DE USURIS - ED KROSS, SPAMILTON AND A LADY FAIR
ED KROSS is a very funny man and you have seen him popping up everywhere. Our CONVERSATION this week will give you the inside look on a career that has spanned improv on a cruise ship, theater all over Chicago, a couple of high-profile film turns with Tom Hanks and George Clooney and lots of commercial work for one of Chicago's most gifted comic talents. Spamilton continues to flourish at the Royal George and among the big spring offerings coming up this week there's Global Visionaries at Joffrey Ballet, Jesus Christ Superstar at Paramount Theater and My Fair Lady at the Lyric.
This week: You can still see the Mabel Mercer Foundation's 4th Annual Chicago Cabaret Convention at Park West, Porchlight's Marry Me a Little and concert performances by former Jersey Boy Michael Ingersoll and Elaine Dame. Steve Biossat and Speakeasy Swing return to the Drake Hotel and The Flat Cats are all in at the Old Town School of Folk Music.
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PLAYING AROUND TOWN
- Paramount Theatre - Jesus Christ Superstar through May 28th
- Porchlight - Marry Me A Little through May 21st
- Shakespeare Theatre - Shakespeare in Love through June 11th
- Lyric Opera - My Fair Lady Opens April 28th
- Cavalia Odysseo - Through May 7th
- Royal George Theatre – Spamilton through May 14th
- Drury Lane - Chicago Through June 18th
- Shattered Globe - For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday through May 20th
- Mercury Theatre - Mary Poppins through May 28th
- Tom Michael and Beckie Menzie - Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret
- Monday Night Live at Petterino's
- The Best of Second City
COMING UP
- Chicago Cabaret Convention - April 19-21
- Michael Ingersoll - Try a Little Tenderness April 20th
- Speakeasy Swing - Steve Biossat at The Drake Hotel April 21st
- Old Town School of Folk Music - The Flat Cats April 21st
- Lake FX - Midwest's largest FREE gathering of artists and creative professionals April 21-22
- Elaine Dame sings Ella Fitzgerald - Winter's Jazz Club April 25th
- Joffrey Ballet - Global Visionaries opens April 26th
- Marriot Theatre - She Loves Me April 26th
- Northwestern University's 86th Annual Waa-Mu Show April 28th
- Chicago Humanities Festival - April 28th - 30th
- Porchlight Theatre - 2017 Icons Gala Celebrating Hal Prince April 30th RESERVE NOW!
- Brandon Bennett - Elvis My Way May 6th
- Court Theatre - Harvey May 11th
- Bill Dyszel - The Internet Ate My Brain at Davenport's Piano Bar on May 14th
- Bruno Mars at the United Center August 16-19
- Joan Curto - Ella and Lena: The Ladies and Their Music at the Auditorium Theatre November 17th
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