Pullman Porter Blues

Pullman Porter Blues

Goodman Theatre
170 N. Dearborn Street Chicago

With original and classic Blues favorites-including "Sweet Home Chicago"-performed by a live on-stage band, Pullman Porter Blues is a rollicking ride back in time into the luxurious Pullman Trains, where the hidden lives of African American porters emerge to take center stage. It's June of 1937, and the Panama Limited Pullman Train is speeding from Chicago to New Orleans on the night of the Joe Louis/James Braddock world heavyweight championship. Three generations of Sykes men-African American train porters-wrestle with ghosts of the past and dreams for the future as they eagerly await word of the Brown Bomber's victory.

Thru - Oct 27, 2013