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The Auditorium Opens New Season with Return of Award-Winning Step Afrika! in the Chicago Premiere of “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence”

Fred Cummings , 

The Auditorium, Chicago’s National Historic Landmark stage (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive), proudly opens its 2024-25 season with the return of Washington, DC-based Step Afrika!, in the Chicago premiere of its signature, full-evening length production, The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, for one performance only, Saturday, October 19, at 7:30pm. 

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Chicago Opera Theater to Present the North American Premiere of “Leonora” this Fall

Fred Cummings

Chicago Opera Theater begins its 2024-25 Season with an exciting and aptly timed production of the North American premiere of Leonora. A classical Italian opera composed by Ferdinando Paër to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa and Giacomo Cinti, the plot to Leonora is based on the same story as Beethoven’s later opera Fidelio. Conducted by Chicago favorite and master interpreter of classical repertoire Dame Jane Glover and staring internationally renowned tenor Edgardo Rocha in his Chicago debut, this production will feature stage direction by Chicago Opera Theater’s own Edlis Neeson General Director Lawrence Edelson.

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Theater

Tony Award-Winning Actress Kelli O’Hara to Receive Sarah Siddons Society Award at Annual Benefit

Oscar Peterson

The Sarah Siddons Society is pleased to present its 2024 Award to Tony Award-winner and eight-time nominee Kelli O’Hara, whose numerous Broadway credits include The King and I, Days of Wine and Roses, Kiss Me Kate, The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work if You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game, The Light in the Piazza, Sweet Smell of Success, Follies, Dracula and Jekyll & Hyde.

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Theater

Chicago’s Studebaker Theater Coproducing Manual Cinema’s “Frankenstein” and “Christmas Carol” this Year

Fred Cummings , 

Chicago’s historic Fine Arts Building and Studebaker Theater are proud to announce their co-production of two acclaimed Manual Cinema productions this year: Frankenstein runs for three performances only at the Studebaker Theater, October 25–27, 2024; and Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol, the beloved, one-of-a-kind rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic story, returns for the holiday season at the Studebaker Theater, December 13–29, 2024. These productions mark the first time the Fine Arts Building and Studebaker Theater are co-producing theatrical works with another organization.

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