Ten years after the untimely passing of one of America’s most beloved pop stars, the McAninch Arts Center presents “The Greatest Love of All: A Tribute to Whitney Houston Starring Belinda Davids” 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 4. Davids will be backed up by a cast of international musicians, backing vocalists and dancers for a must-see full-scale concert event.
“The Greatest Love of All” features state-of-the-art sound, custom-designed lighting, LED walls, theatrical effects and a feast of exquisite hand-crafted gowns and costumes. But it is voice of South African singer Davids, who “went viral” after performing a stunning rendition of “I Will Always Love of You” on FOX’s Showtime at the Apollo in 2017, that is the star of this performance.
Houston’s most memorable songs get Davids’ spot-on treatment, including pop hits “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “How Will I Know” and “I’m Every Woman.” The concert also features songs from Houston’s movie career such as “Exhale” (Shoop Shoop) from “Waiting to Exhale,” and both “Queen of the Night” and the Grammy Award-winning “I Will Always Love You” from “The Bodyguard.” And, of course the concert would not be complete without Houston’s iconic and timeless ballads including “I Have Nothing,” “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” “Run to You” and “One Moment in Time.”
Says Davids, “U.S. audiences are amazing.They truly appreciate Whitney’s legacy and her music is very personal to them. You can feel that from the stage. To look out and see people feeling every note and nuance and emotion that you sing is so intimate – that’s what it’s all about.”
Tickets
“The Greatest Love of All: A Tribute to Whitney Houston Starring Belinda Davids” comes to the McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage, 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 4. Tickets are $49-$69 (Gold Circle). For tickets or more information, visit www.AtTheMAC.org or call the MAC Box Office at 630.942.4000. The Box Office is open Tuesday through Sunday, 12 noon to 6 p.m. and one hour prior to performance.
This show is not associated with the Estate of Whitney Houston.
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About the MAC
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage is located at 425 Fawell Blvd., 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355. It houses three indoor performance spaces (780-seat proscenium Belushi Performance Hall; 186-seat soft-thrust Playhouse Theatre; versatile black box Studio Theatre), and outdoor Lakeside Pavilion, plus the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and classrooms for the college’s academic programs. The MAC has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and typically welcomes more than 100,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances each season. The mission of the MAC is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. Visit www.AtTheMAC.org or www.facebook.com/AtTheMAC for more information.
Support for the McAninch Arts Center is provided in part by the G. Carl Ball Family Foundation; DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle/Naperville; Arts Midwest; The National Endowment for the Arts; the Illinois Arts Council Agency; WDCB 90.9 FM and the College of DuPage Foundation.
Established as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization in 1967, the College of DuPage Foundation raises monetary and in-kind gifts to increase access to education and to enhance cultural opportunities for the surrounding community. For more information about the College of DuPage Foundation, visit www.foundation.cod.edu or call 630.942.2462.
The 2021-2022 MAC Season celebrates the memory of Joan Frank, for a lifetime of service, thanks to the support of family and friends.