McAninch Arts Center (MAC) hosts “The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John” starring Michael Cavanaugh at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 12. The iconic hits of the two classic rock legends will fill the MAC’s Belushi Performance Hall in this concert performed by the acclaimed piano-and-vocal talent hand-picked by Billy Joel himself to star in the hit Broadway musical “Movin’ Out.”
Cavanaugh has been hailed as the “New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook” (Billboard) and the “The New Piano Man” (Broadway World). Accompanied by a five-piece band, he will perform hits including “Tiny Dancer,” “Uptown Girl,” “Your Song,” “New York State of Mind,” “Yellow Brick Road,” “Rocket Man,” “The Piano Man" and more. “For those of us that remember the classic versions of these songs, Michael Cavanaugh has reinvented them into something that dare I say sometimes improves upon the originals,” says Maryland Theatre Guide.
Cavanaugh brought audiences to their feet in over 1,200 performances of the Broadway musical “Movin’ Out,” and was honored with both Grammy and Tony Award nominations. Since then, Cavanaugh has become one of the hottest artists worldwide performing at private events, company and charity events, performing arts centers and major sporting events including PGA Tour events, the Super Bowl, and the Indy 500. In 2020, he reached the POLLSTAR Live75, the top 75 active touring acts in the country, for both his symphony and Performing Arts Center shows.
Tickets
McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage, presents “The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John” starring Michael Cavanaugh, at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $62-$72. For tickets or more information visit www.AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000. The Box Office is open from noon – 6 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday and two hours prior to performances.
About the MAC
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage is located 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; and a versatile black box Studio Theatre), outdoor Lakeside Pavilion, plus the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. 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. For more information about the MAC, visit www.AtTheMAC.org or @AtTheMAC on Facebook and Instagram.
Support for McAninch Arts Center is provided in part by Bank of America, Brookdale Senior Living Glen Ellyn, the DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle/Naperville, Anonymous, Sullivan Taylor Family Trust, The DuPage Foundation, Ball Horticultural, Clayco, Enjoy Illinois, Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; Wight & Company, WDCB 90.9 FM and 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.