Superstars Shine In “Women of Soul”
Guest Contributor | Ronald Keaton

So there is a kind of celebration going on right now at the Mercury Theater on Southport Avenue in the Lakeview neighborhood—one of talent and accomplishment and camaraderie. Director/writer Daryl D. Brooks has brought a tribute to soul music and, specifically, the women in that world who shared it, appropriately entitled “Women of Soul.” Indeed, the Mercury Theater itself becomes a marvelous venue with its double staircase onstage and multi-level performance areas, designed by Angela Weber Miller, which elegantly disguises the excellent four-piece musical ensemble conducted by percussionist Robert Reddrick.