Review: ‘Mexodus’ at Studebaker Theater

Summary

<p>We live in an era of genre breakdown. Documentaries get fictionalized reenactments, arena concerts have narratives and every musical style is ripe for blending with any other.</p><p>And within this mix-and-match, anything can cut through and stake its claim to cultural relevance, no matter how initially improbable it seems. If I had $10 for every time someone commented on the unlikelihood of runaway success for, say, a hip-hop musical based on American history, I’d be rich.</p><p>Now at Studebaker Theater until Nov. 21, “Mexodus” is, in essence, a hip-hop musical based on Mexican and…

Description from Chicago Sun-Times.