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Daryl Nitz performs at Le Piano with a rotating lineup of guest accompanists - this week: George Howe

Mariano's Ravenswood

It's my monthly date at Drew's this Friday from 7-10 pm with piano and vocals to kick off my birthday weekend! Join me and my pals Carole, Carly, Billy, Elton, Karen (lots of Karen!), and of course all the Broadway showtunes you can handle and the Great American Songbook. $5 parking available -- stop in at the hostess stand and get your pass for the lot 1/2 block east. $25 food/beverage minimum; reservations recommended.

Eden Casteel was a frustrated teenage soprano in Ohio, until she saw Madeline Kahn on a beer commercial. In the hilarious, heartfelt show "Kahn Artist," Casteel shares how her life and singing were inspired by Kahn. Songs from Kahn's movies like "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" blend perfectly with Casteel's incredible high notes and humor.

Directed by Faith Prince, co-written with Rod Ferguson. Additional musical arrangments by Jim Rice and Bobby Peaco.

4th "Kahn Artist" performance at Davenport's Piano Bar 11/4/2022 with Beckie Menzie.

Eden Casteel was a frustrated teenage soprano until her life was forever changed by a Madeline Kahn beer commercial. With iconic songs, compelling stories, and hilarious anectdotes, KAHN ARTIST: MADELINE AND ME is an intimate look at the trials and triumphs of both Kahn and Casteel. Songs by Mel Brooks, Clarence “Frogman” Henry Heitzman & Reid, Cy Coleman, Susan Werner, Dave Frishberg, and Goldrich & Heisler. Piano by Beckie Menzie. Directed by Faith Prince, cowritten with Roderick Ferguson, musical arrangements by Bobby Peaco and Jim Rice.

OperaFest XV: Stories On Stage
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Ganz Hall | 430 S. Michigan Ave., 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60605

OperaFest is an annual festival featuring CCPA graduate students in voice with piano accompaniment (sung in English). Free event, with registration.

2 p.m.
Clarice Assad/Lila Palmer: The Selfish Giant (concert premiere)
Commissioned by American Lyric Theater
Lawrence Edelson, Artistic and General Director
Children play in a lovely garden outside the village. They discover that a giant owns the garden, who seeks to keep them out by building a wall. One of the children teaches the giant about accepting others, sharing resources, and how the walls we build actually make us more fearful.

3 p.m.
Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer: Two Remain (Act I)
Based on a true story, Holocaust survivor Krystyna Zywulska is asked for an interview about her time in Auschwitz. As she begins to talk, the ghosts of her past, including her younger self, take over the interview.

4 p.m.
Milton Granger: Bluebeard’s Waiting Room
Bluebeard is languishing in the ICU ward of a modern hospital. His next of kin has been notified, and so five of his wives show up, straight out of an earlier era, with costumes, attitudes, and life histories to match. Bluebeard awakens just long enough to ask for his wife. Which one does he mean? The answer surprises everyone…

5 p.m.
David Shenton/Christine Steyer: On Call: COVID-19 (An opera in 3 scenes)
Winner of the 2020-21 National Opera Association Production Award, Working in Concert/Bellissima Opera’s On Call: COVID-19 looks in on a series of “Zoom” calls with six healthcare workers struggling with the unfolding pandemic and its humanitarian and personal toll, from various vantage points across the world.

Saturday and Sunday have a separate registration link: https://tinyurl.com/RooseveltOperaFest2022

#liveperformance #chicago #v

Featuring 3 songwriters..
Marnie Sher, Patricia Tyson,
and Medicine Ball with Keith Wakefield, Tami Peden, Jan King

The Business Savvy Singer Podcast with Dr. Greta Pope provides weekly conversations with professional singers with a variety of experience in the music industry. Each week you’ll get a glimpse into their lives and celebrate their personal journey to success in the music business. We’re proud to be included in the NATSCast Network. NATSCast is the official podcast network of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. It’s an honor to be part of this community and have the opportunity to provide encouragement, education and entertainment to Singers everywhere.

New episodes are released every Monday. Listen by visiting https://the-business-savvy-singer.simplecast.com/

Teetering on the tightrope between humor and pathos, Wendy Parman takes us on a journey of shapeshifting through life, in story and song. With the incomparable Beckie Menzie on piano, she traces her path, from actor/chameleon to Brechtian chanteuse, to rockabilly roots siren-adapting, evolving…forever in search of a place to land.
The evening will feature mostly original songs, from a variety of projects over the years. Kurt Weill and genre mashing not optional.

"Wendy Parman exudes the wisdom and experience of a classic chanteuse, while somehow embodying the delight and joie de vivre of an ingenue. She's a complex and very winning performer." Robert Rodi, NewCity

What people are saying:

"... a very entertaining and engaging evening.. the range of songs is very impressive."

"Wendy Parman is a True Chicago Treasure."

"Beautiful show, Wendy and Beckie sounded fabulous together!"

