Comic relief

What do you get when you mix the comic inventiveness of Whoopi Goldberg with the voice of Blossom Dearie? An evening's entertainment that will keep you wanting more. 

Pittsburgh native Meg Georgiana is a songwriter with a satirical sensibility that takes the mundane and turns it into a laugh-out-loud mini-drama. Accompanying herself on cello (or a ukelele), she has a seemingly limitless repertoire of thought-provoking songs: A dull job as a telemarketer becomes a commentary on unusual surnames. A menstrual cycle is a little monster. She even has flipped Mr. Rogers Neighborhood upside down. And when was the last time you heard a song (Sloppy 'n State Educated by Midge Crickett) that managed to mix Sartre and Camus with Evelyn Waugh, W. Somerset Maugham and an anatomy lesson?  

Meg performs as Midge Crickett, and with a group called Middle Children. You can catch her Friday night at the Waffle Shop, 124 S Highland Ave., when she appears as a guest on The Unemployment Show. It's at 11 p.m., and it's free!

Someday you can tell your friends you saw Meg/Midge before she landed a one-woman Broadway show and a sitcom in L.A.