{"id":2453636,"date":"2020-01-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=319534"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:00:00","slug":"theatre-aspen-to-produce-chicago-and-rock-of-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/theatre-aspen-to-produce-chicago-and-rock-of-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Aspen to produce \u2018Chicago\u2019 and \u2018Rock of Ages\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Theatre Aspen\u2019s 2020 Summer Season will include the classic musical \u201cChicago\u201d and the Tony-nominated \u201cRock of Ages,\u201d the company announced this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cChicago\u201d will be directed and choreographed Theatre Aspen mainstay Mark Martino, while \u201cRock of Ages\u201d will be directed by Tony nominee Hunter Foster and choreographed by Abbey O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A third main stage show, a play, will be announced soon, according to a press release. Theatre Aspen is also currently accepting submissions for the second annual Solo Flights festival, which will take place at the Hurst Theatre from Sept. 16-20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Theatre Aspen also announced that its \u201cRockstar\u201d-themed 2020 gala on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Hotel Jerome will feature a performance by Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell. Dubbed \u201cthe last leading man\u201d by The New York Times, the singer and actor has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway, television, film, and concert appearances. He received the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for his star turn in \u201cKiss Me, Kate\u201d and gave Tony-nominated performances in \u201cMan of La Mancha,\u201d August Wilson\u2019s \u201cKing Hedley II\u201d and \u201cRagtime.\u201d His recent television roles include \u201cMadam Secretary,\u201d \u201cMr. Robot\u201d and \u201cBillions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tickets begin at $600. More info at <a id=\"N0x2c3c6a0N0x2c39bf0:N0x2c3c6a0N0x2cc8898\" href=\"http:\/\/theatreaspen.org\/2020-rockstar-gala\/\">theatreaspen.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/entertainment\/theatre-aspen-to-produce-chicago-and-rock-of-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theatre Aspen\u2019s 2020 Summer Season will include the classic musical \u201cChicago\u201d and the Tony-nominated \u201cRock of Ages,\u201d the company announced this week. \u201cChicago\u201d will be directed and choreographed Theatre Aspen mainstay Mark Martino, while \u201cRock of Ages\u201d will be directed by Tony nominee Hunter Foster and choreographed by Abbey O\u2019Brien. A third main stage show, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 19:31:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}