It started in January 2022, when Filipino-American actor Van Ferro won 2 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, the first time an actor in Chicago had 2 acting BroadwayWorld Chicago awards in the same season. The next year,
The sudden floodgates of nominations for Filipino-American artists this year at the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards had lead the community to call this year as
Goodman Theatre s 30th anniversary production of "The Who s Tommy" dominated the 55th annual Joseph Jefferson Awards along with Teatro Vista s premiere of "The Dream King" by Highland Park s Marvin Quijada.
Joining the list of theater artists announcing departures from their Chicago-area artistic homes are Marriott Theatre stalwarts Terry James and Aaron Thielen.