Barbara Robertson Presents STAGES OF MY LIFE

Cabaret returns to Millennium Park this winter with the popular series, Cabaret with a View, where audiences have a chance to sit on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion to experience music in an intimate setting and a climate controlled environment. Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, the series kicks off on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. with one of Chicago's leading ladies, the acclaimed Joseph Jefferson Award-winning actress, Barbara Robertson, in "Stages of My Life."

Tickets are $25 which includes seating at cabaret tables on the Pritzker Pavilion's stage level and two complimentary drinks, and $15 for seats in the Pritzker's choral balcony. All tickets are available by calling 312.742.TIXS (8497) or by visiting www.millenniumpark.org.

Barbara Robertson's "Stages of My Life" features an eclectic collection of music and anecdotes as varied as the roles that she has played throughout her career. The evening will feature songs by Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, Kander and Ebb, and Kotis and Hollmann, to name a few. Robertson will be joined by Jeremy Kahn on piano.

Last night, November 7, 2011, Robertson received a Joseph Jefferson Award for her masterful portrayal of Alice Conroy in the world premiere of Keith Huff's The Detective's Wife at Writers' Theatre. This year, she could also be seen in the ChicaGo Productions of Love, Loss and What I Wore and Working at the Broadway Playhouse, as well as in Wicked's National Tour as Madame Morrible.

Other credits include: Yeast Nation (American Theatre Company); Pursued By Happiness (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Mary Stuart, La Bete, Tartuffe, The House Of Blue Leaves (Court Theatre); Grand Hotel (Drury Lane Water Tower); Hamlet, Kabuki Lady Macbeth, A Little Night Music, A Winter's Tale (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?, House And Garden, Pal Joey, Black Snow (Goodman Theatre); Emma's Child (Victory Gardens Theatre); Detachments (Center Theater); Kabuki Medea (Wisdom Bridge And Kennedy Center); Chicago (Marriott Theatre); Angels in America I & II (National Tour). For her work, she has received more than twenty awards and nominations, including Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, Cal-Alpert, Sarah Siddons and After Dark.

Her film credits include Robert Altman's The Company and David Lynch's A Straight Story and the soon to be released, LOL. Barbara is a member of Actors' Equity Association, AFTRA and SAG and a teacher at Columbia College Chicago.

Cabaret with a View continues with E. Faye Butler's "My Funny Valentine" on Monday, February 13, 2012, Paul Oakley Stovall's "The Next Best Thing to Love..." on Monday, March 12, 2012 and McKinley Carter's "Spring Forward/Fall Back" on Monday, April 9, 2012.

For more information about Cabaret with a View and all of the programming in Millennium Park, visit www.millenniumpark.org, call 312.742.1168, visit Millennium Park on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @Millennium_Park.

Millennium Park
Millennium Park is located in the heart of downtown Chicago. It is bordered by Michigan Ave. to the west, Columbus Dr. to the east, Randolph St. to the north and Monroe St. to the south. Convenient parking is located in the Millennium Park Garage (entrance on Columbus at Monroe or Randolph) and at the Grant Park North and East Monroe Garages, all located within a short walking distance of Millennium Park.

Millennium Park, managed and programmed by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, is an award-winning center for art, music, architecture and landscape design. The result of a unique partnership between the City of Chicago and the philanthropic community, the 24.5-acre park features the work of world-renowned architects, planners, artists and designers. Among Millennium Park's prominent features are the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States; the interactive Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa; the contemporary Lurie Garden designed by the team of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Piet Oudolf and Robert Israel; and Anish Kapoor's hugely popular Cloud Gate sculpture.

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, presents thousands of high-quality free festivals, exhibitions, performances and holiday celebrations in venues throughout the city each year. DCASE is dedicated to promoting an ongoing celebration of the arts in Chicago, supporting the people who create and sustain them, and marketing the city's abundant cultural resources to a worldwide audience.

Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture
The Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture (COTC) is dedicated to promoting Chicago as a premier cultural destination to domestic and international leisure travelers, providing innovative visitor programs and services, and presenting free world-class public programs. COTC supports local artists through grants and other resources and creates vital opportunities for artists of all levels. For more information please visit www.ExploreChicago.org.

Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia?	Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank!
How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends.	Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day!