Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport Avenue, is pleased to announce the extension of RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH through August 30. The musical tribute has received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike and has broken sales records for Mercury Theater Chicago. "A good time with a great American artist!" exclaimed
Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune. He also praised
Kent M. Lewis' portrayal of
Johnny Cash saying, "Lewis does not wear the cloak of the Man in Black; he inhabits him" and Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times Highly Recommends the production saying it's "A show ablaze with fire and unmitigated fun!"
More than two dozen classic hits - including "I Walk the Line," "A Boy Named Sue," "Folsom Prison Blues," and the title tune - performed by a multi-talented cast, takes audiences on an inspired musical journey that has generated standing ovations at every show! From the iconic songbook of
Johnny Cash comes this inspirational musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family. This tribute has been revised and refined from its original production at Theatre at the Center and is presented as a joint endeavor between Mercury Theater Chicago's Executive Director L.
Walter Stearns, Theatre at the Center's General Manager
Richard Friedman, and
Brian Russell (Director).
Leading the cast as '
Johnny Cash' is
Kent M. Lewis with Jeff Award-winner
Cory Goodrich starring as '
June Carter Cash' and
Michael Monroe Goodman as 'Young Johnny'. Rounding out the cast are talented multi-instrumentalist/performers
Greg Hirte,
Malcolm Ruhl,
Billy Shaffer and
Austin Cook.
The show has been reimagined by Director
Brian Russell with Musical Direction by
Malcolm Ruhl. The design team includes Scenic Designer
Angie Miller; Lighting Designer Shelley Strasser-Holland;
Sound Designer Barry G. Funderburg;
Costume Designer
Brenda Winstead and Props Designer Melissa Geel. The Stage Manager is
Rebecca Green, the Production Manager/Technical Director is
Ann Davis; and TATC's General Manager is
Richard Friedman. TATC's Artistic Director is
William Pullinsi.
RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH is produced by special collaboration between a non-profit theater, Theatre at the Center in Munster, IN and a commercial theater, Mercury Theater Chicago. Producers
Richard Friedman and L.
Walter Stearns are joined by Associate Producer
Brian Russell. This team has previously worked together at Northlight Theater and on the highly successful transfers from the suburbs to the city of ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE, MARK TWAIN AND THE LAUGHING RIVER and BUBBE MEISES.
Founded in 1991, Theatre at the Center is a year-round professional theater at its home, The Center for Visual and Performing Arts, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Its five Mainstage productions attract an audience of over 50,000 annually. Theatre at the Center operates on an Actors Equity contract and regularly employs the finest performers in the greater Chicago area for its year-round seasons of classic American musicals, new plays and comedies. Its mission is to present disciplines of the performing arts that are at once appealing, educational, and accessible to the entire community.
Mercury Theater Chicago recently produced THE ADDAMS FAMILY and the long-running hit AVENUE Q. The beautifully renovated Mercury Theater Chicago is an intimate jewel box of a theater in the heart of the Southport Corridor, a sophisticated neighborhood of restaurants and boutiques just steps from Wrigley Field. A delightful theater destination, Mercury Theater Chicago takes care of its guests from the moment they arrive with valet service, dining at its adjoining restaurant, Deleece.
RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH is now playing through August 30, 2015. Curtain times are Wednesdays at 7:30pm, Thursdays at 3pm and 7:30pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm and Sundays at 3pm and 7pm.
Individual tickets range from $25-$65, and are available online at
www.MercuryTheaterChicago.com, over the phone at
773.325.1700, or in person at 3745 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago.
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