Cabaret
based on the story by Christopher Isherwood
directed by Erin Shea Brady
choreographed by Mollyanne Nunn
book by Joe Masteroff
music by John Kander
lyrics by Fred Ebb
In 1930s Germany, singer Sally Bowles enchants the crowd nightly at the Kit Kat Klub. Led by the enigmatic Emcee, misfits and outcasts of Berlin come together, taking refuge from the storm of a rapidly changing society where their kind is less than welcome. No Stakes Theater Project presents this modern classic as the first foray of their “Actor Initiative,” which aims to overcome the limitations of typecasting by providing actors with the opportunity to explore unlikely casting.
Reviews
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Director Brady scales this production down to a small, intimate, sparsely dressed stage, taking full advantage of the spatial limitations of the set to blur the lines between what happens in the Kit Kat Club where Sally performs, the boarding house where Cliff takes a room and the rest of Berlin. … The overall effect is deliberately dream-like and unsettling. The audience is put a little bit on edge, and appropriately so.”