CABARET
WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?
Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, & Book by Joe Masteroff
Directed by Brynn Tyszka
Musical Direction by Andy Pratt
Choreography by Mandi Lynn Griffith
WHAT'S THE DEAL?
”Based on the classic novella ‘The Berlin Stories’ by Christopher Isherwood, Cabaret is an eternally relevant story about apathy during political crisis. The musical numbers are toe-tapping fun, but yet there’s something uneasy about Cabaret. It’s a celebration of being “other”. Since the original 1966 Broadway production and the subsequent Liza Minnelli film, it’s become a landmark of queer culture. At its heart, it’s a play that reminds its audience not to take the right to be different for granted.” — Buzz Center Stage
“Cabaret reflects humanity at its most vulnerable and perplexed. It offers a devastating chronicle of a society losing its liberal bearings and skidding toward a totalitarian abyss. Fifty years since its release, its uneasy themes, leavened by exuberant musical numbers, have lost none of their urgency.” —Little White Lies
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
The year is 1929, as Hitler begins his march to power. Cliff, a young American novelist travels to Berlin in search of artistic inspiration – but what he finds is a world of desire and decadence, jealousy and betrayal in a time when the rules of survival are quickly shifting. He falls in love with Sally Bowles, the sexy chanteuse of the Kit Kat Club, where Berlin misfits gather for a drink, a laugh, a song – as the storm clouds of war gather outside.
***Content warning: this script contains sexual innuendo and allusion to the Holocaust and other mature topics that may be sensitive for some viewers***
*ASL interpreted performance
**Sunday Salon immediately following the show
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Student w/Valid ID: $20
Group Discount: 15%
(10 or more)
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