Blues Takes Center Stage In Porchlight Music Theatre Production

WDCB’s Gary Zidek talks to some of the creatives involved in Porchlight Music Theatre’s new production of BLUES IN THE NIGHT.

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The Blues takes center stage in Porchlight Music Theatre’s latest production. The Chicago theater company is reviving BLUES IN THE NIGHT, a musical that originally premiered in New York in the early 80s, but has been somewhat forgotten over the years. Set in 1930s Chicago, BLUES IN THE NIGHT features songs originally performed by Bessie Smith, Johnny Mercer, Alberta Hunter and Duke Ellington. Porchlight’s first mainstage production of 2022 is directed and choreographed by veteran theater artist Kenny Ingram and stars Felicia P. Fields. Donica Lynn and Clare Kennedy.

Evan Tyrone Martin in BLUES IN THE NIGHT. Photo credit: Anthony Robert La Penna

Porchlight Music Theatre’s new production of THE BLUES IN THE NIGHT is running at the Ruth Page Center For the Arts through March 20. You can find more information at porchlightmusictheatre.org.