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Cabaret
1982 • Theatre Jacksonville
Step inside the Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, where the carefree decadence masks the looming shadows of political change. Cabaret offers a gripping look at love, life, and identity on the brink of chaos.
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Step inside the Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, where the carefree decadence masks the looming shadows of political change. Cabaret offers a gripping look at love, life, and identity on the brink of chaos.
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Details
Theatre
Venue
Dates
Friday, October 1, 1982 —
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Music
Lyrics
Book
Premiere
October 10, 1966
Theatre
Shubert Theatre, Boston
Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of the rise of Nazi Germany, Cabaret explores the intersecting lives of Sally Bowles, a vivacious cabaret performer, and Cliff Bradshaw, an American writer, drawn together in the hedonistic but politically turbulent world of Berlin. As they navigate the increasingly oppressive reality outside, the Kit Kat Klub continues its escapist performances, with the enigmatic Emcee providing both commentary and distraction. This powerful musical is both a seductive mirror of a society spiraling into peril and a poignant reminder of the resilience of the human spirit.
Act I
- ‘Willkommen’ – Emcee and the Company
- ‘So What?’ – Fräulein Schneider
- ‘Telephone Song/Telephone Dance’ – Cliff and the Company
- ‘Don’t Tell Mama’ – Sally and the Girls
- ‘Mein Herr’ – Sally and the Girls
- ‘Perfectly Marvelous’ – Sally and Cliff
- ‘Two Ladies’ – Emcee and Two Ladies
- ‘It Couldn’t Please Me More (A Pineapple)’ – Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz
- ‘Tomorrow Belongs to Me’ – Emcee and Waiters
- ‘Why Should I Wake Up?’ – Cliff
- ‘Don’t Go’ – Cliff
- ‘Maybe This Time’ – Sally
- ‘Sitting Pretty’ – Emcee and Kit Kats
- ‘Money’ – Emcee and the Cabaret Girls
- ‘Married’ – Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz
- ‘Meeskite’ – Herr Schultz and Sally
- ‘Tomorrow Belongs to Me’ (Reprise) – Fräulein Kost, Ernst Ludwig and Guests
Act II
- ‘Entr’acte’ / ‘Kickline’ – Emcee and the Girls
- ‘Married’ (Reprise) – Herr Schultz
- ‘If You Could See Her (The Gorilla Song)’ – Emcee
- ‘What Would You Do?’ – Fräulein Schneider
- ‘I Don’t Care Much’ – Emcee
- ‘Cabaret’ – Sally
- ‘Willkommen (Reprise)’ / ‘Finale Ultimo’ – Emcee, Cliff and Company
Cast
Master of Ceremonies
Clifford Bradshaw
Gordon J. DeLonay
Ernst Ludwig
Ric Clarson
Customs Officer
Fraulein Schneider
Carson Merry
Fraulein Kost
Herr Schultz
William Stathius
Telephone Girl
Ana Bennett
Sally Boles
Deborah S. Smith
Lady
Nazi Youth
Evan Ross
Max
Kenneth Faulk
German Sailor
Guy Adkins,
Matthew White,
R. Bailey Waters
Kit Kat Girl
Ana Bennett,
Elaine Burnett,
Carly Butterley,
Valerie Hall
,
Claudia Hicken
,
Eda McConnell
,
Jill Powell,
Vicki Steagal Snead,
Rebecca Warner
Kit Kat Band
Berliner
Crew
Director
Musical Director
Set Design
Lighting Design
Make-up and Hair
John Carver
Choreographer
Marie Ann Murray
Costume Mistress
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Properties
Lighting Technicians
Key Grip
Grips
Dance Captain
Set Construction
Erin Silas
,
Barbara Hamlin,
Tom Heffernan
,
Claudia Hicken
,
Pam Jackson
,
Steve Metheny
,
Eda McConnell
,
Anna Puma,
Debbie Reynolds,
Kelly Snead,
John Fisher,
Becky Warner,
Matthew White,
Elaine Burnett,
Jill Powell,
Bill Stathius,
Gordon Delonay,
Joyce Block
,
Barbara Stillson
,
David Stillson
,
Michael Smith,
Karen Scroggins
,
Gary Scroggins,
Michael Lewis
,
Lee Hunt
Rehearsal Pianist
Bob Dauer
Monday Night Pianist
Andrew Clarke
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