I’m a huge fan of Eddie Izzard and finally got the chance to see him perform live last night at the Cobb Energy Center. To be honest, i was a bit nervous about the show because I looked up a few Chicago reviews of this tour beforehand. Normally, I don’t do this kind of thing and take out the surprise element for a night out, but I did this time because I paid some prime dollars for two seats dead center on the 4th row and was determined to make my boyfriend, who has only seen Eddie in Ocean’s Thirteen, his newest fan.

Despite everything I read about Eddie being overly polished, under-made-up, and robotic on this tour, I found the show to be quite good! Maybe it’s always a good idea to catch the second show at each city, or maybe he read the same Chicago reviews that I did, but his performance was exactly as you would expect – full of dancing, leg kicks, talking animals, God, and of course, off-subject tangents. And even though a few jokes came up referencing his previous shows, they were not frequent or hard to catch for those who have never seen him before.

I feel your pain, Chicago, but I have to give this 2.5 hour Atlanta performance – worth the time and money, but I probably won’t buy the DVD if it comes out.