CHICAGO—Porchlight, Chicago’s most awarded musical theatre, will take audiences around the world on a musical journey. Artistic Director L. Walter Stearns announces a season of musicals with exotic settings and diverse themes: Candide, Pacific Overtures, and Once on This Island.
Porchlight Music Theatre has established a national reputation for presenting grand stories in intimate settings, showcasing the brightest, up-and-coming talent and developing new music theatre work. The 2008–2009 season of musical journeys performs at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont.
Pacific Overtures:March 14 through May 3, 2009
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures is an epic musical that spans 120 turbulent years of Japanese history, Pacific Overtures is the sweeping depiction of the nation’s first contact with America through the modern age. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Pacific Overtures is considered to be the artistic pinnacle of the legendary collaborations between Sondheim and director Hal Prince. The groundbreaking, passionate Asian-inspired score contains material Sondheim considers his best.
Group prices range from $30 - 32 per ticket
Once on This Island: May 9 through June 28, 2009
A Caribbean-themed musical by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Aherns.
The Tony Award winning composers of Ragtime transport the story of the Little Mermaid to the Caribbean islands. This romantic musical tells the story of a poor peasant girl who falls in love with an upper-class gentleman. The island gods of Love, Earth, Water, and Death try to manipulate the young lovers on a fateful journey that tests the strength of their love. Once on This Island received eight Tony Award Nominations in 1991, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book.
Group prices range from $30 - 32 per ticket
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Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures is an epic musical that spans 120 turbulent years of Japanese history, Pacific Overtures is the sweeping depiction of the nation’s first contact with America through the modern age. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Pacific Overtures is considered to be the artistic pinnacle of the legendary collaborations between Sondheim and director Hal Prince. The groundbreaking, passionate Asian-inspired score contains material Sondheim considers his best.
A Caribbean-themed musical by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Aherns.
The Tony Award winning composers of Ragtime transport the story of the Little Mermaid to the Caribbean islands. This romantic musical tells the story of a poor peasant girl who falls in love with an upper-class gentleman. The island gods of Love, Earth, Water, and Death try to manipulate the young lovers on a fateful journey that tests the strength of their love. Once on This Island received eight Tony Award Nominations in 1991, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book.