Broadway Lights in Chicago - Spring/Summer

Bank of America Theatre, Chicago

Book of Mormon - June 29-August 14

A religious satire musical with book, lyrics and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. (First performance - March 24, 2011) 

Cadillac Palace, Chicago

Chicago - May 10-15

American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. (First performance - June 3, 1975)

Disney's Beauty and the Beast - May 24-29

Musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. (First performance - April 18, 1994)

Sound of Music - June 7-19

Musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Cruise.  It is based on the memoir Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.  (First performance - November 16, 1959)

Drury Lane, Oakbrook

Hazel - March 31-May 29

Musical based on the classic comic strips by Ted Kelly, and the subsequent 1960's TV show.  Music by Ron Abel and lyrics by Chuck Steffan.  (First performance - April 6, 2016)

Light Opera Works, Evanston

My Fair Lady - June 4-12

Musical based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.  (First performance - February 15, 1956)

Mame - August 20-28

Musical with the book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.  Adapted from Auntie Mame.  (First performance - May 24, 1966)

Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire

Evita - April 13-June 5

Musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.  It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Peron, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Peron.  (First performance - June 21, 1978)

Man of La Mancha - June 22-August 16

Musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, and music by Mitch Leigh. (First performance - November 22, 1965)

Oriental Theatre, Chicago

Disney's Newsies - July 28-August 7

Disney Theatrical Productions stage musical based on the 1992 film Newsies, which in turn was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City.  (First performance - September 25, 2011)