(Chris Jones’s article appeared in the Chicago Tribune, 3/13.)
Kelli Harrington, the little-known actress playing Margaret Johnson in Fred Anzevino and Brenda Didier's deftly sung, intensely intimate, astutely staged and very moving little production of the Adam Guettel musical "The Light in the Piazza," is currently delivering one of the best performances of the year on a Chicago stage. And Rachel Klippel, the raw but honest young singer playing Margaret's mentally challenged daughter, is not too far behind.