Few of us have to show up for work wearing white dinner jackets, but Aaron Schmidt, Tommy Lueck, Don Lobacz and Reginald T. Kurschner are eager to do so. That's because they are the Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets, a quartet that croons the tunes of the '50s and '60s.
We're talking "Splish Splash," "The Great Pretender" and "Runaround Sue." Plenty of comic shtick is always included.
The guyz have been performing since 2003 at such varied locations as Festa Italiana, the Skylight Music Theatre cabaret and the Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater. Friday they open a month-long run in the studio theater at the Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove.
"Always in Style" is the name of the all-new show, which is making its debut at the Sunset. Expect songs you haven't heard Aaron, Tommy, Don and Reggie sing in the past.
You can order tickets here.
Damien has been around so long, he was at Summerfest the night George Carlin was arrested for speaking the seven dirty words you can't say on TV. He was also at the Uptown Theatre the night Bruce Springsteen's first Milwaukee concert was interrupted for three hours by a bomb scare. Damien was reviewing the concert for the Milwaukee Journal. He wrote for the Journal and Journal Sentinel for 37 years, the last 29 as theater critic.
During those years, Damien served two terms on the board of the American Theatre Critics Association, a term on the board of the association's foundation, and he studied the Latinization of American culture in a University of Southern California fellowship program. Damien also hosted his own arts radio program, "Milwaukee Presents with Damien Jaques," on WHAD for eight years.
Travel, books and, not surprisingly, theater top the list of Damien's interests. A news junkie, he is particularly plugged into politics and international affairs, but he also closely follows the Brewers, Packers and Marquette baskeball. Damien lives downtown, within easy walking distance of most of the theaters he attends.
