2020 Chicago Cabaret Week
Cabaret has been at the heartbeat of Chicago’s nightclub scene for more than a century. Come experience Chicago Cabaret Week, March 20-30, at intimate venues around the city as artists bring you their personal renditions of the Great American Songbook, blues, jazz, burlesque, pop, comedy and Broadway. Get carried away by Chicago Cabaret!
Vamp
Vamp… Good or bad? Which is best in the life of a femme fatale? From Mae West to the leading ladies of the musical Chicago,…
Paree, What Did You Do to Me: Paris in the Jazz Age
Storm in with Captain Jimmy Europe’s 369th Infantry Hellfighter’s Jazz Band, strut the cakewalk, shake the shimmy with Bricktop, dance the Charleston with Josephine Baker,…
Daryl Nitz Entertainment Celebrates 5 Years at Skokie Theatre
Join Daryl Nitz Beckie Menzie, Laura Freeman, Frieda Lee, Tom Olickal, Ester Hana, and Anne & Mark Burnell to celebrate Daryl Nitz’s five-year tenure at…
A Great Big Diva
In a city (Chicago) brimming with classic blues and jazz divas, Lynne Jordan stands apart. Not only do her soaring vocals dip effortlessly into blues,…
Nitz & Howe Experience
Now in their nineteenth smash year, “Mr. Entertainment” and “Mr. Music”, (a.k.a Daryl Nitz and George Howe), host the wildest weekend party in town! As…
Songs in the Key of Chicago
Celebrating composers, lyricists, and performers connected with Chicago who influenced gospel, jazz, the blues, folk, pop, and other genres. Carla Gordon • Cindy Firing •…
The History of My Life is in My Songs
Join Kimberly and Chris as they weave their way through the American Songbook. Celebrating 30 years of music together you’ll experience original arrangements of epic…
HERstory: The 19th Amendment Turns 100
After working together on the show Dangerous Women, Catherine and Anita reunite to prove once again that “well-behaved women seldom make history.” Join us to…
Over the Rainbow with Harold Arlen
Over the Rainbow with Jeannie Tanner celebrates the music of Harold Arlen, featuring many of Mr. Arlen’s unforgettable melodies including “I’ve Got the World on…
Love You Madly
A virtual excursion through the great American musical repertoire of the legendary jazz vocalists and composers. Reservations/tickets: 773-209-7631
Petterino’s Monday Night Live!
Petterino’s Monday Night Live, co-hosted by Chicago favorites Denise McGowan Tracy and Beckie Menzie, are in their 13th smash season and recently celebrated their 500th…
It’s My Party
Enjoy songs from The Carpenters, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Petula Clark, and more. Guaranteed to be a fun afternoon! Reservations/tickets: reservations@cliff-chicago.org 312-922-8080
The Crooners and Me
The Crooners – you know them all: Sinatra, Martin, Crosby, Damone and others. They made the music that defined a generation and will never go…
Bradford on Broadway
Bradford brings together a glittering mosaic of the world’s favorite American music. The line-up features some of the best-known composers and showstoppers as well as…
Nitz & Friends North
Nitz & Friends North with guest host Laura Freeman, George Howe on piano, and special guests Cindy Firing and Alex Magno. Nitz & Friends North…
Marya Grandy & Tom Vendafreddo, LIVE!
Broadway veteran Marya Grandy (Les Mis) and Jeff Award-winning musical director Tom Vendafreddo have played at Feinsteins/54Below (NYC), Uptown Underground, Venus Cabaret, and Hey Nonny…
Made in Italy
Enjoy a selection of Italian songs from a variety of styles and eras, including American standards with a twist and a slice of pizza.
