Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael Bring IT'S ABOUT TIME to Davenport's Tonight
By: BWW News Desk
One of Chicago's favorite duos, After Dark Award Winners Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael, will be presenting their brand new annual April show It's About Time. Enjoy "a joyous intoxicating hour of music," (NY Cabaret Scenes Magazine) as the award-winning duo explores songs about the many concepts of time. Time: some people waste it, some try to reverse it, some don't have nearly enough of it and some can't keep it at all.
These five-time After Dark Award winners recording efforts have been praised by Billboard Magazine, BackStage, Show Business Weekly and Playbill and their duo CD, Better Two-gether, available on iTunes and amazon.com, has been hailed by critics as "magic," "sensational," and "the years best recording."
For further information visit www.BeckieMenzie.com and www.TomMichael.net.
The show will feature songs by such writers as Cyndi Lauper, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Webb, Stephen Schwartz, Miranda Lambert, Sammy Cahn and many more. Performed as only thi celebrated duo can that has been called "one of compelling duos in cabaret today," by noted jazz critic Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune.
It's About Time will be presented at Davenports, 1383 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, every Saturday in April (4,11,18 & 25) at 8pm. There is a $20 cover charge with two-drink minimum. Due to the high demand advance reservations are suggested by calling 773-278-1830 or online at DavenportsPianoBar.com. Named "among the best performers in Chicago" by Rick Kogan of WGN Radio, Menzie & Michael have appeared at The Auditorium Theatre, Park West, The Pritzker Stage at Millenium Park, The Metropolis, The Empire Room and Maxims. They have also been featured at numerous Chicago Humanities Festival ASCAP concerts. Their imaginative musical twists on jazz favorites, standards, contemporary pop, Broadway show tunes and film gems, have won them audience and critical acclaim across the country and around the globe. Menzie & Michael's diverse touring schedule has recently taken them to some very prestigious stages, including New York's Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Town Hall. The Chicago Tribune calls them "the most accomplished duo in Chicago cabaret."
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