Review: Fresh from Broadway, ‘Stereophonic’ enthralls with music, but sinks under weighty dialogue

Review: Fresh from Broadway, ‘Stereophonic’ enthralls with music, but sinks under weighty dialogue

The behind-the-music drama “Stereophonic” arrives in Chicago on waves of buzzy acclaim. The tale of a 1970s rock band thrashing its way to stardom took the 2024 Tonys for best play, direction, set and sound design.For fans of mega-1970s folk-rockers Fleetwood Mac, playwright David Adjmi’s nearly three-hour drama is catnip. The sublime music and ever-present sexual tension in the drama-with-music evokes both the iconic 1970s band and their blockb…