All we really are is a great excuse to throw back a few beers and celebrate the death of an Irishman. But for now, the rotating cast can still be seen in its original Chicago home at the Royal George Theatre. We have no idea why they came. Still, this recent graduate of the University of Illinois not only already teaches music to 6th graders in the Hinsdale public schools but also made it her personal mission to make the cabaret form more relevant to folks of college age. So they will be checking IDs closely at Davenport's on Friday night, when DeFalco is hoping to attract some spring breakers to her new personal program of all-women songwriters.
Most cabaret singers do standards and then a couple of novelty songs.
My show is the other way round. For me, the novelty songs are the standards. So expect DeFalco to be interpreting the works of Stevie Nicks, Tori Amos and the Indigo Girls. The notion of going to see Shakespeare on spring break may seem to some students like too much hard work. I try to pick one theme on which I really want to concentrate and make everything flow from there.