DE USURIS - JAMES EARL JONES II, JEANNIE TANNER AND LITTLE ME

Music, art and theater are healing devices, according to James Earl Jones II. Diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome as a child, Jones' early goal was to become a doctor to help others. Life finds a way, as we will hear in this week’s CONVERSATIONS podcast, and Jones instead pursued an opera scholarship and an enormously successful stage career over the last decade. Jeannie Tanner debuts her new album Word & Music at the City Winery this week featuring all of the albums performers. 

Not to be missed:  Matt Crowle in Porchlight Revisit’s Little Me at Stage 773, Sweeney Todd at Paramount, Mamma Mia at Marriott Lincolnshire, My Brother’s Keeper at Black Ensemble Theater and a new exhibit at the Driehaus Museum featuring French poster art.

Driehaus Museum - L'Affichomania: The Passion for French Posters Poster exhibit from Direhaus Collection
Goodman Theatre – Uncle Vanya through March 12th
Marriott Lincolnshire – Mamma Mia & Madagascar - A Musical Adventure
Porchlight Music Theatre - The Scottsboro Boys through March 12th Stage 773
Little Me – February 28-March 2 – Three Nights Only Stage 773
Black Ensemble Theater – My Brother’s Keeper - The Story of the Nicholas Brothers through March 26th
Paramount Theatre - Sweeney Todd through March 19th
Steven Biosatt & Sway Chicago - Live swing, jazz, 50s rock and Latin - March 1st at Drake Hotel
Monday Night Live at Petterino's