Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 1 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

2 | AUDITORIUM THEATRE 2018-19 | September 26 - November 16, 2018 Thank you for joining us at the Auditorium Theatre as we begin our 2018-19 Season! It is a delight to welcome you to our National Historic Landmark. We hope you had a wonderful summer — we certainly did! Campers at Hearts to Art, our summer camp for young people who have experienced the death of a parent, joined us for the 14 th year to use music, dance, theatre, and art to explore the healing power of creative play. We continued our long tradition of featuring rock legends on our landmark stage with sold-out concerts by David Byrne and Neil Young . Dance for Life continued to inspire and raise money for the Chicago Dancers United Dancers’ Fund with its showcase of some of Chicago’s most acclaimed companies. We also announced American Ballet Theatre as our Visiting Resident Company for the next four years, beginning with its April 2019 engagement of Whipped Cream . In August, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater revealed that its 60 th anniversary season will feature the company’s first ever two-act ballet: hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris’ Lazarus , a new work based on Alvin Ailey’s life. The Auditorium is thrilled to be a co-commissioner of this work and the host of its Midwest premiere in March. We took advantage of the summer months to get to work on a number of restoration and renovation projects! Many areas of the theatre got a fresh coat of paint, and we also began restoring our north inglenook in the Dress Circle with stenciling to match the Auditorium’s original design. We hope you will look around while you are here and feel inspired by the new ways that we are continuing our commitment to this architectural masterpiece. Learn more about the stenciling project on page 22. This fall, we kick off a season that has something for everyone. We are pleased to welcome the explorers of National Geographic Live back to Chicago and to our theatre for the first time to share the stories of powerful and inspiring women, starting with Dr. Kara Cooney’s insight into a time in ancient Egypt when women ruled the world; we will celebrate Halloween and the Day of the Dead with a screening of the beloved film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas , featuring live music by the Chicago Philharmonic; we will present the legendary Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons , who perform on our historic stage after a 40-year absence; we will experience the vibrant dance traditions of Mexico with the return of Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández ; and we will watch groundbreaking contemporary dance groups in the first performance of our “Made in Chicago” 312 Series with Ate9 Dance Company (accompanied by Glenn Kotche of Wilco on percussion), Deeply Rooted Dance Theater , and Visceral Dance Chicago . It’s going to be an amazing season, and we look forward to having you join us! See you soon at the Auditorium Theatre! Rachel Freund John Svoboda Interim Chief Executive Officer Chairman, Auditorium Theatre Board of Directors Rachel Freund John Svoboda