Queens of Everything

JULIE AMADEO and MILLICENT CHO

QUEENS OF EVERYTHING

Who died and made you king of anything? - King of Anything, Sara Bareilles

Years ago, in a quiet corner of Queens, two girls named Julie and Millie twirled in hand-me-down tutus, belting show tunes into plastic hairbrushes as the 7 train rattled by their bedroom windows. They dreamed of velvet curtains, lipstick-red spotlights, and smoky piano bars where the applause would feel like home. But life had other plans—briefcases replaced boas, and their voices were buried beneath contracts and clinical copy. Years passed in a blur of fluorescent lights and coffee-fueled nights at the office, until one autumn evening, they slipped into sequins that hadn’t seen the light in decades and stepped onto the stage at the Laurie Beechman Theater. The lights flickered gold, the room held its breath, and when they sang, decades of silence cracked like ice. It wasn’t just a performance—it was resurrection.*

*This description was generated by ChatGPT.

Millicent Cho is a multi-hyphenate artist, singer, and musician. She writes and directs independent films but, stubbornly refusing to color within the lines or stay in her goddamned lane, recently picked up voice lessons with Kevin Michael Murphy on a whim. Since then, singing has turned her life around and she is forever grateful. She was born in the Bronx and raised in East Elmhurst, New York, playing Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin on the piano like a well-behaved little Korean girl. QUEENS OF EVERYTHING is her first featured cabaret. Every song is about every person. 

For as long as she can remember, Julie Amadeo has found her truth through music. Singing since she could speak, her voice has been a lifelong companion, first in choirs, and more recently as a soloist on a journey to rediscover and reclaim her own sound. In 2019, that journey brought her to Carnegie Hall with the NYC Bar Chorus, but the most meaningful performances are the ones where she’s singing from the heart. By day, she’s a corporate lawyer navigating complex systems. By night, she’s exploring the rich terrain of self-expression through music, language, and the written word. Her cabaret debut is both a homecoming and a stepping out: an invitation to be fully seen, fully felt, and fully herself. This is a show about coming into your own, one song at a time.

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