Cabaret (musical)
Cabaret gets fabulous reviews - click here
By Joe Masteroff, John
Kander, Fred Ebb
Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories
by Christopher Isherwood
Director: Elly Lichenstein
Music Director: Robert Young
14 performances, Cabaret-style
Sept 10, 11,
17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26 and
Oct 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and
9
(Note: strikeout dates
are sold out)
Thur-Sat 8:00; Sun 2:00
$30 gen; $28 seniors and students
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And once again we enter the surrealistic world of Sally Bowles and the seductive, sinister M.C. This is the brilliant musical that first captured theatergoers in 1967 with its powerful juxtaposition of the decadent lifestyle of Berlin’s club crowd with the growing brutality of the nascent Nazi regime. The dichotomy is set in high relief by two parallel love stories: narcissistic Sally and her solid American lover, Cliff and a middle-aged German couple yearning for another chance at love. The music is alternately rousing and haunting and will stay with you for a lifetime. Winner of 8 Tony Awards in 1967 and another 4 for the revival in 1998.
"'Cabaret'
lives up to fame", Reviewed
by Dan Taylor, Press Democrat, September 17,
2004
"Followers of Petaluma's Cinnabar
Theater, which performs opera as well as comedy
and drama, expect to hear good singing, even
when the show's not an opera. The season opener, "Cabaret," won't
disappoint them....In the two most crucial
roles, Nancy Prebilich as irrepressible bad
girl Sally Bowles and Greg Grabow as the sinister
master of ceremonies sang and acted with power
and conviction. Read
it all...
"Rampant
Decadence at Cinnabar", Reviewed
by Thom Butler on petalumafocus.com
"Here we have a musical whose biggest hit celebrates
careless hedonism.... Yet, the play concludes with
an awareness that in that hedonism, and specifically
in its mindlessness, lies the path to destruction....the
fabulous cast in Cinnabar's production pulls it off
with magnificent aplomb.... The two lead actors, Ms.
Prebilich and Emcee Greg Grabow do a marvelous job
in their strange yin/yang pairing." Read
it all...
"Come
to the 'Cabaret,' old chum" ,Reviewed
by Katie Watts, Argus Courier, September 15,
2004
"Cabaret,' playing at the Cinnabar
through Oct. 9, is that rare breed, a musical
that makes you think....The enduring pleasure
of Cinnabar Theater is that they produce high
quality theater that challenges and stimulates. "Cabaret" is
another jewel in their crown." Read
more...
"Cinnabar is a great place to produce 'Cabaret' because we can create the whole cabaret atmosphere," said Elly Lichenstein, director of the show and artistic director of Cinnabar Theater.... Katie Watts interviews Director Elly Lichenstein, and discusses the show in the Argus Courier
Cabaret, Reviewed online
by David
Kashimba
"Cabaret draws us in to a generation that’s
falling apart while pretending to be a feel-good generation
with no cares or worries in the world."
[Mikka] Bonel is joining her mother [Elly Lichenstein] on the playbill at Cinnabar, where she is the choreographer of "Cabaret"... Because Bonel is trained in both theater and dance, she looked at "Cabaret" from an actor's point of view as well as that of a dancer. - read the full article by Shelley Shepherd Klaner in the Press Democrat.
"THAT
WASN'T KETCHUP", Chris
Smith, Press Democrat, September 28, 2004
I gather the realism was shocking when, near
the end of Saturday night's performance of "Cabaret" at
Petaluma's Cinnabar Theater, the male lead swung
a drinking glass at the leading lady and opened
a gash above her eyebrow.
It was an accident, and the cut and the blood were
real. Actress Nancy Prebelich, playing the part of
Sally Bowles, deserves at least a Tony for keeping
on as if the injury was in the script.
Nancy finished out the play, then spent the rest of
the night and much of Sunday morning getting stitches
in an emergency room. When the curtain opened for Sunday's
matinee, there she was.
Photo: Nancy Prebilich and Greg
Grabow, photo by Jeff Thomas. Click
here or on the photo to enlarge.
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