Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael :Beatles Reimagined

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Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael

Beatles Reimagined

Davenport’s, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2019

Reviewed by Carla Gordon for Cabaret Scenes

Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael

In the aptly titled Beatles Reimagined, cabaret duo Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael plumb the treasure trove that is the Beatles repertoire. Menzie and Michael are not about covers. Their well accomplished mission is to approach Beatles’ songs from unexpected angles. In a section featuring songs about loneliness, the duo deliver the haunting “Eleanor Rigby” and “Get Back.” Michael captures both the sensuality and gentle wit of “Something in the Way He Moves.” Following a story about alleged romance between John Lennon and the Beatles’ early manager Brian Epstein, “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” expressed challenges to being different in a judgmental world. Menzie’s slow, spare offering of “Help” (paired with “Across the Universe”) morphs from pop tune to become a poignant cry that stays in our thoughts long after.
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 The duet pairing of “Money Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Baby, You’re a Rich Man” has ear-catching syncopation and a quite funny bigtime ending. Their new angle on “When I’m Sixty-Four” morphs into the parody lyric “When I’m Eighty-Four” as the duo conjures funny images of walk-in tubs and dentures.
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Menzie and Michael share stories about the Fab Four, including some interesting ones about their misbehavior.
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 Is Beatles Reimagined highly entertaining? Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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Carla Gordon

Carla Gordon is a singer/songwriter, director, and producer. The Chicago Tribune cited her among “Chicago’s most accomplished cabaret performers….a major player in Chicago cabaret.” Reviewer Pam Peterson called her “Honey-voiced wisecracker!” Ageless Magazine called her performance as Sophie tucker, “A gem!” Gordon writes custom material for singers nationwide. Her flagship show, "Blacklisted," featuring songs made famous by artists blacklisted under McCarthyism, has toured to critical acclaim. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Cabaret Professionals and on the Advisory Board of the Skokie Theater. Her songs air on WFMT’s Midnight Special and are being performed performed by cabaret artists nationwide. carlacabaret@aol.com