PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES CHICAGO’S COLE PORTER FESTIVAL - A CELEBRATION OF THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC LAUNCHES THIS OCTOBER at Porchlight Music Theatre
Dates: 10/16/2023 - 3/4/2023
📍 Theatre: Porchlight Music Theatre
1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: 773-777-9884
Tickets: See Event Schedule for Pricing Info
Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre launches its 29th season with Chicago’s Cole Porter Festival - A Celebration of the Man and his Music, launching October 16 and running throughout 2024. This multi-participant festival honoring Cole Porter’s incredible career includes live and digital events with the centerpiece being Porchlight’s 2024 presentation of the Porter musical comedy classic Anything Goes, starring international sensation Meghan Murphy, January 13 - February 25, 2024, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
The current schedule includes the following:
WPMT presents Anything Goes - Monday, Oct. 16 at 12 p.m. CDT
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
WPMT presents Around The World (in 80 Days) - Monday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. CDT
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Hollywood 360's Cole Porter Remembered - Saturday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. CDT on WIND AM 560
WPMT presents Kiss Me Kate - Monday, Nov. 6 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Anything Goes Behind the Show Backstory and Performance Preview - Monday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. CST
Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street
Pay What You Can
Porchlight Young Professional’s Broadway Open Mic - Friday, Nov. 17 from 8 - 11 p.m.
The Understudy Coffee and Books, 5531 N. Clark St.
$30 admission and a song ticket / $25 admission
Cole Porter in Hollywood hosted by Michael Weber “Born to Dance” - Monday, Nov. 27 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Charles Troy: Porter vs. Sondheim - Monday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. CST
Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street
Cole Porter in Hollywood hosted by Michael Weber “The Pirate” - Monday, Dec. 18 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Kokandy Productions' January Book Club - January 2024
The Understudy Coffee and Books, 5531 N. Clark St.
$15 or Pay What You Can
Cole Porter Roundtable: Cole Porter as a Gay Icon - Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free
Anything Goes starring Meghan Murphy - January 13 - February 25, 2024
Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Ave.
Cole Porter in Hollywood hosted by Michael Weber “High Society” - Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Cole Porter in Hollywood hosted by Michael Weber “Les Girls”- Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Cole Porter in Hollywood hosted by Michael Weber “Silk Stockings” - Monday, Feb. 19 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
Cole Porter in Hollywood hosted by Michael Weber “Can-Can” - Monday, March 4 at 12 p.m. CST
Virtual/Free on Porchlight’s YouTube channel
For more information, added events and partners, go to PorchlightMusicTheatre.org.
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