Twenty-One Illinois Theaters Donate Tickets as Prizes for BroadwayWorld Chicago's 2015 Tony Awards Viewing Party: You're Invited!

BroadwayWorld Chicago is excited to update the details for our annual Tony Award Viewing Party, when Chicago's theater community (professionals and fans alike) will come together to enjoy the televised broadcast of the 69th Annual Tony Awards from New York.

The biggest night of the year for live theater is a great chance to root for your favorites, glimpse a colleague in the audience, plan your future theatrical experiences, or just enjoy the company of like-minded folks from all across the Chicagoland area. Mark your calendars now, for Sunday night, June 7th!

As stage and screen stars Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming prepares to host the Tonys, presented at Radio City Music Hall by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League, we will gather at The Call Bar in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood, at 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue (between Clark and Ashland). Showtunes begin playing on the club's video screens at 5:00 pm, so you can arrive at any time between then and 7:00 pm, when the telecast begins on CBS. You won't want to miss the opening number! It's a three-hour telecast, until 10:00, but why leave then? The Call Bar is open until 2:00 am that night, and will feature showtune videos spun once again by VJ Michael Hogan. Admission is free, and no tickets are necessary, though of course the bar is a 21+ venue only.

And we'll have Trivia! Once again, the theme is "Chicago At The Tonys!" There are so many Chicagoans who've been nominated for Tony Awards over the years (including this year), and so many Tony honorees who've performed on our stages, that there are plenty of questions to ask and answer.

Here's how it will work: at each commercial break, Party hosts Paul W. Thompson (representing BroadwayWorld Chicago) and Ashley Morgan (The Call's drag hostess) will ask one trivia question. If somebody shouts it out correctly, they win that round! If no one does, whoever comes up to the Party table with the correct answer during the next televised segment will win. (No smartphone cheating, though. That's not fun!)

And what can you win? We're once again amassing an impressive array of free ticket offers from a cross-section of Chicago theater companies. And we have 20 participating theaters this year!! Lucky winners can choose a prize, usually consisting of two free tickets for one of the following Chicago productions (and still more in the works):

American Blues Theater (tickets to THE RAINMAKER)

BrightSide Theatre (tickets to NOISES OFF)

Brown Paper Box Co. (tickets to [title of show])

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (tickets to THE TEMPEST)

Dead Writers Theatre Collective (tickets to THE JUDAS KISS)

Fremont Street Theatre Company (tickets to HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING)

Hell In A Handbag Productions (tickets to MIRACLE!)

The House Theatre (tickets to THE MAGIC PARLOUR)

The Hypocrites (tickets to any regular show in the 2015-2016 season)

Kokandy Productions (tickets to any performance before May 1, 2016)

Light Opera Works (tickets to SOUTH PACIFIC)

Marriott Theatre (tickets to CITY OF ANGELS) (Two pairs of tickets to be awarded)

Metropolis Performing Arts Center (tickets to either MOON OVER BUFFALO, SPAMALOT, THE 39 STEPS, RENT or FOLSOM: THE NIGHT THE MAN BECAME THE MAN IN BLACK)

Northlight Theatre (tickets to any performance before June 7, 2016)

Pride Films and Plays (tickets to MEN ON THE VERGE OF A HIS-PANIC BREAKDOWN)

Raven Theatre Company (tickets to DIRECT FROM DEATH ROW THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS and THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD)

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (tickets to LOVE AND INFORMATION)

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (tickets to HOW THE WORLD BEGAN)

Stage 773 (set of FOUR tickets to CUPID HAS A HEART ON)

Theatre Wit (tickets to BAD JEWS)

Victory Gardens Theater (tickets to STUPID F##KING BIRD)

BroadwayWorld Chicago would like to thank these companies for their generosity, and is expecting a few more companies to join in with prize offers before the big night. (If your theater would like to participate, just let us know by e-mail to Paul@BroadwayWorld.com.)

So, we look forward to seeing you there and then. June 7, 2015 is the day, and Andersonville is the neighborhood. It's the Tony Award Viewing Party hosted by BroadwayWorld Chicago. Come one, come all, to The Call!

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