Leonid & Friends – A Tribute To Chicago
About This Event
Leonid + Friends presents its program "Leonid + Friends: Celebrating the Music of Chicago," performing Chicago’s catalog with faithful, horn-driven arrangements and layered vocals. At Westbury Music Fair the ensemble applies the same emphasis on precision and detailed horn lines rather than reworking material, bringing the group's City Winery listening-room repertoire into a theater context.
About Chicago(musical)
Jef Kratochvil
First staged on Broadway in 1975, *Chicago* has become a durable New York theater fixture, returning in a long-running revival that helped define the stripped-down, dance-forward Broadway aesthetic. Set in the Jazz Age, it follows accused killers who turn the courtroom into a media stage, trading truth for attention. With music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, the show treats corruption and celebrity as parts of the same machinery. Its satirical tone lands hardest when it sounds most matter-of-fact.
About the Artist
Leonid + Friends
Leonid + Friends is a rock/pop ensemble known for live performances that center on the catalog of Chicago, presented under the program title “Leonid + Friends: Celebrating the Music of Chicago.” In New York City, they appear at City Winery NYC, placing this repertoire in an intimate, listening-room setting.