| Michael Pacas, Chicago Actor & Singer | |
| "...the best renegade Boatman ever." - Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times (Sunday in the Park with George) | |
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Who's Your Daddy? Music Director, Mark Burnell Director, Aaron Hunt Michael "Big Daddy" Pacas and Music Director Mark Burnell explore the complex, tense (but often hilarious) relationships between children of all ages and their fathers. Take a "family vacation" buzzing down an eclectic roadway of standards, pop and unearthed comic treasures! Sunday, May 19th, 7 PM Monday, May 20th, 8 PM Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret 1383 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL (Division Blue Line) (773) 278-1830 www.davenportspianobar.com Cover Charge $15 / 2 Drink Minimum Reservations STRONGLY Recommended! (Photo by Maia Rosenfeld Photography) |
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BARRYMORE! A Hollywood legend makes a staggering effort to reclaim his former glory as a Broadway star in William Luce’s tour-de-force BARRYMORE. “Bad Boy” John Barrymore, celebrated for his charisma and matinee idol looks, takes center stage in a theater empty of everything but his humor and hubris, reminiscence and regrets. He strives to revive one of his greatest achievements, Shakespeare’s RICHARD III, while grappling with memories from his riotous and scandalous past. Presented November 2008 “Pacas exercises unusual talent in his varied and vivacious performance: He grapples gamely with each discordant bit, slipping into Shakespeare with earnest pathos and into memories of childhood with light-footed tenderness. Barrymore himself may have shied from so ambitious a task.” – Christopher Shea, TIME OUT CHICAGO Critical Evaluation: *** (Three Stars) “…an opportunity for Mr. Pacas to show his talent, and he does so with great comic timing as he takes us through the man trying to stage a comeback and revive his greatest achievement, playing Shakespeare's RICHARD III…There are many laughs in this production and a marvelous ending... Open your mind and your heart and have a wonderful 70 minutes at The Raven Theatre…” – Alan Bresloff, STEADSTYLE CHICAGO Critical Evaluation: **** out of **** “… Michael Pacas superbly recreates the look and style of Barrymore. Onstage for the entire evening, Pacas plays well off both the audience and Scott Sumerak, as Barrymore's frustrated, tart-tongued Prompter.” -Jack Helbig, THE CHICAGO READER Critical Evaluation: Recommended (Production Photo by Archetype Images) |
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Michael Pacas has entertained audiences in the Chicago area for the last two decades in numerous productions ranging from slapstick to Shakespeare. He appeared in the title role of Stage Left Theatre’s THE FISHERMAN. Michael has also played major roles in BackStage Theatre's productions of A SCENT OF FLOWERS; THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY; THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH and TERRA NOVA. He also directed their production of MEDEA, in which he incorporated American Sign Language. He appeared in CORPUS CHRISTI (Ulysses/Bailiwick), which received a Joseph Jefferson Citation and an After Dark Award for Ensemble. Other acting credits include MIRACLE ON 34th STREET and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (Porchlight); THE THREEPENNY OPERA and EQUUS (The Hypocrites) and BARRYMORE, which he also directed/produced. He is a graduate of the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University; LSU and The Theatre School. DePaul. (Photo by Johnny Knight) |
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