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Matt Rodin
Matt Rodin returns home for Sondheim's Company; meet the Broadway performer, director and creator
“I grew up being awoken by my mother every morning singing show tunes.”
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Apashe
Apashe pursues his quest around the world
“I try to represent visually what a person hears.”
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Absolutely
Singer Absolutely thinks outside the box with Cerebrum
“The first cover song I recorded was “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.””
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Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr. brings his Temple of Tranquility to Chicago
“In the first meeting, Christopher Guest discusses the character with each performer and it is sheer heaven!”
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Brandon Rivera
Meet three queer performers who found a safe space in Sanctuary City
“The writing will move people and I have seen people wipe tears away.”
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Kyle Patrick
American Psycho: The Musical slays thanks to Kyle Patrick
“It really is just a big, giant lens and you can see yourself in it.”
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Mitchell Fain
Meet Mitchell Fain in The Lehman Trilogy; Tony's 2022 "Best Play"
“I play 20 different people, and, with very few exceptions, we don't have any props or costumes to let you know that we simply have to morph into them and tell that story”
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Claud
Singer Claud creates “A Good Thing” with actor Paul Rudd
“Receiving a package from Paul Rudd is my breakout role!”
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Trish Sie
Sitting down with director Trish Sie
“I saw the potential to tell this story in a playful, little bit irreverent way, and do something sincere.”
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Dan Darlington
Get ready for Market Days with the ultimate BRÜT Party
“Summer in Chicago is probably one of the best places in the country.”
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Steven Lee Johnson
Steven Lee Johnson comes home to reprise his Broadway role in To Kill a Mockingbird
“there's this incredible connection there; or they're introducing their spouse or child who never read the book, and they're able to experience it in this new way that we're giving them”
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Robin Skinner
Cavetown serves up Bittersweet Daze at The Salt Shed
“I have always been connected to lemons because of my Lemon Boy album.”
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Tanner Adell
Singer Tanner Adell took over the Windy City Smokeout
“Beyonce has built a support group of gays and women, so that is my goal too!”
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Tim Nelson
Australian band Cub Sport has “Always Got the Love”
“It is more than I could have hoped for that one day we would be together unashamed and on stages around the world singing songs about our love.”
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
Wendi McLendon-Covey blows into the Windy City for Elemental
“You will leave the theater feeling amazing and want to hug a stranger!”
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Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen is much more than a snack
“My friend Ryan Cabrera calls me “The Snack Queen!””
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Tony Genius
All smiles: Tony Genius finds pleasure in his work
“I am here for your entertainment.”
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Kara Jackson
Singer Kara Jackson waxes poetic backstage before her Chicago performance
“Out artists like Durand Jones, and other artists I have known, have taught me never to limit myself.”
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Gavin Creel
Out Tony & Olivier winner Creel reprises "Into the Woods" Broadway role in Chicago; hosts City Winery concert
“I spent a long time being afraid and thinking that if I got too queer or too gay, somehow it would actually come back and hurt me”
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Kelly Fremon Craig
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret blooms into theaters this spring
“This makes the book timeless and the truth is the truth every decade.”
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Sam Nackman
Meet Sam Nackman from the Book of Mormon tour
“Who cares what happens when we're dead? Why should we think that far ahead?”
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JD Caudill
JD Caudill promises audiences out of this world fun
“There are sequences that are unbelievable but at the heart of it is a really beautiful story about identity.”
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Naomi Rodgers and Zurin Villanueva
Naomi and Zurin inspire audiences as Tina Turner; in the musical about the legendary diva
“I hope they leave floating on a high note; I just really want them to ride that back into their lives, into their jobs, into whatever it is”