Cry Me a River
Julie London was an American nightclub, jazz, and pop singer; film and television actress; and a former pinup model, whose career spanned five decades of…
Ragtime Piano
Reginald Robinson’s love for traditional jazz styles started in 1984 with his older brother listening to Swing recordings at home. Robinson’s music has been used…
The Power of Song
Winner- MAC Award New York’s Best Male Vocalist! Craig is back from London, Los Angeles, and New York with his new show The Power of…
Around the World with Ester Hana
“Her keyboard touch and her voice are both light and confident… Her insights are impressive…she honors (their) work with her musicality and intelligence.” – Andrew…
Laughing Matters: The Life & Laughs of Carol Burnett
The world has enjoyed a love affair with Carol Burnett for over fifty years. Her peerless, fearless character acting and delightful, self-effacing personality made her…
Everybody Says Don’t
A celebration of the music of America’s greatest living composer/lyricist, stephen Sondheim. Reservations/tickets: 312-922- 8080
Spider Saloff Tonight
This concert will be a lively evening of music from classic jazz to American songbook to original songs, all woven together with Spider’s special comedic…
If I Were a Carpenter
With this show, Murphy-Orland is totally in her element. She has been smitten with that velvet voice and unique interpretation of lyrics since the ‘70s.…
Make Them Hear You
Garrett Johannsen loves to sing Broadway show tunes! Put him in a room with a crowd of people and you’re in for quite the night.…
Relationship Status: #Single
Charis Cabaret specializes in the up-close and personal. We work with Chicago’s most talented professionals and ask them to be a bit vulnerable. This show…
Jeezy’s Juke Joint
Jeezy’s Juke Joint features the brightest brown-skinned burlesque stars from across the country. It is a jump-jiving, foot-stomping good time that leaves everyone who witnesses…
Swipe Left
Back by popular demand, Emily Cox and Heidi Joosten take the stage once more in their revamp of Swipe Left: Dating in the Windy City…
The Legendary Ladies of Jazz
At the end of the 1940s, jazz was dominated by a bluesy, New Orleans sound, and four unique women rose to prominence. Their distinctive styles…
The Brill Building Songwriters
A tribute to the hotbed of creativity in songwriting that came out of the Brill Building in New York City during the 1960’s. In its…
Cafe Carly
Hey Nonny’s first sell-out was the first ever Café Carly — featuring some of Chicago’s most talented young musical theater performers, wrangled into a uniquely…
Women of Paris
Claudia Hommel and singer-pianist Elizabeth Doyle distill the energy of a Parisian music hall with a dose of intimate Chicago-style cabaret that will transport you…
The Beaus are Back in Town
The Cabaret Project’s Feathered Beaus are a delight with gorgeous vocal harmony and witty banter! Singing tunes from pop to Broadway to jazz – these…
Holding Court
This concert will be a retrospective of Denise’s remarkable 40-year career that made her the toast of Chicago. Featuring an evening of her fan-favorite signature…
Cafe Carly
Hey Nonny’s first sell-out was the first ever Café Carly — featuring some of Chicago’s most talented young musical theater performers, wrangled into a uniquely…
Nitz & Howe Experience
Now in their nineteenth smash year, “Mr. Entertainment” and “Mr. Music”, (a.k.a Daryl Nitz and George Howe), host the wildest weekend party in town! As…
Bridge Over Muddied Waters
What can be done to change this climate of backward-looking division? This show takes the audience from hope to despair, and back to hope. The…
An Alto’s Lament
In her sequel to They Shoot Sopranos, Don’t They?, Judy continues her saga of altos rising to the forefront of a musical world often dominated…
Hyde Park Jazz Society Presents Joan Collaso
Emmy award winner and international vocalist, Joan Collaso, was born, raised and is living in Chicago. Joan’s flowing sensual melodies, colorful improvisations and soulful stylings…
Hyde Park Jazz Society Presents Joan Collaso
Emmy award winner and international vocalist, Joan Collaso, was born, raised and is living in Chicago. Joan’s flowing sensual melodies, colorful improvisations and soulful stylings…
Voices of Chicago
Daryl Nitz Entertainment presents Voices of Chicago, a concert event paying tribute to the great legendary jazz, blues, gospel, pop, folk, and soul vocalists to…
Chicago Cabaret Week is presented by Chicago Cabaret Professionals, Working In Concert, Acts Of Kindness Cabaret, and The Cabaret Project. For more info or questions please contact the Chicago Cabaret Professionals at (877) 554-7714
Chicago Cabaret Week is part of the Year of Chicago Music celebration
