bio

Recognized by NY Backstage Magazine as “one of the most striking singers to emerge in the last few years,” two-time Chicago After Dark Award winner Tom Michael has performed across the country to critical acclaim.

Appearing on such concert stages as New York’s Lincoln Center, Town Hall, and The Supper Club; Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Empire Room, Davenport’s, Millennium Park Pritzker Stage, and Park West; The Royal Room in Palm Beach; Houston’s Ovations; and Guild Hall in East Hampton, Tom has delighted audiences with his warm, expressive style.

His two solo CD’s, “Written in the Stars,” and “Sailing On,” have received international critical acclaim and radio play, and were named “# 1 CD of the Year ” by such publications as ShowBusiness Weekly Magazine, After Dark Chicago, and WDVR-FM Radio. Both CD’s also earned positions on the album spotlight page of Billboard Magazine, and received praise from Playbill, The Advocate, and Chicago’s #1 Radio Station, WGN.

Tom regularly performs with his musical partner Beckie Menzie. In what has been called a “musical marriage,” Menzie & Michael have become one of the nation’s most
in-demand duos. With their unique blend of whimsy, nostalgia and imaginative twists on jazz standards, contemporary pop, and show tunes, their concerts and duo CD “Better Two-gether” have won audience and critical acclaim nationwide. They have been described by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the most compelling duos in cabaret today,” and NY Cabaret Scenes Magazine as “sizzling,” “pure brilliance,” and “cabaret at its best!”


previous performances

 

chicago / midwest

Acorn Theater (Three Oaks, Michigan )
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
Bart Howard Room, Burlington, IA.
Bon Ton Room, Jackson, MI
Boombala
Brownville Nebraska Concert Series
Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL
Chicago Humanities Festival
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago
Cornelia’s, Chicago
Crossroads Theater (Naperville )
Crystal Gardens, Navy Pier
Davenport ‘s
Douglas Dunes Cabaret, Douglas MI.
Drury Lane Water Tower Theater
Empire Room
Fox Theatre, North Platte, NE.
Fox Valley Rep Theatre, St. Charles, IL
Ft. Wayne Grand Center, Ft. Wayne, IN
Gallery 37 Theatre, Chicago
Gentry
Grainger Ballroom, Symphony Center
Harris Theater, Millineum Park
Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Chicago
Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, IL
Lakeshore Theater, Chicago
Lurie Gardens, Millineum Park, Chicago
Madden Theatre, Naperville IL
Maxim’s
Mayne Stage, Chicago
Metropolis Theatre, Arlington Heights, IL.
Moraine Valley Fine and Performing Arts Center
Overture Center, Madsion WI.
Park West, Chicago
Petterino’s, Chicago
Polo Cafe, Chicago
Pops For Champagne
Preston Bradley Hall
Pritzker Pavillion Main Stage, Millineum Park
Racoon Club
Rodeheaver Series, Warsaw, IN.
Royal George Theater
Saugatuck Center for Performing Arts, Saugatuck, MI.
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center (Brookfield, WI.)
Skokie Theater
Stackner Cabaret (Milwaukee, WI.)
State Theater, Bay City, MI
Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago
3160 Cabaret, Chicago
Thorne Auditorium, Evanston, IL
Toulouse on the Park
Village Players, Oak Park, IL
Wagon Wheel Theatre, Warsaw Indiana
Whitehall Hotel

houston , tx

Ovations
The Post Oak Grill
Warwick Hotel
The Houstonian

new york and east coast

Lincoln Center, NYC
The Town Hall, NYC
The Supper Club, NYC
The Duplex, NYC
The Triad, NYC
Don’t Tell Mamma, NYC
Guild Hall, East Hampton
O’dettes, New Hope. PA
Goodwill Theatre, Johnson City, NY
The Metropolitan Room, NYC
Harlans, New Hope, PA

florida

The Royal Room, Palm Beach
Freidman Symphony Center , Sarasota
Lyric Theater, Stuart

other

Regent Cruise Line, Headliner
Windstar Cruises, Headliner