Chicago Official Visitors Guide 2008-2009 - (Page 23) ’09 calendar s Jersey Boys: Bank of America Theatre Open Run Broadway in Chicago www.broadwayinchicago.com, 312-977-1701 Tony Award-winning best musical that takes you up the charts, across the country and behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Discover the secret of a 40-year friendship: four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom becoming one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Fall’08 /Winter s Tristan and Isolde Jan. 27–Feb. 28, 2009 Lyric Opera of Chicago www.lyricopera.org, 312-827-3580 The tale of forbidden love between the Irish princess betrothed to an English king, and the knight entrusted to deliver her safely to the monarch’s shores. Wicked: Ford Theatre Thru Jan. 25, 2009 Broadway in Chicago www.broadwayinchicago.com, 312-977-1701 Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. s Monty Python’s Spamalot: Auditorium Theatre Jan. 20–Feb. 1, 2009 Broadway in Chicago www.broadwayinchicago.com, 312977-1701 Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Spamalot, tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail.
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