Porchlight Announces 20/21 Season

Porchlight Announces 20/21 Season

Pictured: Artistic Director Michael Weber. Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the lineup for its 26th season which includes three mainstage productions, plus the return of Porchlight Revisits and the New Faces Sing Broadway series. Porchlight Music Theatre’s 2020/2021 Season (from the press release): Mainstage: “Legally Blonde,” based on the hit...

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Review | “Sophisticated Ladies” at Porchlight

Review | “Sophisticated Ladies” at Porchlight

Porchlight has outdone themselves with SOPHISTICATED LADIES. Though the production is only running through early March, it could and should be extended – or perhaps given a commercial life beyond Chicago with all elements and performers intact. It’s honestly, truly that good.

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Porchlight Appoints Education Director

Porchlight Appoints Education Director

Porchlight Music Theatre announced today the appointment of Rebeccah Singer as the company’s first full-time education director. Singer begins immediately overseeing Porchlight’s education, intern and outreach programs. Executive Director Jeannie Lukow said, “Porchlight continues to expand its youth education and outreach programming reaching more and more Chicago youth and their...

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Cory Goodrich Hosts Next “New Faces Sing Broadway,” Cast Announced

Cory Goodrich Hosts Next “New Faces Sing Broadway,” Cast Announced

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced that Cory Goodrich, starring in their upcoming Chicago premiere of Disney’s “Freaky Friday,” will host “New Faces Sing Broadway NOW.”

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Porchlight Announces “Freaky Friday” Cast & Staff

Porchlight Announces “Freaky Friday” Cast & Staff

Porchlight’s production will star Cory Goodrich as mother Katherine, and Maya Lou Hlava as her daughter Ellie.

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Cast and Designers Announced for Porchlight Revisits “Call Me Madam”

Cast and Designers Announced for Porchlight Revisits “Call Me Madam”

Pictured: Donica Lynn Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the cast and design team for Porchlight Revisits “Call Me Madam,” with book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The cast includes Donica Lynn, “Sally Adams;” Matthew Keffer, “Cosmo Constantine;” Nik Kmiecik, “Kenneth Gibson;” Laura...

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Porchlight Announces “New Faces 1956” Cast and Production Team

Porchlight Announces “New Faces 1956” Cast and Production Team

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the cast and production team for “New Faces Sing Broadway 1956,” hosted by Angela Ingersoll, directed by Brianna Borger and music directed by Chuck Larkin. The cast includes Bryce Ancil, Ben Barker, Grace Bobber, Lydie Burke, Justine Cameron, Carl Herzog, Juan Gonzalez Machain, Jennifer Ledesma,...

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Porchlight Announces Cast for Ruffians’ “Burning Bluebeard”

Porchlight Announces Cast for Ruffians’ “Burning Bluebeard”

Pictured: The cast of The Ruffians’ 2014-15 production. Photo by Evan Hanover. Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the cast and design team for The Ruffians’ “Burning Bluebeard,” written by Jay Torrence and directed by Halena Kays. Now in its eighth year, the cast features original performers Pamela Chermansky (Fancy Clown);...

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Porchlight Sets “Sunset Boulevard” Cast & Production Team

Porchlight Sets “Sunset Boulevard” Cast & Production Team

The production features the previously announced Hollis Resnik as “Norma Desmond.”

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Porchlight to Honor Gary Griffin with Guy Adkins Award

Porchlight to Honor Gary Griffin with Guy Adkins Award

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced that it will honor director Gary Griffin with the 9th annual Guy Adkins Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Music Theatre in Chicago. Past recipients include Brenda Didier, Rachel Rockwell, E. Faye Butler, Paula Scrofano, Hollis Resnik, Doug Peck, Dominic Missimi and L. Walter...

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