Black Ensemble Theater S The Healing Is Saved By The Audience

UPDATE Friday, March 13: this event has been postponed. Contact box office for more information.

Perhaps I wouldn’t call this show a musical, but instead a combination history lecture, racial justice workshop, personal essay, and musical revue with lackluster choreography, using storytelling elements strangely reminiscent of John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch, although the tones could not be further apart. As a whole, The Healing feels like it’s in the early stages of being something great. If you’re a fan of joining a lively audience to enjoy some exceptional vocalists—and you don’t mind a work in progress—it’s worth seeing.  v

Through 4/12: Fri 8 PM, Sat 3 and 8 PM, Sun 3 PM, Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark, 773-769-4451, blackensembletheater.org, $55 Sat matinee, $65 Fri and Sat evening and Sun matinees.