I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Ends Chicago Run, March 26

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change will end its three-and-a-half year, 1437-performance run at Chicago's Royal George Theatre Sunday, March 26, 2006. Thehit musical that celebrates dating, love and marriage has played in an open-ended engagement at Chicago's Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, since October 22, 2002.

"We are proud that I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change has been so popular in Chicago," said Producer Jonathan Pollard. "Being an active member of Chicago's impressive theatre community for so many years has been a remarkable and gratifying experience. We are grateful to Chicago theatergoers for having embraced the show so warmly."

The revue has played nearly 4000 performances in New York, where it is currently in its tenth year. Additional productions have been mounted in more than 250 cities worldwide including Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston, London, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Budapest, Sydney, Prague, Seoul, Milan, Rio de Janeiro, and Johannesburg, grossing more than $80 million.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, "is a fast, funny and tuneful look at the highs and lows of dating, romance and marriage. Striking a chore of recognition in all who see it, the musical spotlights today's hot pursuit for love and insistent fervor for relationships among the last surviving special interest group in America - searching singles. The show examines those secret thoughts we all share about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives, and in-laws, but are afraid to admit," state press notes.

The revue features a versatile cast of four actors who portray more than 60 roles in a collection of scenes and songs that scale the spectrum of male/female relationships and probe the difficulties and joys of connecting with another person, no matter what age.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change has music by Jimmy Roberts and book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (All Shook Up); together, they recently collaborated on The Thing About Men. The original New York producers of James Hammerstein Productions, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard are joined by Margaret Cotter and Liberty Theaters in presenting the show in Chicago.

The Chicago production is directed by the original New York director, Joel Bishoff (Over the River and Through the Woods Off-Broadway, The Sound of Music starring Marie Osmond and Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera). Bishoff worked as Associate Director to James Hammerstein on the U.S. and Japanese tours of My Fair Lady, The King and I and The Sound of Music. The set and lighting design is by the original Off-Broadway designer, Neil Jampolis and costume design is by Pamela Scofield.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change will conclude its run at the Royal George Theatre Sunday, March 26, 2006. The regular performance schedule through March 26 is as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 5 and 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 and 7 p.m. Tickets range in price from $38.50 - $49.

Tickets are on sale now for all remaining performances and can be purchased at the Royal George Box Office box office, by phone at 312-988-9000 or Ticketmaster at 312-902-1500, Ticketmaster.com or all Ticketmaster ticket centers. Tickets for groups are available by calling Chicago Group Sales at 773-857-7741. 

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