Chicago Folks Operetta has Cast for Kurt Weill’s Anti-War JOHNNY JOHNSON

Chicago Folks Operetta has Cast for Kurt Weill’s Anti-War JOHNNY JOHNSON

Pictured: Gabriel di Gennaro, William Dwyer, Kaitlin Galetti, Mary Lutz-Govertsen, Robert Morriseey, Maxwell Seifert and Christine Steyer. Chicago Folks Operetta has announced the cast and creatives for the Chicago premiere of Kurt Weill’s anti-war operetta JOHNNY JOHNSON with a libretto by Paul Green and edited by Tim Carter for the Kurt...

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Rehearsal Accident Hospitalizes Chicago Folks Operetta Artistic Director

Rehearsal Accident Hospitalizes Chicago Folks Operetta Artistic Director

Gerald Frantzen—Artistic Director at Chicago Folks Operetta and a cast member in their imminent production of THE COUSIN FROM NOWHERE—fell off a platform during rehearsals last week at Stage 773. He suffered a concussion, broken leg, broken shoulder, and fractured ribs. The opening of THE COUSIN FROM NOWHERE has been postponed....

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