Jennifer Holliday

Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday brings a gift of soul-stirring music. Walt Whitman's Soul Children of Chicago also perform at the Holliday for the Holidays show.

Why go: And we are telling you, you won't want to go anywhere else to hear Holliday sing Broadway, R&B, soul and gospel.

Reconsider: If you are confusing Jennifer Holliday with the new-generation "Dreamgirl" Jennifer Hudson.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive; $35-$55; 312-334-7777, harristheaterchicago.org