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Here are 13 GIFs from the Free First Preview that illustrate exactly how much we love this show and why you should see it.

Because nothing says “I love you” quite like a Broadway ballad.

Because there’s nothing more fun than puppets, right?

Chances are that if you’re a theater person, or specifically a Chicago theater person, you already know full well who the director, writer, and artist Mary Zimmerman is.

It may not technically have as many bright lights as Broadway, but Chicago’s theater scene has its own kind of vibrancy.