Mikaela Sullivan, Leo Spiegel and Kevin Webb in a scene from Black Button Eyes Productions’ Chicago premiere of “Whisper House.” | Evan Hanover The fog that “Whisper House” can’t minimize by comes right down to its creators and their odd mismatch of tones. Nearly 1 / 4 of a century in the past, Duncan Sheik was briefly inescapable. “Barely Breathing,” the lead single from the singer-songwriter’s self-titled debut album, spent greater than a yr on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 1996 and 1997, and earned Sheik a Grammy nomination for finest male pop vocal efficiency. Sheik has by no means had one other chart hit, however he’s removed from a