Overview
- Opening night at the Civic Opera House on Nov. 21 premiered the reimagined program with the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
- Hits including “Tonight, Tonight,” “1979” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” appeared in new sequences across a 17–18 song set.
- Billy Corgan performed on only a handful of numbers, with lead vocals primarily handled by Sydney Mancasola, Zoie Reams, Dominick Valdés Chenes and Edward Parks.
- The roughly 90‑minute show plus intermission featured Chicago‑centric projections and couture costumes by Chloe Mendel Corgan and Gilles Mendel.
- The run continues through Nov. 30 with tickets nearly sold out, coinciding with a 30th‑anniversary 6LP deluxe reissue featuring unreleased audio, a hardbound book, tarot cards and lithographs.