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After years of planning, the award-winning BBC TV series, Walking with Dinosaurs comes to life in a stunning theatrical event. Internationally renowned designers have worked with scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, including a Tyrannosaurus-rex. Be amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures ever to walk the earth return before your eyes.

We have been doing our part to help promote this amazing show distributing promotional materials to ever corner of Chicago, and the surrounding suburbs.  Fun for adults and children alike, be sure to grab your tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs before they become extinct.

Walking with Dinosaurs is at the Allstate Arena July 28th through August 1st. Please visit www.dinosaurlive.com for more information.

What’s to be said about MDQ that we haven’t said before?  The runaway hit musical which is now on Broadway has a new cast and an extended run right here in Chicago! Come see the story of how Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley played at Sun Records’ storefront studio in Memphis for the first and only time.

We are working with our friends at Allied Live to launch another poster distribution in Chicago.  We’ve been promoting MDQ since it first began two years ago, and we couldn’t be happier with the shows success. With performances scheduled through September, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t see it!

Please visit www.apollochicago.com for more information.

Audiences of all ages will marvel as city dwellers reinvent familiar objects, balance on wires, leap tall buildings and redefine the risks of flight in a story filled with astounding occurrences. One of a kind artists populate the streets of this magical metropolis and breathe energy into its landscape with urban acrobatics and never before seen phenomenal thrills of disbelief. Cirque Dreams critically acclaimed dazzling costumes come alive to the sounds of jazz, ballroom, pop and more in this original score.

We work regularly with Broadway in Chicago couldn’t be more excited for Illumination.  We are in the midst of a poster distribution campaign to support the show. Find out how to your tickets for Illumination, which will be here for a limited time only!

Cirque Dreams Illumination is at Bank of America Theatre June 2nd-6th. Please visit www.broadwayinchicago.com for more information.

In this exhibition, contemporary Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates Jr. explores the history and legacy of Dave Drake aka Dave the Potter. A slave in antebellum South Carolina, Drake produced stoneware pottery and famously adorned his pots with poetic couplets. Though art historians have explored Drake’s career in detail, Gates is the first artist to reinterpret his work and to make it pertinent to a broader set of concerns about the place of labor and craft in present-day America.

We worked with MAM last month promoting their Raphael: The Woman with the Veil, and ae excited about their latest exhibit which will be in place throughout the summer. Be sure to check it out.

Theaster Gates’ exhibition will be at the Milwaukee Art Museum through August 1st. Please visit www.mam.org for more information.

Six of Putnam County’s quirkiest and nerdiest spelling titans want nothing more than to be the B-E-S-T.  These lovable spellers, fiercely battle it out for the title only to learn that winning isn’t everything and losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. Before each performance, four members of the audience are chosen to participate in the spelling bee.

This is our second time around promoting Spelling Bee, and we are glad to see the critically acclaimed musical comedy make a come back. We visited locations in the surrounding suburbs near Pheasant Run Resort in order to distribute materials advertising this upcoming run. If you missed it last time, be sure to get your tickets right away to this hilarious show!

The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee is at the Noble Fool Theatre at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles April 22nd through June 13th. Please visit www.noblefool.org for more information.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favourites draws upon the magic of black light and fluorescent puppet creations to capture the charm of three favorite Eric Carle stories. A Very Hungry Caterpillar encounters wonderful adventures as he progresses through an amazing variety of foods towards his eventual metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly.

We always enjoy working with Chicago Children’s Theatre and their family themed productions. We’ve begun distributing materials for Hungry Caterpillar, and you’ve probably seen them around town by now. Be sure to bring your family to see this fun filled production!

Chicago Children’s Theatre presents The Very Hungry Caterpillar at The Field Museum April 8th through May 2nd. Please visit www.chicagochildrenstheatre.org for more information.

The Broadway hit is finally here! Billy Elliot the Musical makes it’s way to Chicago this spring for an extended stay. Billy Elliot is the heartwarming celebration of one young boy’s triumph against the odds. Set in a small mining town, the story follows Billy’s journey as he stumbles out of a boxing ring and into a ballet class and discovers his dream to dance.

You might remember not too long ago we did a promotion for the Billy Elliot onsale.  We had staff members with banner packs targeting commuters and holiday shoppers with handbills. Now, we will be staring retail distribution of promo materials throughout the city. If you haven’t done so yet, get your tickets right away for what is sure to be the hit musical of the year!

Billy Elliot the Musical is at the Ford Center/Oriental Theatre starting on March 18th. For more information, please visit www.broadwayinchicago.com for more information

A Native American girl named Shadow feels blue because she knows nothing of her heritage. When she brings her neighbors together to share their friendship and storytelling traditions, Shadow learns to embrace who she is, and to celebrate the beauty of all cultures. Explore a whole world of mythology in this new musical by award winning playwright Nambi E. Kelley.

We’ve been working regularly with the Lifeline Theatre on both The Last of the Dragons and Mrs. Caliban. We are in the midst of an aggressive guerrilla marketing campaign for The Blue Shadow,  distributing promotional materials throughout the city and northshore suburbs.

The Blue Shadow is at Lifeline Theatre through May 2nd.  Please visit www.lifelinetheatre.com for more information.

Because it is still pretty chilly out, it’s hard to imagine summertime, which seems like it’s light years away. But our friends at SAIC are already planning various summer camps for the entire family to enjoy. Starting in June, SAIC will begin a variety of programs and curriculum for your youngsters.  Classes include multimedia, fashion, and other art forms.

We began our postcard distribution this week advertising. Registration for summer camps is already underway, so be sure to grab a postcard which advertises all of the camps and dates. If you act now, you can sign up and become eligible to win a free class at SAIC!

Registration is currently underway. Please visit www.saic.edu/summercamps for more information.

The classic tale by Jane Austen courtesy of Chamber Opera Chicago makes its way to the stage of the Athenaeum Theatre for it’s Chicago debut! We previously worked with Chamber Opera Chicago on their annual holiday classic Amuhl and the Night Visitors, and we are very excited that they invited us to work with them again on their latest production.

We’ve begun a distribution to bring our allotted materials to various points in Chicago. Pride and Prejudice is only in town for three performances, so be sure to get tickets before it’s too late!

Pride and Prejudice is at the Athenaeum Theatre February 27th, March 6th, and 7th. Please visit www.chamberoperachicago.org for more information.