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Stage Top 5: January 2024

by Brian Hieggelke | January 3, 2024

by Brian Hieggelke
January 3, 2024December 17, 2023Filed under:
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  • Top 5 Lists

Dana Delany at Goodman

1
Anything Goes
(Porchlight Music Theatre)
A ninetieth-anniversary production of Cole Porter’s Great American Songbook-filled classic.
Starts January 13

2
Highway Patrol
(Goodman Theatre)
Emmy winner Dana Delany created and stars in the world premiere of this social media thriller.
Starts January 20

3
Champion
(Lyric Opera)
Terence Blanchard calls his first opera, based on a true story about a boxer, a jazz opera.
Starts January 27

4
Illinoise
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Sufjan Stevens’ landmark album comes to life in a creative collaboration with Tony winner Justin Peck.
Starts January 28

5
Notes from the Field
(TimeLine Theatre)
Mikael Burke directs Anna Deavere Smith’s documentary piece about the school-to-prison pipeline.
Starts January 31

Tagged:
  • Anna Deavere Smith
  • Chicago Shakespeare Theater
  • Cole Porter
  • Dana Delany
  • Goodman Theatre
  • Justin Peck
  • Lyric Opera
  • Mikael Burke
  • Porchlight Music Theatre
  • Sufjan Stevens
  • Terence Blanchard
  • TimeLine Theatre

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