Join the Joel Hall Dancers at 5:30 on Saturday, September 25 at Navy Pier’s East End Stage, reprising werkqs from LEGACY: Phoenix^5. Don’t miss out on your chance to see:

At Last by Merrick “Marshall” Mitchell

Black Angels, Excerpt from “Flight” by William Gill

Four Women Excerpt from In the Shadow of Nina Simone (Reverb) by Joel Hall

Chicago LIVE Again! is a free, two-day outdoor festival to celebrate Chicago’s arts and entertainment industry as it makes its triumphant return to live stages across the city since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first-of-its-kind event, held on Friday, Sept. 24, and Saturday, Sept. 25, will include live performances from Broadway in Chicago, Chicago Children’s Choir, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Joffrey Ballet, Black Ensemble Theatre, Lyric Opera's Ryan Opera Center and other esteemed cultural institutions and artists.

Performances will run continuously on two main stages, the Lake Stage in Polk Bros Park and the East End Stage, from 5p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and from noon to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. The festival is standing room only, but guests are welcome to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets and grab food on the go from a variety of sit-down and/or carry-out restaurants at the Pier. To top off the momentous weekend, Navy Pier will also host a special fireworks display onSeptember 25 at 9:45 p.m., courtesy of an anonymous donor, as a tribute to the return of theater in Chicago.