At an exclusive all-girl's boarding school in Ghana, queen bees, wannabes, and schemers run the show - until a transfer student from the United States arrives to shake up the status quo. Jocelyn Bioh's biting high school comedy makes its Chicago premiere, following two acclaimed sold-out off-Broadway runs. School Girls or, The African Mean Girls Play Kokandy Productions brings this intimate cabaret musical to the Chopin Theater for its Chicago premiere, which promises to be a heartfelt romantic experience.Ĥ. ![]() Emilie Modaff and Royen Kent star as the Bengsons, accompanied by a backing band of musicians who occasionally play supporting roles. This indie-folk musical memoir recounts the courtship and whirlwind romance of real-life husband-and-wife songwriting team Abigail and Stuart Bengson. Shreck's personal, political play may be just what you need to reinvigorate your civic passion in this long, fatiguing election season. In the national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me, arriving at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place on March 4, Tony nominee Maria Dizzia steps into Schreck's shoes, accompanied by original cast members Mike Iveson and Rosdely Ciprian. In 2019, Schreck brought her gusto and incisive wit to Broadway, in a play examining the modern role of the US Constitution. Directed by Tlaloc Rivas and starring Shadee Vossoughi as Parvaneh, Navidar's surrealistic childhood fantasy is sure to be a transportive piece of theater.īroadway in Chicago (at Broadway Playhouse)Īs a teenager, playwright Heidi Schreck competed in Constitutional Oratory conventions across the country to earn college tuition money. A co-production by Momentary Theatre and Silk Road Rising, My Dear Hussein is the story of Parvaneh, a precocious 4-year-old Iranian girl who uses her imagination to turn the brutal reality of the Iraq-Iran war into a fanciful game. Nahal Navidar's newest play makes its world premiere at Chicago Temple. Maria Dizzia (left) stars in What the Constitution Means to Me at Broadway in Chicago and Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls or, The African Mean Girls Play opens at the Goodman Theatre this month. The month of March allegedly brings the end of the long Chicago winter, so what better time to pull the scarf down from your face and take a look at the theater world around you? This month, Chicago openings offer audiences shows with different points of view.
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