Review: Eddie Izzard at the United Center
Chris Jones Theater critic
January 11, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0111-eddie-izzard-ovnjan11,0,2074401.column (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0111-eddie-izzard-ovnjan11,0,2074401.column)
Despite all the messages out there to the contrary, smarts sell. Exhibit A in this regard is that savvy comedic primate Eddie Izzard, whose international comedy tour is based primarily on the words of God, Moses and Wikipedia, and who concludes that the last named is the most logical and trustworthy.
That routine was on view Friday night at the United Center, on its way to Madison Square Garden. Yes, that once-outre U.K. ->-bleeped-<- has risen all the way to arenas.