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It started in January 2022, when Filipino-American actor Van Ferro won 2 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, the first time an actor in Chicago had 2 acting BroadwayWorld Chicago awards in the same season. The next year,
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
Jay Españo is PrideArts’s artistic director. In this interview, Maroon Arts Reporter Toby Chan sits down with Jay Españo to talk about his latest musical, Aztec Human Sacrifice, which ran from May 5 to June 18 at City Lit Theater. The following interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Chicago Maroon (CM): Hi Jay, thanks for...
On May 14, I took the Metra up north to City Lit Theater in Edgewater to watch the premiere of City Lit’s 144th show, the musical Aztec Human Sacrifice. Directed by Jay Españo and written by Kingsley Day and Philip LaZebnik, the musical features a ritual human sacrifice that prompts its discussion of love and...
In the new musical