CCP Announces New Musical Mondays Starting 2/9

Chicago Cabaret Professionals (CCP) and Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut Street, announce three new Musical Mondays performances due to the out success of the monthly cabaret concert series launched in 2008. All shows in the Musical Mondays at Drury Lane series begin at 7:30 p.m. at Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place. Tickets are $25.00 and are on sale now by calling the Box Office at 312-642-2000 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com. Discounted parking is available from $10.00 in the Water Tower Place garage with validation. More information on CCP can be found at www.chicagocabaret.org.

Musical Mondays at Drury Lane received rave reviews in the greater Chicago press. "Capacity audiences have become the norm for the ‘Musical Mondays' cabaret series at Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place... in what is rapidly becoming a mainstay of downtown entertainment," said Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune.

The February, March and April schedule is as follows:
February 9 - "Oscar Originals: Academy Award Winning Songs"
Musical Director Mark Burnell, Suzanne Petri and Joan Curto, directors with Greta Pope, Todd Vitale, Nan Mason,Rob Lindley, Keely Nicole Singer, Anne Burnell, David Edelfelt, Suzanne Petri, Joan Curto, Jim Cox, bass

March 9 - "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive: the Music of Johnny Mercer"
Musical Director Elizabeth Doyle, Tracy Adams, director
With Jeff Dean, Tracy Adams, Robert Whorton, Melissa Young, Kat Taylor, Amy Cole

April 20 - "April Love: Romance in Song"
Musical Director Jim Cebastien, Carla Gordon, director

Hilary Feldman. Ester Hana, Carol Moss, John Eskola, Carla Gordon, Claudia Hommel, Bradford Newquist and Allen Nichols

CCP is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, founded in 1998 and dedicated with passion to the Art of Cabaret. The organization consists of performers, producers, writers, directors, venues, composers, lyricists and lovers of cabaret. Their mission is to help members learn and grow as artists and to promote the art of cabaret through the education of members, audiences and the community through meetings, performances, benefits, workshops and networking. CCP raises money through membership dues, donations and benefit performances in order to present showcases, classes and workshops, maintain their website, hotline and database, and produce throughout the year. CCP has provided outreach services to schools and local educational programs. Annually, they present a Gala Benefit and A Holiday Cabaret, benefiting Teen Living Programs (since 1999) and Save The Children, as well as several showcase series for members and audiences. The CCP also collaborates with theatres, producers, venues and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

"If anyone can breathe new life into venerable cabaret forms, it's these artists." Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune