The founder of Body Politic died in December, but the seeds he planted 50 years ago played an immeasurable role in the growth of Chicago's small theater scene.
Detroit Junior worked with Little Mack Simmons and Howlin' Wolf, but it was his deep catalog of original songs that made him beloved in the blues world.
Media columnist Mike Miner on Y2K and Steppenwolf's 1999 production of Hysteria, a dark farce that raised the issue of "trigger warnings" before the term had come into use