Chicago

So much is being said about cross-dressing and drag now that we thought we’d take a look at how musicals have looked at this aspect of theatre on this week’s Dress Circle (4/16 7:00 p.m.). Men portraying women on stage were a major part of Greek and Roman theatre as well as early European theatre mainly because women weren’t allowed to appear on stage. However, once that taboo was overturned, women often portrayed men, especially in operas and British Pantomimes.

We lost Chita Rivera in January of last year, and with her death, we've lost one of the last bright lights from the Golden Age of the Broadway musical. This is the first of two programs looking at her six decade long career with songs from as many musicals as we have on recording.

This week’s Sunday Opera (6/27 3:00 p.m.) begins our series of operas from the WFMT network from opera houses across the United States and Europe. Our…