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Stage Top 5: June 2024

by Brian Hieggelke | May 31, 2024

by Brian Hieggelke
May 31, 2024May 29, 2024Filed under:
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J. Harrison Ghee is Lady Chablis, at the Goodman

1
The Kite Runner
(Broadway in Chicago)
Matthew Spangler adapts Khaled Hosseini’s bestseller for the stage.
Starts June 11

2
Little Bear Ridge Road
(Steppenwolf)
Laurie Metcalf comes home to star in a world-premiere family drama by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Joe Mantello.
Starts June 13

3
1619: The Journey of a People
(Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre)
Ted Williams III’s musical commemorates the arrival of the first twenty Africans on the shores of Point Comfort, Virginia.
Starts June 15

4
The Hot Wing King
(Writers Theatre)
Lili-Anne Brown directs Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a wing festival.
Starts June 20

5
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
(Goodman Theatre)
Tony- and Grammy-Award winner J. Harrison Ghee plays The Lady Chablis in a musical adaptation of the beloved true-crime novel.
Starts June 25

Tagged:
  • Broadway In Chicago
  • Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre
  • Goodman Theatre
  • Steppenwolf
  • Writers Theatre

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