Making a case for Chicago's theater scene:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Chicago Cues: World Premieres Abound -- And Some Are Broadway Bound</B><P>BackStage.com, via Yahoo! News<P>Chicago has a reputation as a tough and discriminating theatre town, but audiences still melt for Broadway razzle-dazzle. All it takes is five Tony Award winners-Roger Bart, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Thomas Meehan, Susan Stroman-and Mel Brooks to put the public in a ticket-buying frenzy. They don't even care that the design team includes two more Tony Award winners. The Feb. 1-25 pre-Broadway shakedown of The Producers nearly sold out the 2,350-seat Cadillac Palace Theatre before the show even opened. And the reviews won't be out until the last week of the run, with press night on Feb. 18 (look for my review in the next "Chicago Cues," scheduled for Feb. 23).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><B><A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/bpibs/20010202/en/_b_h1_chicago_cues_world_premieres_abound_--_and_some_are_broadway_bound_h1_b__1.html" TARGET=_blank>More</A></B>