Porchlight In Concert: Follies
A Sondheim Masterpiece
Porchlight In Concert: Follies
Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 7:30PM and Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 2PM
Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Goldman
Directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber
Music Directed by Linda Madonia
Porchlight In Concert debuted in 2024 with sold out performances of Sunday in the Park with George and this season returns to the Studebaker for a limited engagement of another Stephen Sondheim classic, Follies. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Score, Follies shares the reunion of the legendary “Weismann Follies” company on the eve of a crumbling theater’s demolition, to reminisce about their past with a rich score that is considered to be one of Sondheim’s finest. Follies includes the standards “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still Here,” “Losing My Mind” and more.
PORCHLIGHT IN CONCERT: FOLLIES IS INCLUDED IN PORCHLIGHT’S 2025 – 2026 SUBSCRIPTION SERIES.
SINGLE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FINE ARTS BUILDING.
Please Note: Tickets to Porchlight In Concert: Follies are sold through the The Studebaker Theater’s Box Office. To contact the box office, please call (312) 753-3210 x102.
MICHAEL WEBER (DIRECTOR)
Previously at Porchlight: Sunday in the Park with George, Anything Goes, Cabaret and others
Michael Weber is a nationally recognized, award-winning director, producer, actor and educator. Previous Porchlight shows include Titanique, Anything Goes, Cabaret, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy and Merrily We Roll Along. He recently directed the Off-Broadway and European premieres of both Shake it Away: The Ann Miller Story and Call Me Elizabeth, written by and starring Kayla Boye. Under his artistic leadership, Porchlight Music Theatre was awarded Chicago’s Jeff Award for “Best Production” six times. He previously served as artistic director for the inaugural season of Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place (now Broadway in Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse) and at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana. The recipient of two Joseph Jefferson Awards, he has been nominated for nine awards and he wrote and directed 14 Joseph Jefferson Awards ceremonies (2006-2018). Weber’s regional acting credits include The Merry Widow (starring Renée Fleming) at Lyric Opera, Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy (both starring Patti LuPone) at Ravinia Festival, The Winter’s Tale and Henry V at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and more. He is author of the play WAR of the WELLeS (about Orson Welles’ infamous radio broadcast) and he is a longtime pledge host for PBS station WTTW channel 11.
LINDA MADONIA (MUSIC DIRECTOR)
Previously at Porchlight: Cabaret, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot and others
Linda Madonia is thrilled to be back at Porchlight where she recently music directed the ICONS Gala Celebrating Leslie Uggams and previously worked on Broadway in your Backyard, Anything Goes, Cabaret and A Chorus Line. Other recent projects include Legally Blonde: The Musical, Shrek the Musical, Mamma Mia! and Camelot at Music Theater Works and Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages and Sister Act at Mercury Theater Chicago. Linda also serves as the contractor for the Chicago Federation of Musicians for Porchlight Music Theatre, Music Theater Works and Teatro Zinzanni. She is the vocal coach for the master’s degree program in music theatre pedagogy at Carthage College and owns American Eagle Productions, which has been at the forefront of theatre education in the Chicago area for the past 35 years.