Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool

Comedian Mike Birbiglia heads to Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater for a four-week run of his show The Old Man and the Pool, a funny and ruminative coming-of-middle-age story. Written and performed by Birbiglia, the show grapples with questions of life, death and growing older (including what happens when those decorative-looking items at the doctor's office suddenly become useful).