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Join Gomez, Morticia and the whole kooky, spooky family as they take up residence at The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre of The Jewish Community Center (The J) in musical 'The Addams Family' as the opening production of its 2022-2023 season. 'The Addams Family' opens on Saturday evening, Oct. 29 (7:30 p.m. curtain) and continues through Nov. 20.

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions has announced a UK and Ireland Tour of the pantomime MOTHER GOOSE, starring Ian McKellen as Mother Goose, John Bishop as Vic Goose and Mel Giedroyc as the Goose.

The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre will kick off its 2022-2023 season with an homage to that contribution with a special one-performance concert on Sunday, Oct. 2, 'A Place for Us: A Musical Celebration of Jewish Broadway' an award-winning production, starring award-winning NYC entertainer Ari Axelrod.

After unavoidable postponements owing to COVID-19 regulations, the brand-new production and major world tour of Queen and Ben Elton's multi award-winning rock musical We Will Rock You featuring an all-South African cast, crew and band begins in Manila, The Philippines in October 2022. 

San Diego Opera will present the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank's El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego) on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances.

The HADESTOWN North American Tour is coming to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre October 11-23, 2022. Produced by Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy, Hadestown is the most honored show of the 2018-2019 Broadway season.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present Bobby Conte – currently playing the role of PJ in the Broadway revival of Company – in his acclaimed solo concert “Along the Way” on Monday, August 15 at 7:00 PM.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of Karen Mason – honoring her three-decade collaboration with music director Christopher Denny in the new show “30… And Counting” – on Monday, August 8 at 7:00 PM.

Kinky Boots the Musical in Concert will be stepping out and painting the town red for an extra night on Tuesday 9 August at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer. 

America’s next big musical sensation has its cast! American Idol favorites Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young will lead the incredible cast of the new musical, Skates.

In anticipation of the 30th Anniversary Screening and Cast Reunion of The Five Heartbeats at the Tribeca Film Festival, star Michael Wright will guest on radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee on Friday June 4 at 3 PM Central.

Artistic Director Michael Unger today unveiled Skylight Music Theatre’s 2021-2022 season, which marks the theatre’s return to in-person performances after more than one year. It will be Unger’s first official season since joining Skylight in 2019, due to cancelled shows during the pandemic. 

You remember The Monkees from 1960's television, but do you remember The New Monkees from the 1980's? Larry Saltis was just a teenager when he was selected from a nationwide casting call to be the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for The New Monkees. The television show produced one highly heralded self-titled album before leaving the air.

Joining Chicago radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee on Friday, April 2, 2021 will be guest Lauren Berman, founder and executive director of 4 Chairs Theatre. Host Rikki Lee Travolta and Berman will discuss the mission of 4 Chairs Theatre, the company's past successes, and the theater group's upcoming virtual production of the musical Island Song.

On Friday March 26, 2021 at 3 PM Central, /kor/ Productions' artistic director Johanna Moffitt and managing director Emily Cox will be the featured guests on radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee on 101.5 FM WHRU-LP.

March 27 marks World Theatre Day! Although we can't be together to celebrate, we can still reminisce on the fun of theatre in our lives.

The criteria are that these shows have been nominated for Best Musical from the 3rd Tony Awards (the ceremony that started the Best Musical category) in 1949 to the nominations of what will now be the 74th Tony Awards in 2021. I will be determining their signs based upon their Broadway premiere date. With those rules in mind, here we go!

It's Showtime with Rikki Lee, a weekly radio show out of the greater Chicagoland region, is set to feature Tony-nominee Robert Cuccioli on Friday, February 12 at 3 PM Central on 101.5 FM. Cuccioli is best known for bringing the dual title roles of Jekyll & Hyde to life on Broadway.

On Friday, November 20, 2020, professional theatrical stage manager Fredo Aguilar will appear as a guest on Chicago radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee at 3 PM Central on 101.5 FM. Those outside the broadcast area can stream the show live at www.HuntleyRadio.com.

This week's theater stories features the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre! Learn about the theatre's namesake, Bernard B. Jacobs, how this revival of Company is different from the others that have come before it, how Once broke the theatre's box office record and more!

ArtsEd has announced the appointment of David Ian to their Board of Trustees. Chief Executive of his eponymous production company, and the recipient of five Olivier awards and three Tony nominations, David is a world-renowned theatre producer with a highly successful career spanning over 30 years.

BroadwayWorld put together a list of all the live action musicals you can stream on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, BroadwayHD, and Disney Plus. Are you looking for something to get your mind off… all of this? So are we. Because everyone needs some escape,

On Friday, November 6, 2020, Nicole Cooper and Russell Hoke of Heart of Singing Music School will be guests on It's Showtime with Rikki Lee, a popular weekly radio program originating from Chicago's Huntley suburb that provides an intimate look at the entertainment world.

On Friday, October 23, 2020, theater director Corey Bradberry will be the guest on radio's It's Showtime with Rikki Lee. Bradberry is the director and co-writer of Theatre in the Dark's original audio play War of the Worlds, being presented live streaming over the Internet through November 21.

I am here with my first BWW Blog Post to share with you all the best theatrical/musical content available right at your fingertips!