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Revolution Chicago doesn't fully capture the fervor of house music's early days by Janaya Greene

Mickey "Mixin'" Oliver's new autobiographical musical has charm, but is too talky. The rise of house music is a large chapter in Chicago's story, yet Revolution Chicago's retelling makes the genre an uncompelling sidenote. Despite no support from his father and skepticism from his mother, Mickey "Mixin'" Oliver pursues a career DJing house music, eventually landing a gig at then-failing W…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM on September 18, 2019

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