On stage: 'The Porch on Windy Hill' NorthlightThtr; air guitar at CitadelTheatre; metropolisarts names new artistic director
Old music, new play During the COVID-19 quarantine, a classical violinist and her folk-music-loving boyfriend leave their Brooklyn apartment seeking respite, inspiration and reconciliation at her family's mountain home in"The Porch on Windy Hill: a new play with old music." Northlight Theatre's production stars co-writers Lisa Helmi Johanson, Morgan Morse and David M. Lutken and is directed by Sherry Lutken, who also conceived the play-with-music.
8 p.m. Friday, April 14, 21 and 28, and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15, 22 and 29, at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. $35. Masks recommended. 404-7336 or greenhousetheater.org. Brendan Ragan takes over later this month as the new artistic director of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. Meet the new boss Arlington Heights' Metropolis Performing Arts Centre named Brendan Ragan its new artistic director. Ragan, founding co-artistic director of Florida's Urbanite Theatre, an ensemble known for producing new works, begins his tenure April 24.
In other news Check with venues about COVID-19 precautions. • New York City scientist and comedian Ben Miller brings his multimedia show"Stand-Up Science" to the Lincoln Lodge, 2040 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. Miller incorporates pictures, graphs and videos into his set to entertain and educate. He performs at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14. $10. thelincolnlodge.com.
• The new musical"Coming of Age in the Age of House" by Campsongs Productions opens Thursday, April 20, at the Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted St., Chicago. The musical about the origins of house music, tells the story of a young man who finds the courage to come out of the closet after he sneaks into the Warehouse Club, the birthplace of house music. $25-$30. centeronhalsted.org.
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