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When I heard that director Tyrone Phillips (also artistic director of Hyde Park-based Definition Theatre) was moving Illyria to the Caribbean for his take on “Twelfth Night” at Chicago Shakespeare
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Maurice White’s life forms the spine of Daryl Brooks’ “Reasons: A Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire,” the new show at Black Ensemble Theater.
Michelle Renee Bester’s 90-minute show is a quasi-autobiographical story that pays homage to her late grandmother. It spins an intriguing psychological family drama that homes in on the particular fears, frustrations and needs of each of that woman’s four rather different and troubled grandchildren.
From gospel to Motown to disco to “Thriller”-era Michael Jackson and beyond, the musical delivers a grand tribute to the almighty powers of timeless, groundbreaking tunes that have endured across generations.
Between the sometimes soaring, sometimes solemn musical numbers, soulful artists give faces and voices to a series of societal issues.