Black Voices in Cabaret

  • Patricia Tyson: Her Story, Her Songs

    Dec 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Patricia E. Tyson is a Chicago native, a registered nurse with a strong background in hospice and palliative care. Her life’s passion, however, is music. Patricia is a composer, choral director and a classically trained vocalist and concert pianist. She has composed over 500 hymns,…

  • River Wonderland cabaret

    Dec 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Working In Concert presents a pre-season show Wednesday, December 11 at the beautiful Rockwell on the River. Songs of River Wonderland to celebrate the rivers and wonders in our life with a seasonal flair! ORDER TICKETS TODAY! Music Director Howie Pfeifer withJohn Eskola, Ruth Fuerst,…

  • Dec 7, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Presented by Black Voices in Cabaret as we continue exploring the many genres of cabaret. BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE Featuring vocalists:Evelyn Danner, Sean Harris, Randy Johnson, Lynne Jordan, Ava Logan, Holly McGuire, Madeline Morgan, Margaret Murphy-Webb, David Stephens, Gabriel Valentino, Darcelle Williams, Gene Williams Music…

  • Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion 2024

    Oct 26, 2024 – Nov 4, 2024 @ All Day – Visit the RSVP page for concert details and tickets Visit our homepage for links to register and select your master class and workshop sessions

  • Sep 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – From swing to soul, from Broadway to the opera house, from jazz to blues, we’re taking a Southside trip through the wide world of cabaret. Directed and produced by Lynn Colbert-Jones, musical direction by Theodis Rodgers,Jr. and emcee Margaret Murphy Webb. Lynne Jordan joins the…

  • Spoon River House Festival

    Sep 13, 2024 – Sep 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Working In Concert invite you to the Hyde Park house where Edgar Lee Masters wrote the classic Spoon River Anthology. Three different shows take place in a 2-weekend festival celebrating this iconic work from…

  • A musical tribute to Carol Weston

    Aug 4, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Old Town School of Folk Music and Working In Concert invite her legion of friends, colleagues and fans to honor the late Carol Weston on Sunday, August 4, 2024, 3pm to 6pm at the Szold Hall of Old Town School. RSVP’s are appreciated, but…

  • Jun 23, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Our first garden concert of the season, Howie Pfeifer is at the keys and a coterie of singers will sing from the verandah: Patrick Davis, Beth Halevy, Ruth Fuerst, Carrie Hedges, Christian Halvorsen, Claudia Hommel, Lauren Lassen, Ren Perez, Barbara Smith, Swingin’ Sisters, and Gabriel…

  • May 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The waters in our country have been muddied with hate, fear, and division. What are we going to do about it? Join Cynthia, along with Beckie Menzie and Irwin Berkowitz, as she traces where we’ve been and how we got here, finding truth, compassion, and…

  • Chicago Cabaret Week 2024

    May 10, 2024 – May 19, 2024 @ All Day – Chicago Cabaret Week returns for its third year! Unique in the U.S., the festival features a variety of blues, Broadway, R&B, jazz, American songbook, French chanson, world music, and pop, by some of Chicago’s finest artists. Sample Chicago’s growing cabaret scene and explore places…

  • May 6, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Join us for a Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion reunion concert at Steppenwolf theater and the launching of the Old Town-Montmartre neighborhood twinning project. Hosted by the Paris Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, with the participation of the Old Town Triangle Association, The Old Town…

  • Mar 8, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Our annual celebration showcasing women in the arts.Advanced reservation discount ends March 6. Singers Kimberly Jones, Janet Mensen Reynolds, Alison Meuth, and Christine Steyer are joined by collaborative pianists Jennifer McCabe and Sarah Yoon-Mayer. Special guests will be poet Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg and singer Dayanara…