The Black Roots of Vaudeville

This show is a first for the Old Town School of Folk Music. "Keep a Song in Your Soul: The Black Roots of Vaudeville" is a theater piece, commissioned by the school and the first in its Lincoln Square venue. It's a collaboration among the string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, jazz composer-pianist Reginald Robinson and Chicago tap dancer Reggio McLaughlin -- and includes songs written and performed by African-Americans between 1830 and 1930 as part of the Chitlin Circuit. <br><Br><b> Why go: </b>This is the Old Town School making Chicago theater history. <br><Br><b> Reconsider: </b>If old-timey music isn't your thing. <br><Br><b> Details: </b>Thursday through Nov. 6 at Old Town School, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.; $45; 773-728-6000, oldtownschool.org
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This show is a first for the Old Town School of Folk Music. "Keep a Song in Your Soul: The Black Roots of Vaudeville" is a theater piece, commissioned by the school and the first in its Lincoln Square venue. It's a collaboration among the string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, jazz composer-pianist Reginald Robinson and Chicago tap dancer Reggio McLaughlin -- and includes songs written and performed by African-Americans between 1830 and 1930 as part of the Chitlin Circuit.

Why go: This is the Old Town School making Chicago theater history.

Reconsider: If old-timey music isn't your thing.

Details: Thursday through Nov. 6 at Old Town School, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.; $45; 773-728-6000, oldtownschool.org

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