Broadway in Chicago announces spring season

Posted August 26, 2010 11:00 pm

Broadway in Chicago's announcement Thursday of its spring series means familiar tunes echoing throughout the theater district, where a new 25th anniversary production of "Les Miserables" kicks off the season on Feb. 2, 2011.

Highlights include the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Next To Normal" about the impact a woman's bipolar disorder has on her husband and children, and the Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair."

Also on tap: "Working," the musical inspired by Studs Terkel's book which begins Feb. 15 at the former Drury Lane Theatre Chicago, renovated and re-christened the Broadway Playhouse; "The Merchant of Venice" starring F. Murray Abraham; and Carrie Fisher's solo show "Wishful Drinking."

Off-season specials include "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles," featuring look- and sound-alikes performing the Fab Four's catalog, and the return of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's "Spring Awakening" and "Disney's Beauty and the Beast." Subscription packages available beginning Sept. 12. Call (800) 775-2000 or see broadwayinchicago.com.

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