Jay Espano News Today

The sudden floodgates of nominations for Filipino-American artists this year at the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards had lead the community to call this year as

A Jonas Brothers concert at Wrigley, a new ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and a Frankie Knuckles festival are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.

The comedy play farce “Boeing, Boeing,”, set in a 1960s posh “bachelor pad” apartment in Paris, heads to Dunes Summer Theatre in Michigan City.

A Diana Ross concert, the opening of “What the Constitution Means to Me” and the Chicago Critics Film Festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.

News and events around the area

Van Ferro set to become first actor of Filipino descent to win BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards back-to-back.

As a farce, “Tommy on Top” is anything but over-the-top.

The Dunes Summer Theatre is taking the 2021 Season outdoors, starting with "Forever Plaid," running June 4-20 (Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays), 6-7:30 p.m. CDT. Performances at the theatre, 288 Shady Oak Drive in Michigan City, are free and audiences are limited to 50 persons. Advance reservations are required and donations are welcome. Tickets are available online at dunesarts.org/tickets. "Forever Plaid" is the story of four high school guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie) who form a 50s-sty...

Reply Among the local talent performing some of Broadway’s most memorable love songs from their homes and socially distanced on the PCT stage are Se Layne, Ron Coronado, Julie Rosser Balbini, Allegra Angelo, Christian Quevedo, Anthony Nannini and more. (Cara Van Dijk/Palm Canyon Theatre) Press release from the Palm Canyon Theatre: Feb. 5, 2021 Palm Canyon Theatre will present a Valentine-themed concert fundraiser, From Broadway with Love… Backwards, with about 21 performers including many f...