2024-2025 30th Anniversary Season
ANNOUNCING OUR 30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Our 2024-2025 Mainstage Series includes the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home and the Chicago Premiere of Titanique, presented in association with Broadway In Chicago. The season kicks off with Chicago Live! at Navy Pier, followed by a new edition of the New Faces Sing Broadway series and two signature fundraising events, the ICONS Gala in September and Chicago Sings in spring 2025.
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The 30th Anniversary Season is Sponsored By
Elaine Cohen & Arlen Rubin and Brenda & Jim Grusecki
Chicago Live! at Navy Pier
Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2:30PM
Lake Stage, Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave.
This is a FREE event
Porchlight Music Theatre presents Broadway hits and selections from its 30th season as it joins more than 100 artists and organizations for Navy Pier’s free two-day celebration of Chicago’s vibrant arts and cultural community. This performance features Desiree Gonzalez, Nik Kmiecik and Alexis J Roston with live band including Linda Madonia (keys,) Craig Buckner (drums) and Eric von Holst (bass). Learn more at NavyPier.org.
ICONS Gala: Celebrating Raúl Esparza
Sunday, Sept. 22 at 11AM
Ritz-Carlton Chicago at Water Tower Place, 160 E. Pearson St.
Tickets: $350 – $500 with sponsorship opportunities available.
Directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber
Music Directed by Linda Madonia with Associate Music Director Justin Kono
Porchlight honors 2024 ICON Award recipient Broadway, television and film star Raúl Esparza at its annual fundraiser, the ICONS Gala, with live performances Esparza’s notable musical career featuring some of Chicago theatre’s biggest stars, , the presentation of the 2024 Luminary Award to longtime supporters Michelle and Steve Cucchiaro, an exciting live auction and a deluxe brunch buffet with mimosas and wine sponsored by Uvae Kitchen and Wine Bar.
New Faces Sing Broadway NOW
Monday, Nov. 11 at 7:30PM
Evanston SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave.
Tickets: $45
Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7:30PM
The Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E. Ontario St.
Tickets: $75 (includes a pre-show wine and cheese reception at 6:30PM)
Directed by Producing Artistic Associate Frankie Leo Bennett
Music Directed by Carolyn Jean Brady
Hosted by Adrian Aguilar
The popular New Faces Sing Broadway series returns in Porchlight’s 30th Anniversary Season. Chicago’s up-and-coming talent join Broadway’s Adrian Aguilar for a 90-minute revue of the hottest shows on Broadway today including Hell’s Kitchen, The Notebook, Death Becomes Her, The Outsiders and others as well as trivia contests with prizes.
Single tickets for New Faces Sing Broadway NOW and Fun Home go on sale Tuesday, September 3 at 12PM.
Fun Home
January 16 – March 2, 2025
Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St.
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by Stephen Schellhardt
Music Directed by Heidi Joosten
Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a Pulitzer finalist, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, emotional and revolutionary musical. Based on Alison Bechdel’s critically acclaimed graphic novel, Fun Home shares how Bechdel unlocks memories, milestones and mysteries of her youth as she begins to write her first graphic novel. With a compassionate score and a brilliant script, Fun Home tells the story of seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
Single tickets for New Faces Sing Broadway NOW and Fun Home go on sale Tuesday, September 3 at 12PM.
Titanique
Chicago Premiere
Presented in association with Broadway In Chicago
March 25 – May 18, 2025
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St.
Co-Written by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue.
All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film “Titanic,” you get Titanique, off-Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit, which turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia. Want to find out what really happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night? Just leave it to Céline Dion to enchant the audience with her totally wild take, recharting the course of “Titanic”’s beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalog. Sailing on fierce powerhouse voices in show-stopping performances of such hits as “My Heart Will Go On,” “All By Myself” and “To Love You More” – backed by the unparalleled energy of a full live band – Titanique is a one-of-a-kind theatrical voyage bursting with nostalgia, heart and campy chaos.
Single tickets for Titanique will be sold through Broadway In Chicago and will be available at a later date.
Chicago Sings 30 Years of Porchlight
Monday, May 12, 2025
House of Blues Chicago, 329 N. Dearborn St.
Tickets: $75 – $200
The spring fundraising concert fittingly concludes the season with an unforgettable night of live performances commemorating 30 years of Porchlight with performances by Chicago theatre luminaries, the presentation of the 2025 Guy Adkins Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Music Theatre in Chicago and more. (Pictured right: Eric Lewis at Chicago Sings Broadway Pop II. Photo by Liz Lauren)
Please note: performances, dates and participants are subject to change.
