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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 13, 2011
Closed Sep 25, 2011

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http://www.reprise.org/shows/2011-12-season

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Willkommen to Germany in the 1930s - a time of excess for those who seek out such pleasures, and a time of fears the Nazi Party begins to take political power. Cliff Bradshaw is an American writer in search of meaning in his life, and he seeks them out in the dancehalls and clubs that make up Berlin's seedy underground nightlife. Along his journey, he encounters the enigmatic, 19-year-old Sally Bowles who introduces him to the desperate, gaudy and haunting world of the Cabaret. Featuring some of musical theater's most famous songs, including "Willkommen," "Meeskite," "Maybe This Time," and "Cabaret," this show is an enduring classic.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Freud Playhouse
Macgowen Hall
Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

For her version of Cabaret, now being presented by Reprise Theatre Company at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, Marcia Milgrom Dodge has forged a powerful, erotic, and mesmerizing take on the classic Joe Masteroff-John Kander-Fred Ebb musical,

Indeed, this production -- which combines elements from the show's previous Broadway outings and film version -- is breathtakingly staged, strikingly choreographed, and evocatively performed, keeping both the sexuality and rage bubbling.

Dodge and production designer John Iacovelli create a smoky, putrid, crimson-red asylum for the KitKatKlub, a nightmarish world where swastikas almost transparently line the banisters, and perverse paintings of George Grosz g[...]


Reviewed by Jonas Schwartz on Sep 16, 2011

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