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A time-bending story of culture and politics that explores the mystery around some of the greatest music ever composed, Our Great Tchaikovsky will preview September 6, open September 10 and run through October 1.

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Hershey Felder and Eighty-Eight Entertainment present the Midwest Premiere of Our Great Tchaikovsky, a new play-with-music featuring the compositions of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with a book and performance by Hershey Felder, following a critically acclaimed world premiere in California. Directed by longtime collaborator Trevor Hay (Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin), and produced by longtime collaborators Samantha F. Voxakis, Karen Racanelli and Erik Carstensen, Felder’s newest work takes on Russia’s most celebrated and perhaps most mysterious composer, Tchaikovsky. A time-bending story of culture and politics that explores the mystery around some of the greatest music ever composed, Our Great Tchaikovsky will preview September 6, open September 10 and run through October 1.

Our Great Tchaikovsky had a record-breaking World Premiere at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, followed by an equally record-breaking run at the Laguna Playhouse. Elizabeth Marie Himchak of the San Diego Union-Tribune raved, “A powerful, emotional experience well worth seeing. Critic’s Pick.” Jon Reimer of the San Diego Reader enthused, “Felder creates a performance that both entertains and makes audiences think. Exquisite music, artistically thoughtful images, amazing characters. This production should not be missed. Critic’s Pick!” Our Great Tchaikovsky will appear at Los Angeles’ Wallis Theatre immediately prior to arriving in Chicago.

“Tchaikovsky’s music has mesmerized me since as a child upon first hearing his 6th Symphony, the ‘Pathetique’ playing on our home radio. Four decades later, I was invited to create the character of Tchaikovsky on the stage to be performed ultimately in Russia, and what I have encountered as part of the journey is nothing short of amazing and terrifying,” says Felder. “For the first time in creating these classical characters, rather than just present a story, I will show the audience how the character is created. And in so doing, hope to discover the great Tchaikovsky himself.”

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