THE LEADING LADIES OF CHICAGO CABARET PLAY MILWAUKEE

TWO DAY EVENT PRESENTED BY STEPPING OUT PRODUCTIONS

Chicago cabaret entertainers Jennifer Chada, Joan Curto, Beckie Menzie and Lucia Spina gather for an evening of musical frivolity featuring music from the cabaret songbook, old and new. These leading ladies of Chicago travel to the SHARON LYNNE WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS (19805 West Capitol Drive, Brookfield, WI - 262-781-9520) to introduce Stepping Out Productions new "Catch a Rising Star" cabaret series for shows on Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th at 8:00 pm.

These four women of Chicago Cabaret have developed acclaimed careers and are among Chicago's most popular and beloved cabaret performers. They bring their combined show to the beautiful new arts center just outside of Milwaukee, which most recently Stepping Out Productions, CHESS - THE MUSICAL CONCERT. This debut combination showcase of Chicago's "four girls, four" pairs familiar tunes like "Stepping Out With My Baby" and "Fascinating Rhythm" with some of America's NEW "standards to be" from contemporary songwriters like Stephen Schwartz and Jason Robert Brown.

Jennifer Chada's debut cabaret show "I WANT MORE" received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike, prompting After Dark critic Jeff Rossen to write "Chada bursts forth as a major new talent." That show was selected by several papers as one of the top ten cabaret shows of 2001. Jennifer was one of the featured performers included in the first ever Chicago Cabaret Convention held in Chicago in March of 2002 and performed in the ASCAP/Chicago Humanities Festival performance of "A Woman Wrote That Song."

Joan Curto has been garnering respect as a performer from both performers and critics. Her most recent cabaret show was named one of the top 10 in Chicago for 2001 by Cabaret Scenes and Gay Chicago Magazine and Cabaret Hotline Online. She has performed her cabaret shows many times at Davenports, Chicago's premiere cabaret room, and has been part of two Chicago Humanities Festival songwriters concerts. Joan appeared in Chess, the musical in concert, in Milwaukee in February with Stepping Out Productions. She will be making her NYC debut in April and will be part of a celebration of Richard Rodgers music in Chicago in August.

Beckie Menzie, the only two-time winner of Chicago's After Dark Outstanding Cabaret Artist award, appears regularly in Chicago at Gentry, the Marriott Lincolnshire and Davenports. Beckie was a featured entertainer at Chicago's first ever Cabaret Convention, as well as performing at several of the New York City Conventions, and the ASCAP & Chicago Humanities Festival songwriter concerts. Beckie is an accomplished songwriter, and some of her original songs are featured on her debut CD, "Heart And Soul." Her 2001 cabaret show, BROADWAY - OUR WAY, with singing partner Tom Michael toured the country and was selected as one of the top ten Chicago Cabaret shows of 2001.

Lucia Spina debuted on the Chicago cabaret scene in March 2001 with IN RARE FORM, playing to sold-out houses at Davenport's Cabaret, where she returned in the fall of 2001 to appear in FALLING AROUND. Lucia also frequently makes guest appearances in Davenports front room and also directed the popular Daryl Nitz's CELEBRITY SUPPER CLUB. Lucia has a vast list of theatrical credits including national tours of SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE and SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE TOO! Lucia has the dubious distinction of singing with Frankie Avalon in the Chicago production of TONY AND TINA'S WEDDING.

"THE LEADING LADIES OF CHICAGO CABARET" will be presented by Stepping Out Productions at the SHARON LYNNE WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS (19805 West Capitol Drive, Brookfield, WI - 262-781-9520) on April 19th & 20th at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15.00, and reservations are suggested.

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