2022 BROADWAY IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED

BEST ACTOR: JOSEPH KOTZE (FRANKFORT, IL)
BEST ACTRESS: REGAN WRIGHT (ELMHURST, IL)
BEST ACTOR RUNNER UP: JOSH FERMIN (BARRINGTON, IL)
BEST ACTRESS RUNNER UP: JULIET SIMON (DEERFIELD, IL)

Best Actor and Actress Award Recipients will Represent Illinois in “The Jimmy Awards®,” also known as The National High School Musical Theatre Awards®, named after James M. Nederlander

LIGHTHOUSE IMMERSIVE, PRODUCERS OF ORIGINAL IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH, PREMIERED IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE, RAISING $250,000 FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IN UKRAINE | Immersive Shevchenko Shown in Eight North American Cities throughout March and April with Proceeds Benefitting First Theatrical Charitable Foundation and National Bank of Ukraine Fund |
Same Crates Used to Protect Shevchenko's Work from Nazi Invasion in 1941 Are Used Again

DAVENPORT’S PIANO BAR & CABARET SHARES ITS JUNE SCHEDULE FILLED WITH FANTASTIC MUSIC, COMEDY AND MORE |
The Wicker Park Venue and Presents a Tony Viewing Party, Carry On! with Cindy Firing & Josephine Sanges, Laura Dellis is Halfway to Fifty, Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Midwest Cabaret Conference, Sex and the Windy City: An Unofficial Musical Parody, Barbara Unpluggled: An Intimate Evening with Broadway's Barbara Dixon, Midwest Melodies, Miggie Snyder LIVE, Several Shows from Fiorello Productions and more

4 Stars

For Shakespeare aficionados, Promethean Theatre Ensemble has done a tremendous job in their performance of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” at Chicago’s Factory Theater.

NBC CHICAGO RELEASES THE LOST STORY OF EMMETT TILL: TRIAL IN THE DELTA  Collaboraction Theatre Company’s staged theatrical adaptation of the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial now available on Roku, Apple TV, NBC Chicago’s streaming apps and www.NBCChicago.com

Hyde Park Art Center presents major new group exhibition, The Language Between Worlds, addressing racial inequality in the U.S. |
July 16th - October 29th

SmoothChicago presents a HUGE Summer Event, O'Hare Jazz Fest Music Vacation, July 29th, 30th & 31st

SmoothChicago presents Guitarist Gerey Johnson's Annual Birthday Bash & some special surprise guests (Major artists we can't advertise) July 23rd at 8:00 pm | Two Different Shows on the same night | One ticket gets you in to see both!

SmoothChicago presents saxophonist Saxophonist Richard Elliot & his full West Coast Band in two big shows! | Saturday June 25th @ 6:00 & 9:00 pm

AVENUE Q MEETS LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IN HAND TO GOD, NEXT IN PARAMOUNT’S NEW BOLD SERIES, MAY 25-JULY 10, 2022 AT DOWNTOWN AURORA’S NEW COPLEY THEATRE