'The Big Leap' Returning To Film At Rialto Rest Of This Week

JOLIET, IL —Last year, Fox TV crews took over downtown Joliet as they filmed the new hit show "The Big Leap" at the Rialto Square Theatre. This week, the same film crews from the brand-new hit Fox show will be in downtown Joliet for the next three days, and the city of Joliet needs to close some streets because of that.

"The City of Joliet would like to make visitors to the downtown area aware of street and parking lot closures taking place Wednesday, October 20 through Friday, October 22 due to onsite filming," Joliet's City Hall announced on Tuesday.

Rialto executive director Val Devine said that's proud to see the Rialto is gaining even more national attention as a result of "The Big Leap" show on Fox. The Fox TV show features Scott Foley, Piper Perabo, Teri Polo and more.

The Rialto is featured prominently in the first episode that came out this fall. Devine said it's her understanding that the TV crews returning to Joliet this week will be filming additional episodes as they wrap the first season of programming.

"Fox is great to work, they're starting to feel like like family," Devine told Joliet Patch on Tuesday.

As for "The Big Leap," Devine said, "It's cool. It's like something you know."

The Rialto theater has been regarded as one of North America's top 10 indoor performing arts centers.

According to Joliet, the Chicago Street parking lot, immediately across from the Rialto Square Theatre, will be closed to the public for film crews Wednesday through Friday. On Thursday, a portion of the Ottawa Street parking deck will be reserved for film crews but remain open for public parking.

On Thursday: the following streets will be closed to traffic for filming and film crews:

• North and south lanes of Chicago Street from Clinton to Van Buren.
• East and west lanes of Van Buren from Chicago to Scott.
• West lane of north-bound Scott from Clinton to Van Buren; the eastern, north-bound lanes will remain open.
• Southern lane of westbound Clinton from Scott to Chicago; the northern, westbound lanes will remain open.

Joliet Police will be on site for intermittent traffic control. Questions can be directed to the Joliet Police Department’s non-emergency line at 815-726-2491.