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Woah! Chicago Fire Lays the Groundwork For a P.D. Crossover Romance *No One* Saw Coming
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The CFD and CPD are known for their rivalry in One Chicago, but where there’s tension could breed passion. At least that’s true for Darren Ritter’s new Chicago Fire boyfriend, who could set the stage for a future Fire-P.D. crossover romance.
Chicago Fire is NBC’s drama series following the personal and professional lives of firefighters and paramedics at the Chicago Fire Department’s fictional Firehouse 51 in Chicago, Illinois. The series — which was created by Dick Wolf, the same thought behind the Law & Order and FBI franchises — is the first of NBC’s One Chicago franchise, which also includes Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and the since-cancelled Chicago Justice.
Ritter, played by Daniel Kyri, made his Chicago Fire in Season 7 as a recurring character before Kyri was promoted to a seri
Sparks Are Flying! Get to Realize the ‘Chicago Fire’ Cast’s Real-Life Loves
Real-Life Love
We have Chicago Fire to thank for One Chicago Wednesdays. The flagship series kicked off the NBC phenomenon in 2012.
Over the last 13 seasons, we’ve come to think of the firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51 as family, watching them get married, have kids, and more.
Many of the beloved cast members have love stories of their own. From decades-long romances to recent marriages, there’s so much love in the lives of the Chicago Fire crew. Scroll down to absorb more about the cast’s real-life romances and relationship history.
Chicago Fire, Season 13, Wednesdays, 9/8c, NBC
Chicago Fire's Daniel Kyri Opens Up About Coming Out As Gay On The Show
Prior to joining the cast of "Chicago Fire," Daniel Kyri, who identifies as queer, co-created "The T," a web series exploring the dynamics of a relationship between a transgender woman, portrayed by co-creator Bea Cordelia, and a queer Black guy, portrayed by Kyri. "Because my web series felt like a kind of coming out," Kyri said, commenting on how he felt after learning about the "Chicago Fire" writers' plans for Ritter, "this historic moment in the context of the 'One Chicago' world, for this Black, male character to come out as lgbtq+ in this blue-collar, first-responder world, I wanted to do it justice."
Kyri positively characterized the moment in which Ritter reveals his sexual orientation as a "non-event." Rather than manage the moment as some sort of dramatic expose, Ritter, rather, simply responds to his lieutenant asking if he has a girlfriend by responding that he instead has a boyfriend.
"Moving those narratives — of the queer person, the Black person, the Asian person, the femme character — from the margins, from the sidelines, and making them the center of the narrative is so very important," Kyr
Daniel Kyri
Daniel Kyri, known to audiences around the country as firefighter Darren Ritter on NBC’s Chicago Fire, now takes on one of the most iconic and psychologically demanding roles in the theatrical canon - Hamlet. But this isn’t your average Shakespeare revival.
In a stunning new six-episode podcast production by Chicago’s Make-Believe Association, Kyri voices the tortured prince in a full immersive audio experience, placing listeners directly inside Hamlet’s unraveling mind.
With the intimacy of voice-only performance and the complexity of layered sound design, Hamlet as a podcast defies expectations. It’s classical and current. Universal and personal. During our conversation, Kyri opened up about revisiting Shakespeare, honoring grief, and how being a queer Black creator fuels his innovative process.
(You can heed to Hamlet now on all major podcast platforms or visit Hamlet.fm.)
MI (Matt Inawat, GoPride): This adaptation of Hamlet immerses listeners inside the prince's unraveling mind. How did you prepare to voice such a psychologically layered role?
DK (Daniel Kyri, Hamlet): I’ve done Shakespeare in my career on stage so far. But it ha