In his three decades as artistic director, Newell has taken the company to a series of heights, marked by a number of Jeff Awards, growth in audiences and engagement with its local South Side community, and, in 2022, the Tony Award for Regional Theater.
Most people going to the Cadillac Palace Theatre over the next three weeks will not be heading to the barricades for the first time. And they want their show as they remember it.
While new artistic leaders took over at Marriott, Goodman and Metropolis theaters this year, Aurora s Copley Theatre heralded a new era with the inauguration of its Bold Series in its newly renovated, 165-seat theater.