels and community organizations. Porchlight annually awards dozens of full scholarships and hundreds of free tickets to ensure accessibility and real engagement with this uniquely American art form. 

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