"October Sky," the world premiere musical that rocketed straight into the hearts of Wednesday's opening night audience at the Marriott Theatre, tells a story that is familiar in many ways. Like Elton John's "Billy Elliot" and Sting's "The Last Ship," it has a particularly powerful link to the tensions between fathers and sons in blue collar families - men and boys who crave each other's love and approval, even as one…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:18PM on August 27, 2015