PREPARE TO ROCK THE MAGNIFICENT MILE THIS SUMMER

CHICAGO (March 6, 2012) Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that the five-time Tony Award® nominated musical ROCK OF AGES is returning to Chicago this summer by popular demand, June 5- August 5, 2012, for a highly entertaining, intimate, rock concert experience at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 East Chestnut). Individual tickets for ROCK OF AGES go on-sale Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 10 a.m.

"This is certain to be a high-energy magical experience for all those who attend. Returning to its roots, this will be the first time since it was conceived that ROCK OF AGES will play an intimate venue where the audience will feel like they are part of the hair band party," says Eileen LaCario, Vice President of Broadway In Chicago.

ROCK OF AGES is a worldwide phenomenon with smash hit productions in Australia, London, South Korea and still rockin' on Broadway, featuring 28 classic rock tunes including“Don't Stop Believin'”, “We Built This City”,“The Final Countdown”, “Wanted Dead or Alive”,“Here I Go Again”, “Harden My Heart”, “Can't Fight this Feeling”, “Renegade” and “I Want To Know What Love Is.” And now it will sit down at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago for nine weeks this summer.

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl met a big-city dreamer – and in L.A.’s most legendary rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80’s. It’s ROCK OF AGES, a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more. This five-time Tony nominated musical, with a star studded motion picture in the works, is rockin' its way across the USA. Don't miss this awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on!

Individual tickets for ROCK OF AGES go on-sale Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 10 a.m. and tickets range from $70 - $80. A select number of premium seats are also available for all performances. Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710.

For more information on ROCK OF AGES visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com or www.rockofagesontour.com.

RIVERDANCE at the Oriental Theatre

Back in 1994 when RIVERDANCE was first performed during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest who would have ever thought that it would grow into such a world wide phenomem that along with a tour that doesn't ever seem to die includes recordings, and PBS specials.

The recent U.S. tour that opened March 13^th at the Oriental Theatre and is playing for only eight performances here is being billed as the a goodbye to Chicago. Which makes one think will they never be allowed to perform here again? If anyone is caught Irish jig dancing or singing an Irish ditty if they would be arrested and thrown out of the city. Judging by the huge turnout and thunderous applause that simply will not do for the proud Irish Chicagoan's who flocked to see this production.

And flocked is the right word for a show that has played over 10, 000 performances, been seen love by over 22 million people in over 350 venues world wide, travelled 600, miles, played on television to over 2 billion people, sold over 3 million copies if a Grammy winning CD and sold over 10 million videos. Those are stats that even Rent and Wicked can't match.

The show makes a strong case for the amount of Irish influences in flamenco dancing as performed in

two sizzling solo's by Marita Martinez-Rey and with a show stopping tap routine from DeWitt Flemming Jr. and Michael E. Wood who besides stealing their scene from principle dancers James Greenan, Padraic Moyles, and Jason O'Neill had the audience eating out of the palm of their hands.

So much has been said about the dancing, the performers that attention must also be paid to the impressive 5 piece on stage band lead by Declan Masterson and a showstopping fiddle turn by Rose Duffy who is impressive enough in her solo pieces that any dancers would look like props to her.

The unfortunate aspect about this tour is that it is obviously a copy of a copy of a few other tours which most notable in the costume and set budget making the costumes look like they were borrowed from a high school production of “Brigadoon” and the projections at one point reminded me of a community theater production of The Wizard of Oz however those are small things for a show that seems to be beyond critic proof especially in a town that wears the pride of the Irish heavily on its sleave. This is a show that you leave your cares and worries along with your thoughts behind and just go and enjoy some amazing dancing.

Riverdance is playing at the Oriental Theatre for eight performances till Sunday March 18,. Individual tickets are currently on-sale now and ranger in price from $30-$85. Tickets are available at all Broadway in Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 75 E. Chestnut), the Broadway in Chicago Ticket Kiosk at Water Tower Place (845 N. Michigan Ave.), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores), and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com. Groups of 15 or more may receive a discount on most shows by calling (312) 977-1710. Gift certificates, which can be redeemed for any production or for season ticket packages, can be obtained at Broadway in Chicago box offices, www.BroadwayinChicago.com or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 775-2000.

For more information on RIVERDANCE visit BroadwayinChciago.com