Cabaret

August 31, 2010 - October 29, 2010
Cabaret, starring Amanda Palmer as the Emcee
“An irresistible display of physical energy and emotional intensity.... Palmer’s sinuous voice weaves hypnotically through her viscerally satisfying melodies.”
— THE BOSTON GLOBE, ON THE ONION CELLAR

Check out a video of Amanda Palmer, who stars as the Emcee in this production of Cabaret:

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Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

"There was a cabaret, and there was a Master-of-Ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany. It was the end of the world...and I was dancing with Sally Bowles and we were both asleep…" - Cliff in Cabaret

“I'm over the moon about being able to use OBERON as an artistic playground this fall . . . and this project is long-time dream-collision of working on Cabaret and working with Steven Bogart, whose directing genius will finally find the audience it deserves.”
— Amanda Palmer
Credits  
   
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by   John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Steven Bogart
Starring Amanda Palmer as the Emcee
   
1998 Broadway production co-directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall and directed by Sam Mendes  
Cast  
   
Emcee Amanda Palmer*
Sally Bowles Aly Trasher*
Cliff Bradshaw Matt Wood
Fraulein Schneider Thomas Derrah*
Herr Schultz Remo Airaldi*
Ernst Ludwig David Costa*
Fraulein Kost Claire Elizabeth Davies*
Max Jeremy Geidt*
Kit Kat Dancers  
     Rosie Lucille Duncan*
     Louie Gaetano Pugliese
     Frenchie Eric Johnson
     Texas Tamara Hickey*
     Fritzie Renée-Marie Brewster**
     Helga Jordy Lievers
Ensemble  
     Bobby Christopher I. Thomas
     Victor Ed Walsh
     Hansel Annika Franklin

(*) members of Actors' Equity Association
(**) appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

Staff  
   
Set and Costume Design David Israel Reynoso
Lighting Design Nicholas D. Vargelis
Sound Design Clive Goodwin
Casting Ariane Barbanell
Stage Manager Katherine Shea
Movement Director Steven Mitchell Wright
Production Associate Taylor Adamik
Assistant Director Jilian Singer
Voice Coach Karen Kopryanski
Dramaturgy Jessica Green
  Rachel Hutt
Cabaret Artist in Residence Rick Berry
Stage Management Interns Chelsea Parrish
  Maia Gokhale
Kit Kat Club Orchestra  
   
Music Director/Conductor/Piano Debra Barsha
  Lance Horne
Saxophone/Clarinet/Flute Kelly Roberge+
Trumpet/Accordion Tom Duprey+
Trombone/Violin/Banjo/Guitar David Finch+
Bass Paul Dilley+
Drums Dov Michael Schiller+

(+) members of the Boston Musicians' Association

Sponsors 

PRODUCTION SPONSORS
Don and Susan Ware

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Need to know:

Don't miss out on the Cabaret VIP Amanda Palmer Experience. VIP tickets may still be available for sold out shows! Learn more

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The production contains nudity, and simulated sex and drug use. Recommended for 16 and older, unless accompanied by an adult.

Discussions:

Come to the Cabaret: A special panel discussion co-presented by the A.R.T. and the Humanities Center at Harvard, moderated by Homi K. Bhabha. September 20 at 6:30 p.m. Learn more

Extras:

Express Dinner - $8 includes tax and tip

Grendels Den

$35 three-course meal

UpStairs on the Square