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Photo by Todd Rosenberg

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12 Hamilton Fever

FEATURES
Clef N tes

HAMILTON FEVER
The real reason Chicagoans will be flocking
to see the Broadway smash hit this fall

Chicagoland Journal for the Arts

The

Guide

Our "Best of the Best" picks for the
new fine and performing arts
season in Chicago

DIGITALITY
The Seldoms take modern
dance to a new level with
a new work that
transmutes digital
concepts to
choreography.

Designing
Legend
New Chicago History Museum exhibit
explores the legacy of America's first
couturier.

The Eifman Ballet in Red
Giselle, one of the exciting
dance performances this
season profiled in The Guide.

On the Cover: The Eifman Ballet
in Red Giselle (photo by Evgeny
Matveev).
Above: Maestro Riccardo Muti
leads the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra on the Symphony Center
stage.

A look at the real reasons why 11-time Tony Award-winner and Broadway smash hit
Hamilton - The Musical will resonate with Chicago's theater savvy audiences when it
arrives in the Windy City this September.

18 Blue Benchmarks

Bet you didn't know Blue Man Group celebrates 25 years entertaining wonderstruck
audiences this year. We've got a few more nuggets you probably don't know about
those intriguing blue men.

22 Uniquely Chicago

From eclectic performance series to bold new city-wide music festivals, Chicago's new
arts calendar is filled with distinctive cultural experiences that comprise the one-of-akind arts and culture we have come to expect. We look at a few of the distinctive new
avenues for arts exploration audiences will enjoy this new season.

28 The Guide to the New Cultural Season

We’ve got your guide to the 2016 – 2017 season of fine and performing arts in
Chicago, with our editors' picks for "Best of the Best" concerts, productions and
exhibitions on tap for the new schedule.

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