"I really enjoyed the humor"

"A legit poet...impressive and delightful"

Cover charge $20 Plus a 2 Drink Minimum

21+

https://www.wendyparmanvoice.com/

Photo credits:

Renta Mueller

Iwona Beidermann

Poster by Boyle Wong

Daryl Nitz performs at Le Piano with a rotating lineup of guest accompanists - this week: Beckie Menzie

The program will include performances from Black Voices in Cabaret artists - Lynne Jordan and Arlene Armstrong as well as poet, singer, performer Nikki Patin and poet and performer Toni Asanti Lightfoot with Musical Director Raymond Glower. Along with poetry performances, there will be a little Gershwin, a bit of Nina Simone and a lot of fabulous!! All in the amazingly beautiful backdrop of the Art Deco ballroom at the Douglass Park fieldhouse. This event is supported by the Chicago Park District Night out in the Parks program.

Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-verse-musicality-of-poetry-tickets-445628876967?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

For more information email claudia@workinginconcert.org.

Martha Bartz brings a new show to Davenports Piano Bar and Cabaret with Musical Director, Dr. Mory Ortman. The show is OFF THE CHARTS both figuratively, as Martha delivers a musical romp that promises belly laughs, Broadway, standards and surprises; and literally, as Martha unveils new arrangements by a host of of New York’s finest.

Personnel:
Jeff Harnar - Director

Martha Bartz - Vocals

Mory Ortman - Musical Director, Keyboards and Vocals

Although singing and pianoing forever, I’m finally making my solo “debut” at a Chicago Cabaret venue! It’s about time! Broadway, Songbook, originals, pop, holiday and comic selections. Come for some sing along fun, as well! Call Drew’s immediately for reservations to sit close to the piano (well, ME): 773-244-9191. (3201 N. Halsted at Belmont) $25 eat/drink minimum. Tips appreciated.

Anne & Mark Burnell, piano, vocals, harmony perform at member venue Hey Nonny for a delicious brunch!

Worshop participating with work NYC performer/director, Lennie Watts with Tracey Stark at the keyboard to create unique song arrangements and patter which will culminate in a performance at Davenport's!

The Business Savvy Singer Podcast with Dr. Greta Pope provides weekly conversations with professional singers with a variety of experience in the music industry. Each week you’ll get a glimpse into their lives and celebrate their personal journey to success in the music business. We’re proud to be included in the NATSCast Network. NATSCast is the official podcast network of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. It’s an honor to be part of this community and have the opportunity to provide encouragement, education and entertainment to Singers everywhere.

New episodes are released every Monday. Listen by visiting https://the-business-savvy-singer.simplecast.com/

Hailing from New York City, Lexa Maxa has now come to call Chicago home. As a recent member of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, she will be making her Chicago cabaret debut in "Lexa with an A". This show includes classic musical theatre hits (Come to the Cabaret, All That Jazz), songs from popular music (Edge of Glory, Rich Girl), and modern musical numbers (What Baking Can Do, Burn). This unique cabaret show includes many more performance surprises that you will not want to miss. Come join Lexa as she shares her talents on stage at Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret.
$10 Cover Charge Plus a 2 Drink Minimum
21+

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lexa-with-an-a-a-cabaret-show-by-lexa-maxa-tickets-442354372837?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Daryl Nitz performs at Le Piano with a rotating lineup of guest accompanists - this week: Ester Hana

Please join Chicago cabaret artists Anita Kallen and Catherine Thomson for an autumn luncheon and cabaret performance at the North Shore Senior Center saluting the gutsy gals who boldly defied society’s conventions - going where no woman had gone before - and achieved groundbreaking female “Firsts.” They’ll be sharing songs and inspiring stories of courage, grace, and an unwavering determination to make lemonade from life's lemons! Music Director Beckie Menzie will be at the piano playing songs by Harold Arlen, Stephen Schwartz, Dolly Parton, Tom Lehrer, Kander & Ebb, and Sara Bareilles, among others. Details and tickets can be found here:
https://nssc.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=10518&int_category_id=4&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0

Catherine and Anita launched the show at Chicago’s Davenport’s Cabaret in early March and their first audiences enthusiastically responded with standing ovations. We think you’ll love the show, too! Check out the following link to enjoy video clips from the show’s debut:
https://youtu.be/9EV9PooZhwI

Chicago's Jazzbird Arlene Armstrong moves through Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington's music catalog in "Dedicated to Duke" to celebrate one of the 20th century's greatest composers and give homage to an American master.

The Business Savvy Singer Podcast with Dr. Greta Pope provides weekly conversations with professional singers with a variety of experience in the music industry. Each week you’ll get a glimpse into their lives and celebrate their personal journey to success in the music business. We’re proud to be included in the NATSCast Network. NATSCast is the official podcast network of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. It’s an honor to be part of this community and have the opportunity to provide encouragement, education and entertainment to Singers everywhere.

New episodes are released every Monday. Listen by visiting https://the-business-savvy-singer.simplecast.com/

The Business Savvy Singer Podcast with Dr. Greta Pope provides weekly conversations with professional singers with a variety of experience in the music industry. Each week you’ll get a glimpse into their lives and celebrate their personal journey to success in the music business. We’re proud to be included in the NATSCast Network. NATSCast is the official podcast network of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. It’s an honor to be part of this community and have the opportunity to provide encouragement, education and entertainment to Singers everywhere.

New episodes are released every Monday. Listen by visiting https://the-business-savvy-singer.simplecast.com/

Daryl Nitz performs at Le Piano with a rotating lineup of guest accompanists - this week: Andrew Blenderman