The hottest Broadway musical talent in the Midwest can be found in Chicago's Loop theatre district with exciting traveling performances ranging from dirty talking puppets to dirty dancing teens at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
Get ready to be transported to a magical, wonderful world! A world where the critics are in awe, the audiences are in heaven and the neighborhood is buzzing with excitement. Welcome to The Drowsy Chaperone, the new musical comedy that is swooping into town with tons of laughs and the most 2006 Tony Awards of any Broadway musical!
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton made it a hugely successful movie and now Chicago is sure to make it a huge stage success! Sweeney Todd rolls into the Cadillac Palace Theatre April 23 through May 4. Innovative, intimate and ingenious, this revolutionary new production of Sweeney Todd “is an event theatergoers will be talking about for years,” claims the Wall Street Journal.
Do foul-mouthed puppets make you laugh? Check out Avenue Q, a dirty-puppet comedy making its way to the Cadillac Palace stage May 21 through June 7. Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. Princeton and his new friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
Think you have seen every cheesy-girly musical that has hit an American stage? Think again, as you haven't seen Dirty Dancing, which makes its U.S. premiere at the Cadillac Palace Theatre on September 2. This coming of age love story showcases the highs and lows of a summer romance. The original story has been expanded for the stage, while keeping magical moments from the film on stage.