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CHICAGO CABARET PROFESSIONALS SALUTE MUSICAL THEATER
CCP (Chicago Cabaret Professionals - http://www.chicagocabaret.org/
), in association with DCA Theaters, will present two musical theater
tributes this June at THE STOREFRONT THEATER (66 East Randolph Street,
Chicago, IL - 312-742-8497 - http://www.dcatheater.org/
). The songs of Jerry Herman, composer and lyricist of some of Broadway's
most memorable shows, will be celebrated in the musical revue, I Am
What I Am from Thursday through Sunday, June 8th through 10th, and the
Tony Award-winning collaboration of composer, John Kander, and lyricist,
Fred Ebb, will be saluted in City Lights from Thursday through Sunday,
June 15th through 17th. Performances are Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays
at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm.
In "I Am What I Am," Musical Director Bob Moreen, along
with Laura Freeman, Carol Holmes, Bradford Newquist, Daryl Nitz, Suzanne
Petri, Kat' Taylor and Bradford Thacker will take the stage performing
some of Herman's legendary songs from La Cage Aux Folles, Mame, Hello
Dolly, Mack and Mabel and Dear World. "I Am What I Am" was originally
conceived by Bob Moreen and Kari Howard.
In "City Lights," Musical Director Beckie Menzie, along
with KT McCammond, Tom Michael, Daryl Nitz, Suzanne Petri, Kat' Taylor,
Bradford Thacker, Denise Tomasello and Robert Whorton will celebrate
the music of the legendary Broadway team, Kander and Ebb with songs
from Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago, The Rink and more.
CCP (Chicago Cabaret Professionals - http://www.chicagocabaret.org/
) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization of performers, producers, writers,
directors, venues, composers, lyricists, founded in 1998 and dedicated
to the Art of Cabaret. Its mission is to help its members learn and
grow as artists and promote the art of cabaret to its members, audiences
and community.
The Storefront Theater and the Studio Theater, its companion
theater located in the Chicago Cultural Center at 77 East Randolph
Street, comprise the DCA Theaters, an anchor of the downtown theater
district. The DCA Theaters offer downtown audiences the best opportunity
for one to experience Chicago's vibrant off-Loop theater scene with
an innovative and exciting look at the many diverse theater companies
that call Chicago home.
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