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January 2024 Issue: Players 50 (Print Edition) dance our collective version of whatComing of Age Sufjan Stevens' Illinois is brought to life at Chicago Shakespeare Theater "Sufjan Stevens song Chicago on his 2005 album Illinoise only mentions Chicago once, but it embodies both the citys promise and the way it can break your heart. It is a song about hope, making mistakes and starting over. The title is specific, but the themes are universal, and the music with its pulsing drums, horns and strings that sound like going down a