“Ray Bradbury wanted to give you all the thrills and chills but also wanted to make you think, just a little, about the world we inhabit together.” Read a note from the creators, Joe Kinosian (Book & Music) and Kellen Blair (Book & Lyrics).
JUN 22 - JUL 31, 2022
Book and Music by Joe Kinosian
Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Based on the Universal Pictures film
Directed by Laura Braza
Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare
It Came From Outer Space
Book and Music by Joe Kinosian
Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Based on the Universal Pictures film
Directed by Laura Braza
Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare
Run Time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
“A Brilliant Musical Comedy With All The Ingredients of an Off‑Broadway Smash Hit.”
Audiences and critics alike are over the moon for this new musical comedy adapted from the ‘50s cult classic sci-fi film from Universal Pictures. Amateur astronomer John Putnam encounters an alien spaceship in the desert and becomes the laughingstock of his small town—until the extraterrestrial visitors make their presence known and chaos ensues. A clever musical score and creative physical humor puts a new spin on Ray Bradbury’s flying saucer tale, examining society’s fear of outsiders as it simultaneously embraces the wonder of what lies just beyond the stars.
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Run Time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
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“This Zany New Musical Is Irresistible.”
“Jokes fly from the get‑go.”