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A gritty storyline combined with a strong and enthusiastic cast make this a golden and gratifying night out.

Plus, how the SAG-AFTRA strike led him to the Hadestown tour.

Original cast member Frankie J. Grande will return to his captain’s quarters and Nathan Lee Graham will board the ship of dreams for the first time in the smash-hit run of the 2023 Lortel Award-winning Best Musical Titanique for limited engagements.

Fifty years after the deadly fire at New Orleans Up Stairs Lounge, new perspectives consider the atrocities that occurred after the blaze.

The 2024 HAYES season will deliver joy, delight, surprises, heartfelt emotions, intriguing ideas, and distinct and remarkable experiences. Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer are the enthusiastic and inspired Artisitic Directors who proclaim- “A breathtaking adventure awaits”.

A live theatrical adaptation of “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas” is making its Chicago debut this holiday season, November 14-December 31, 2023. Learn how to purchase tickets!

When I first learned about the deadly 1973 fire that swept through the UpStairs Lounge, it was a full 35 years after the tragedy.

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The festival includes three nights of dance performances and two days of workshops.

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