8-Track:
The Sounds of the 70s
Conceived by Rick Seeber; Musical Arrangement by Michael Gribben
Thea Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Directed and Choreographed
by Jamal Howard
Jeff Award Winner for Best Ensemble
Musical Direction - Jeremy Ramey
Set - Mara Ishihara Zinky
Lights - Piper Kirchhofer
Costumes - Jazmin Aurora Medina
Sound - Stefanie M. Senior
Photos by Liz Lauren
VIDEO SELECTIONS
Until You Come Back to Me
I Am Woman
Click here to Watch
with Director/Choreographer
Jamal Howard
& Theatre Critic
Kerry Reid
Extended
Interview
Below
Chicago Tribune - Chris Jones
“The director and choreographer, Jamal Howard, clearly has worked to make the material less about white, heterosexual couplings and he’s found ways to bring freshness to the material.
But yet more importantly, he takes it all seriously, which is the right attitude since most of these shows were not intended to be mawkish.”
Colin Douglas
“All I can say is, “Everything is Beautiful” during this 80-minute blast from the past…”
“…this absolutely wonderful musical revue manages to bring joy to the hearts of every audience member and a smile to their lips. Wonderfully directed and choreographed and professionally performed with vim and vigor, this magical musical revue is guaranteed to make audiences ‘Shake, Shake, Shake’ their Booty and make them ‘Feel Like Dancing.’”
The Chicago Reader – Kerry Reid
“Director-choreographer Jamal Howard’s effervescent and earnest staging of 8-Track brings in queerness…
along with shout-outs to feminism (Helen Reddy’s anthemic “I Am Woman” makes an appearance). And while this musical revue is more a good-time celebration than a political investigation, Howard and his cast do a decent job suggesting that music—even seemingly apolitical music—carries social messages in its DNA.”
WTTW – Hedy Weiss
“In fact, “8-Track” is a formidable work of theater - a multifaceted musical portrait of a turbulent period in American history. And its power-voiced, dance-savvy cast of eight - backed by the vivid direction and choreography of Jamal Howard, and the ever-brilliant musical direction of Jeremy Ramey - set Theo Ubique’s intimate space on fire to the point where you might easily believe you are watching Broadway stars.”