Musical Theatre Cabaret!

First, a few definitions:

• Cabaret:  A style of entertainment, often held in a church hall, featuring a variety of performances while patrons eat and drink at tables.
• Musical theatre:  form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance.  To some, the best kind of staged entertainment there is, filled with “people who can sing and dance, often at the same time…and who are, in many ways, the luckiest people in the world”.
• Old St. Pat’s Young Adult Music Ministry:  members of Old St. Pat’s in their 20s and 30s who actively participate in the church’s liturgical music ministry, through its concert choirs and Sunday liturgies (especially the 5pm!).

We are finally pursuing an idea that we’ve tossed around for a while now:  Michael Neary, Megan Buckley, Aimee, and I are putting on a cabaret.  And it should be easy right?  Assemble 17 musicians who are passionate about music, devise a balanced program of songs, acquire, harmonize, and distribute music, plan and hold rehearsals, secure church approval and support, coordinate event planning logistics, and create and circulate printed/digital publicity materials.  In 6 weeks (did I mention learn the music?). 

Here are the details:

January 27, 2012

Doors open at 7:00pm  -  Show starts at 7:30pm

Old St. Patrick’s Church Hall (enter on Adams)

700 W Adams  Chicago, IL  60661

For tickets, click here!

Hosted by members of the Young Adult Music Ministry, Broadway on Adams is an evening of musical theatre selections spanning the last 8 decades in a cabaret style.  All are welcome to enjoy a night out with drinks, appetizers, and the entertaining talents of our own young adults. 

Yes, should be easy.