Marriott Theatre


The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois is a respected Chicago area regional theatre. Attached to the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort, the theatre produces an average of five musicals each year, presented in the round, as well as productions aimed at younger audiences. A small, live orchestra provides accompaniment.

History

Founded in December 1975, The Marriott Theatre has presented more than 170 musicals and is currently led by Executive Producer Terry James, Artistic Director Aaron Thielen, and Artistic Director Andy Hite. It is the most subscribed musical theatre in the country.
The Marriott Theatre has presented more than 3,000 professional actors in classic American musical theatre, new musicals, and "re-thought" musicals. Broadway has long considered The Marriott Theatre a prime venue for launching shows into the regional market with premiere productions of A Chorus Line, Chess, Baby, Grand Hotel, They're Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl, The First, Miss Saigon, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Beauty and the Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Producers and Little Women.
A founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, The Marriott Theatre fosters artists in creating new works for the stage. The result has been a string of American and World Premieres including Matador, which subsequently played London's West End; Annie Warbucks, launching a national tour and opening off-Broadway in New York to rave reviews; Phantom of the Country Palace, Grover's Corners, Maury Yeston's History Loves Company, Windy City, The New Yorkers, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, Peggy Sue Got Married, Once Upon a Time in New Jersey, The All Night Strut, A Fascinatin' Rhythm, Married Alive, The Bowery Boys, For The Boys, and Hero.
Marriott's Theatre for Young Audiences has presented numerous original works as well as classic fairy tales. To date, Marriott's Theatre for Young Audiences has presented more than 45 productions. Every year, these musicals introduce more than 100,000 children to live theatre. In all, The Marriott Theatre attracts more than 400,000 people to Lincolnshire each year.

Shows

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
  • Windy City
  • The Boys from Syracuse
  • A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
  • Carousel
1985
1986
1987
  • The Wiz
  • 1776
  • Grover's Corners world premiere
  • My Fair Lady
1988
  • Evita
  • Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
  • Cabaret
  • West Side Story
  • Peter Pan
1989
  • Big River
  • 70, Girls, 70
  • Matador world premiere
  • Grease
  • Funny Girl
1990
  • Chess, a new version. Directed by David H. Bell and starring Susie McMonagle, David Studwell and Kim Strauss, it featured a reworking of Richard Nelson's New York script. Bell's version has since been performed in Sacramento and Atlanta as well.
  • Into the Woods
  • Pump Boys and Dinettes
  • South Pacific
  • Me and My Girl
1991
  • Encore world premiere
  • Brigadoon
  • Sweet Charity
  • History Loves Company world premiere
  • Anything Goes
1992
  • Annie Warbucks premiere
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Arthur premiere
  • Grand Hotel
  • The Sound of Music
1993
  • The First: A Musical premiere
  • Oklahoma!
  • Hot Mikado special presentation
  • Sweeney Todd
  • 42nd Street
1994
  • Windy City encore presentation
  • Phantom of the Country Palace premiere
  • The Goodbye Girl special presentation
  • La Cage aux Folles
  • The Music Man
1995
  • Hello, Dolly!
  • Ms. Cinderella premiere
  • Dreamgirls
  • Heartbeats premiere
  • Eleanor premiere
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
  • Swing!
  • Brigadoon
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • Footloose
  • Oliver!
2006
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie
  • State Fair
  • Once Upon a Time in New Jersey premiere
  • Into the Woods
  • All Night Strut premiere
2007
  • Grease
  • Shenandoah special presentation
  • Married Alive premiere
  • The Producers
  • Little Women
2008
  • Les Misérables
  • Nunsense
  • The Full Monty
  • All Shook Up special presentation
  • The Bowery Boys world premiere
2009
2010
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • The Drowsy Chaperone
  • Once on This Island
  • A Chorus Line
  • The Music Man
2011
  • Guys and Dolls
  • 42nd Street
  • SHOUT! The Mod Musical
  • For the Boys world premiere
  • White Christmas
2012
  • Legally Blonde: The Musical
  • The Pirates of Penzance
  • Hero world premiere
  • Dreamgirls
  • My One and Only
2013
  • Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • South Pacific
  • I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
  • 9 to 5: The Musical
  • Mary Poppins
2014
  • Cabaret
  • Cats
  • Godspell
  • On the Town
  • The King and I
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020