Review: Touring production of ‘The Notebook’ is a reminder of the power of memory

The musical version of “The Notebook” returns to Chicago, where it received its world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare in the fall of 2022, now in a post-Broadway national tour. I’m not quite sure whether the show has changed or I have — or more likely, a swirling combination of changes in time, cast, theater venue, expectations and more — but the show makes a different and less striking impression. Based on the bestselling, tearjerking novel by Nicholas Sparks about a love story that begins in…