Cabaret Connexion

  • Master Class with Spider Saloff

    Feb 6, 2022 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm – START the NEW YEAR with Jazz-inspired SONGS Spider Saloff is back by popular demand. So much so that we are holding 2 sessions! RESERVE NOW at songshoplive.com/rsvp2 Spider says: ” Hey cats! Here is your chance to have an intense course in one evening! It will…

  • The Upside-Down Parade

    Oct 23, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Working In Concert played with Chicago Cabaret Professionals and friends for Chicago’s Halloweek festivities: The Upside-Down Parade on October 23 in Washington Park. Sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Singers included: Anne Burnell, Jay Cook, Laura Freeman, Christian Halvorsen. Claudia Hommel, Anita Kallen, Alex…

  • Oct 3, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Oct 3, 2021 @ 3:00pm Directors: Daniel Johnson, David Stephens Music Director: Elizabeth Doyle Where it all began…in Paris and Chicago. Spotlighting the exchange off cultures from Montmartre to State Street, and the extraordinary contribution of African American music and musicians to the evolution of…

  • Sep 19, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Sept 19, 2021 @ 3:00pm Directors: Anne Burnell, Kyle Hustedt Music Director: Mark Burnell A celebration of LGBTQIA artists featuring drag, burlesque, and dancers interwoven with the hits from the Great American Songbook – Jazz, Broadway, standards, composers and lyricists of Tin Pan Alley. Featuring:…

  • Bastille Day 2021 – le 14 juillet

    Jul 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Singer Claudia Hommel and accordionist Patricia Spaeth kick up their heels to bring you the magic of Paris for Bastille Day. You’ll be humming “Bonjour Paris” as we stroll down the “Champs Elysées” “Under the Paris Skies” all the way to “The River Seine” and…

  • Dec 22, 2020 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm –     FIRST SHOWING: Soprano Christine Steyer and singer-pianist Jean-Claude Orfali Guests : Paul Geiger and Huckleberry (as Rudolph the Reindeer) A livestream concert. Free admission. Register for your Zoom link here! Donations to the “tip jar” are most welcome.

  • Jun 20, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – SongShop continues this summer with online sessions to explore song text and context, setups and patter, lyrics and their subtexts. We meet via Zoom. The room number will be sent to you upon registration.

  • Dec 1, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm – SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1 PM to 7 PM   CABARET CONNEXION singers who met and worked with Clotilde Rullaud in Paris welcome her back to Chicago. Elizabeth Doyle, “Anyone interested in using their own body as an instrument will find Clotilde’s workshop fascinating and essential.”…

  • Nov 17, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm – CABARET CONNEXION presents Spider’s workshop by popular demandat DePaul School of Music Recital Hall

  • Nov 10, 2019 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Open Door Theater presentsJust Got Back from Paris, France… headed for Oak Park Returning from the CABARET CONNEXION Tour de France, we have tales to tell and songs to sing! Christine Steyer, Louise Gale, Anne Burnell, Ava Logan, Barbara Smith, along with Beth Halevy, Carol…

  • Sep 12, 2019 – Sep 22, 2019 @ All Day – SEPTEMBER 12-22, 2019 Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion goes on a “Tour de France”. www.cabaretconnexion.org/concerts2019France.php

  • Aug 25, 2019 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – The Americans to Paris Roadshow: Chicagoland concerts summer 2019 LakeHouse Restaurant in Lake Bluff The cabaret cavalcade led by ELIZABETH DOYLE with AVA LOGAN, BARBARA SMITH, BOBBY KOKOTT, CAROL MOSS, CAROL WESTON, CARYN CAFFARELLI, DEBORAH GOOD, DON HOFFMAN, HILARY FELDMAN for an afternoon of cabaret.…