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By Popular Demand, The Barricade Boys Return to the MAC Feb. 21

Four award-winning vocalists – all "Les Misérables" alumni perform a wonderfully entertaining music mix ranging from pop to opera

The Barricade Boys
The Barricade Boys (Photo courtesy of the MAC)

By popular demand, the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) welcomes back The Barricade Boys at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21. Says MAC director Diana Martinez: “After last year’s concert I was deluged by MAC fans saying The Barricade Boys were the best thing they’d ever seen on the MAC stage and pleading with me to bring them back…so we did!”

The Barricade Boys feature four award-winning vocalists – Scott Garnham, Kieran Brown, Craig Mather and Simon Schofield all “Les Misérables” alumni – performing a wonderfully entertaining music mix ranging from pop to opera. Between them, The Barricade Boys have an impressive list of West End credits, including “Mamma Mia,” “Wicked,” “Billy Elliot,” “The Book Of Mormon,” “The Sound Of Music,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Phantom Of The Opera” and more.

Broadway World calls The Barricade Boys "Four of the most talented singing actors a person could hope to see in a solo concert, let alone as a tight-harmonizing, boy band dancing singing group;” and TheReviewsHub.com says, “It’s rare to find a chemistry that ignites the stage in the way The Barricade Boys do… this is pure vocal harmony heaven.” This year’s MAC concert promises to include some new works not yet seen by MAC fans plus audience favorites guaranteed to bring everyone to their feet.

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The McAninch Arts Center presents The Barricade Boys at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 at the MAC, 425 Fawell Blvd, on the campus of College of DuPage. Tickets are $60-$70. Availability is limited. For tickets visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000. The McAninch Box Office is open Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 6 p.m. and two hours prior to performance.

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