Jam presents a Chicago performance of “A Prairie Home Companion – The 50^th Anniversary Tour,” coming to The Chicago Theatre on Sunday, July 21. Fans of the legendary radio program can expect many familiar voices and faces, including Garrison Keillor, Heather Masse, Christine DiGiallonardo, Rich Dworsky, Fred Newman, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Howard Levy, Chris Siebold and Larry Kohut. This presentation is a 140-minute live show celebrating the Last Live Radio Variety program with an opening six-minute video of Prairie Home Companion’s origins in Minnesota, Garrison Keillor’s stand-up on the beauty of being 80. Comedy sketches (Guy Noir, Private Eye. The Lives of the Cowboys. Duane’s Mom. Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian) with the Royal Academy of Radio Acting with sound-effects wizard Fred Newman. An extended commercial for Powdermilk Biscuits on the subject: Cheerfulness Is A Choice. Also a word or two from the American Duct Tape Council, Real Hot Coffee, Guy’s Shoes, and the Ketchup Advisory Board. Features with Rich Dworsky and the Guy’s Hot Shoe Band, rags and stomps and blues. Duets with Heather Masse & Keillor of a medley of love poems & old jokes.  An audience sing-along intermission and the latest News from Lake Wobegon where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and the children are all above average.