THEATER PICKS
Second City show best bet for the weekend
Friday, October 10, 2008
A look at the weekend’s top shows.
1. “The Second City: Too Busy to Hate … Too Hard to Commute” / Grade: B+
Created by Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe at the invitation of the Alliance Theatre, the show is a zany Spaghetti Junction revue of song, dance, sketch comedy and improv — purposefully engineered to mock the city’s politics, prejudices, flaws, foibles, icons and institutions. Through Oct. 26. Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage. 404-733-5000, alliance.org.
2. “Looking Over the President’s Shoulder” / Grade: B-
James Still’s one-man show about opera-singer-turned-White House butler Alonzo Fields scims the surface of history and leaves us wanting more.
Through Nov. 9. Theatre in the Square, Marietta. 770-422-8369, theatreinthesquare.com
—Pierre Ruhe
