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Cyndi Lauper, the well-known singer-songwriter from NYC, is famous for her decorated 30+ years of musical brilliance. The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun<\/em> and Time After Time <\/em>singer could have retired long before her 9th<\/sup> studio album was even released, taking her numerous accolades with her. But here she is taking on a whole new beast, musicals.<\/p>\n

\"Kinky<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t exactly breaking news by any means, as the musical she composed the score for, Kinky Boots<\/em>, opened in Chicago near the end of 2012. Thirteen Tony nominations, six wins, and a Broadway appearance later, Kinky Boots is back at the Cadillac Palace Theatre<\/a> until July 26th<\/sup>. The musical follows the story of an underwhelming shoe factory salesman that finds inspiration in the form of a glamorous performer with a need for new stilettos. We\u2019ll keep the spoilers at a minimum, but it\u2019s worth seeing before it leaves town again<\/p>\n

Next up, Carole King, the 73-year-old Grammy Award-winning composer, singer-songwriter, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. King has 25 solo albums to date, a phenomenal accomplishment by itself, but even greater when you consider that she has written or co-written 118 pop hits that landed on the Billboard 100. When your top hits can\u2019t even fit into a top 100 at the same time, you\u2019re doing something right.<\/p>\n

\"Beautiful:<\/p>\n

So about that play. It\u2019s called Beautiful: The Carole King Musical<\/em>. The plot is biographical, starting with a 16-year-old Carole King telling her mom (named Genie!) that she\u2019s going to Manhattan to sell a song to Donnie Kirshner. You can check out the musical when it arrives at the Oriental Theatre<\/a>\u00a0on December 1st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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A good resource for more info and tickets on Chicago musicals? Chicago-Theater.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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