Following its hugely successful run at Broadway's Music Box Theater, this darkly comic musical is touring across the country once more. The six-time Tony-winning, poignant and thought-provoking production has received rave reviews from critics for its unexpectedly touching portrayal of misunderstood youth, young love, and the search for acceptance, with a score from the composing team behind 2017's Academy Award-winning La-La Land, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul.

Named Best New Opera of 2022 by The Music Critics Association of North America, Lyric Opera presents the Chicago premiere of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson's poignant opera. Examining the African American experience in the US, Blue is a vital new work that holds a mirror up to the world we live in. Told through the life of a young couple from the birth of their son, to his murder at the hands of police, it's a deft examination of the importance of love, community, church, and family and how they matter when faced with the unthinkable.