"Musically speaking, John Kander was wonderful at capturing the flavor and spirit of the time and places of his shows," music director Ken Olsson said of what makes the show's music so compelling. Barbi Kurkul and Bill Lockwood are stage managing.
They are joined by male counterparts Ezra Leonard, John Savastinuk, Sam Empey and Chris Olson.Ĭostuming is by Sandy Klein, with assistance by Liz Guyzinski. The Kit Kat Club girls are Shoshana Bass, Sally Regentine, Morganna Ekkens, Aspen Moriarity, Meredith Pelton, Eliza Klein, Annesa Hartman and Aminah Pereira. Other cast members include: Heather Martell (Fraulein Kost), Jeannie Levesque (Fraulein Schneider), Mark Tullgren (Herr Schultz), and Victor Brandt (Ernst Ludwig). The Main Street Arts cast features Aidan Flower Des Jardins as Sally Bowles, a British songstress performing in the seedy Kit Kat Club against the background of the Nazis' rise to power, and her relationship to American writer Cliff Bradshaw, played by Sean Roberts. In addition to its title song, the show's memorable numbers include "Wilkommen," "Money," "Don't Tell Mama," "If You Could See Her," and "Tomorrow Belongs to Me."
The movie version (1972) with Grey and Liza Minnelli earned eight Academy Awards. With music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, "Cabaret" was a huge hit when it opened on Broadway in 1966, winning 10 Tony awards, including Best Musical and Best Featured Actor for Joel Grey as The Emcee. "Cabaret" is perhaps the musical for this moment in American history, when similar forces numb us into complacency and confusion while hate rises again," he added.
"Caught up in the 1920s version of sex, drugs and rock and roll, we laugh along with the expanding nationalism and hatred." As the dancers cavort before us, we become distracted, laughing, titillated by the exuberant depravity," Stern wrote. "This decadent entertainment depicts the rise of the Third Reich as seen through the veil of a seedy nightclub. Main Street Arts' artistic director David Stern is directing this production, and in a recent opinion piece in the Reformer, explained why a tale set in pre-World War II Germany is timely for present-day American audience. Ticket holders are asked to call or email Main Street Arts at 80 or The office is open Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. Ticket holders have the option of keeping their tickets until the production can be staged, donating some or all of tickets to assist in supporting Main Street Arts or receiving a full refund. "We are deeply proud of this creative work and will reschedule the production as soon as we can safely do so," the group said. Main Street Arts has been rehearsing the musical since last fall.
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