With the spring rush and awards season behind us, it's time to get back to our regularly scheduled content! Today, we continue our popular series
, focusing this time on the Midwest. The heartland is full of an amazing variety of shows as you'll see - a few Broadway classics, a few vintage shows you've probably never heard of, and a few flops. The map we are using has this region of the country including 12 states. Only Wisconsin will not be represented by a show that takes place (or at least partly) there. Better get on it, Cheese Heads!
Part III: The Midwest
ILLINOIS![]() |
| Chicago |
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| Little Me |
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| Mean Girls |
40. Chicago - Setting: Chicago, late 1920's (1975, 46th Street Theatre, 936 performances)
41. Little Me - Setting: Chicago and Peoria (1962, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 257 performances)
42. Mean Girls - Setting: Kenya, Africa and Illinois (2018, August Wilson Theatre, 500 performances*)
INDIANA
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| The Prom |
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| Seventeen |
43. The Prom - Setting: New York City and Edgewater, Indiana (2018, Longacre Theatre, 251 performances*)
44. Seventeen - Setting: Indianapolis, 1907 (1951, Broadhurst Theatre, 182 performances)
IOWA
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| The Bridges of Madison County |
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| The Music Man |
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| State Fair |
45. The Bridges of Madison County - Setting: Winterset, Iowa, 1965 (2014, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 100 performances)
46. The Music Man - Setting: River City, Iowa, 1912 (1957, Majestic Theatre, 1375 performances)
47. State Fair - Setting: Brunswick, Iowa and the Iowa State Fair (1996, The Music Box Theater, 110 performances)
KANSAS
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| Leap of Faith |
48. Leap of Faith - Setting: Sweetwater, Kansas (2011, St, James Theatre, 19 performances)
MICHIGAN
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| Motown: The Musical |
49. Motown: The Musical - Setting: Motor City (2013, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 738 performances)
MINNESOTA
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| Barefoot Boy with Cheek |
50. Barefoot Boy with Cheek - Setting: The University of Minnesota (1947, Martin Beck Theatre, 108 performances)
MISSOURI
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| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
51. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Setting: St. Petersburg, Missouri (2001, Minskoff Theatre, 21 performances)
NEBRASKA
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| Gantry |
52. Gantry - Setting: Omaha, Nebraska (1970, George Abbott Theatre, 1 performance)
NORTH DAKOTA
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| The Royale Theatre, W. 45th Street |
53. Mystery Moon - Setting: Portal, North Dakota (1930, Royale Theatre, 1 performance)
OHIO
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| Bandstand |
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| Bye Bye Birdie |
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| Escape to Margaritaville |
54. Bandstand - Setting: Cleveland, Ohio, 1945 (2017, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 166 performances)
55. Bye Bye Birdie - Setting: Sweet Apple, Ohio (1960, Martin Beck Theatre, 607 performances)
56. Escape to Margaritaville - Setting: The Caribbean and Ohio (2018, Marquis Theatre, 124 performances)
SOUTH DAKOTA
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| Jennie |
57. Jennie - Setting: small town South Dakota (1963, Majestic Theatre, 83 performances)
