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Dame Edna is Back with a Vengeance in Chicago, March 14-19

By: Feb. 13, 2006
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Dame Edna, "the incomparable international housewife, megastar and guru," will take her Broadway hit Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance! to Chicago for one week only--from Tuesday, March 14th through Sunday, March 19th at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.).

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"Following the national success of her previous life-enhancing and much loved shows...Dame Edna returned to her private estate in her native Australia to review the state of the world from her unique point of view. During that time she crafted her latest offering, which is set in an all-new theatrical infrastructure," state the show's production notes. "Edna will glow from the stage in a series of never-before-seen gowns. She will sing, dance, give psychic readings to astonished audience members, offer marriage counseling and perhaps even heal," promises Tony Award-winning production designer Brian Thomson of this show.

Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance! will include Dame Edna's version of a 'reality show.' She will also be backed by "The Gorgeous Ednaettes," who are beautiful "girl dancers in stunning costumes. Also on stage is the unconventionally handsome Master of the Dame's Musick, manipulating keyboard instruments."

Dame Edna received the 2000 Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event for her Broadway debut in Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, which also won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award. Dame Edna has previously toured the U.S. with A Night With Dame Edna. Created by Australian actor, author, painter and composer and racing car driver, Barry Humphries, Dame Edna is "a national icon in her native Australia, as well as a housewife, talk show host, adviser to British royalty, widow, investigative journalist, guru and legend."

Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance! is presented by Jam Theatricals, a Chicago-based entertainment company that presents, produces and invests in Broadway engagements throughout North America; Les Miserables, Mamma Mia! and Hairspray were some of their national tours. Founded in 1997 by Arny Granat, Jerry Mickelson and Steve Traxler, Jam Theatricals, is the recipient of two Tony Awards® including Best Musical (Monty Python's Spamalot) and Best Revival of a Play (Glengarry Glen Ross).

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Tickets range in price from $32.50 to $65 and are available at Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St. and 151 W. Randolph St.), through the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312) 902-1400, at all Ticketmaster ticket centers (including all Carson Pirie Scott stores, Tower Records, Hot Tix, select Coconuts and fye stores) or online at ticketmaster.com. Groups of 20 or more can receive a discount by calling (312) 977-1710.


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