Saturday, September 28 - 8pm
$20 Cover ahead - $35 at the door - 21+
The ninth feature in Matthew Lorenz’s YEAR of Cabaret! cycle at Davenport’s Cabaret Bar. The first Saturday night booking for this series and a night that is sure not to disappoint; our year in retrospective will feature only the best from featured performers Daryl Nitz, Cami LeBlanc, Hailey Cohen, Brianna Murray, Steele Fitzwater, the City of Lights, and Dana Brown from the “Dakota Boys,” all hosted by Chicago cabaret phenom and fellow YEAR of Cabaret! performer, Grace Currie. Plan to stick around for a Davenport's double header, Daryl Nitz’s legendary front room performance following the show.
Grace Currie is a music director, soprano, and marketer specializing in choral music, musical theatre, and storytelling. Grace is Executive Director and Co-Founder of City of Lights Theatre & Cabaret in Aurora, Illinois. Some of Grace's favorite roles in community and educational theatre include Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz), Sandy (Grease), and Hodel (Fiddler on the Roof).
Matthew Lorenz is a growing artistic presence in the American Midwest and the international stage at large. Matthew’s performance experience as a pianist extends from Bismarck, ND to Santa Rosa, NM, then Paris; and beyond, now currently active in Chicago. Besides his regular performing schedule Matthew is on the Piano Faculty at the New Music School, the Gold Coast’s premier music academy. Read more about Matthew at his website, mlorenzmusic.squarespace.com!
Matthew has become a regular performer at Davenport’s since playing his first cabaret there in Spring of ‘22 (he prepared for character by watching Liza Manelli’s 1972 classic Cabaret! three or four times). Now he chases cabaret’s electric atmosphere, and is on a mission to present a new cabaret at Davenport’s every month of 2024: the YEAR of Cabaret!