Cabaret

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Mon Dec 24, 2001 1:59 am

Local actress in 'Cabaret' tour By Ann Geracimos for THE WASHINGTON TIMES "Working on a character doesn't happen overnight," Miss Spratt says. "It took a lot of rehearsing and practicing to build her from scratch." Miss Spratt never had seen a stage production of the musical about an English woman's adventures in the decadent Berlin of the late 1920s and '30s until the night before she auditioned in New York City for the lead role. <A HREF="http://www.washtimes.com/arts/20011222-29630690.htm" TARGET=_blank>click for more</A>

Misa_danseuse · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2002 7:18 am

Still Licentious, but Freshly Vulnerable Too Article in the NY Times Ben BrantleyAnd did you like my number?"The question, as delivered by Molly Ringwald to a nightclub patron just after she has finished her first song, suddenly sounds heartbreakingly anxious.Ms. Ringwald is playing Sally Bowles, that free-living chanteuse of dubious talent. Miss Bowles, of course, has been asking this same question — through the mouths of an assortment of well-known actresses — night after night since the Roundabout Theater Company production of "Cabaret" opened nearly four years ago.<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/16/arts/theater/16STUD.html" TARGET=_blank>click for more</A>

Emma Pegler · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2002 12:22 am

And Thai-style: 'Cabaret' has lots of life Drama students serve up classic Broadway musical in fine Thai style Bangkok Post - Thailand BY ALONGKORN PARIVUDHIPHONGS <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Regardless of the fact that it's a student production and a Broadway copycat, Cabaret, the latest production from Department of Performing Arts, Bangkok University, is a work of art.Audiences at the Thailand Cultural Centre last Tuesday lapped up the Thai version of the three-hour journey to pre-Hitler Germany, a time when decadency was in fashion.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020119001755&query=dance" TARGET=_blank>more...</A>

trina · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2002 11:08 pm

My sister saw the stage production recently in Washington DC and was disappointed. But anyone who remembers the original movie (and show I guess) with Liza Minelli would be disappointed, I think. Liza was BORN to play that part. It was really a pinnacle for her and director Bob Fosse. And Joel Grey, of too. What a great story and synthesis of all the theatrical elements to tell an incredible morality tale.

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2002 11:17 pm

Th London stage version from 30 or so years ago was quite something, with Judi Dench as Sally Bowles. My memory is that it also had Joel Grey as the MC who repeated the role in the film.

Emma Pegler · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2002 4:41 am

Judi Dench? I didn't know that. I agree that Liza IS Sally Bowles.

Malcolm Tay · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2001 11:01 pm **Posts:** 962

After Quasimodo, life will be a cabaret for Arena By Sharon Verghis Sydney Morning Herald April 25 2002The blockbuster musical is back in the headlines, casting doubts on the perennial rumours of its demise. The cast of the latest all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza to roll off the chorus line, Cabaret, was announced yesterday right in the middle of a heated battle over venue availability and a glut of big musicals scheduled to hit the Sydney entertainment market.<A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/24/1019441264912.html" TARGET=_blank>More</A>

Azlan · **Posted:** Mon May 27, 2002 10:34 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Revolving Cast Keeps 'Cabaret' FreshMICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP on Yahoo! NewsNEW YORK (AP) - It opened in March 1998, but the party isn't over yet at "Cabaret," thanks to the musical's policy of bringing in new performers every so often to shake up the long-running revival.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020522/ap_en_ot/wkd_broadway_tix_2 target=_blank>More</a>

Malcolm Tay · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2001 11:01 pm **Posts:** 962

In the Sydney Morning Herald: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>McCune to take on Minnelli role August 7 2002After being compared with Julie Andrews in her first role in a major musical, former Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune's latest role invites comparisons with the formidable Liza Minnelli.In fishnets and corset, McCune will star in the Melbourne stage production of Cabaret, which opens on December 11.The stage musical was revived in London in 1995, 29 years after it first opened in New York.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/06/1028157934367.html" TARGET=_blank>More...</A>

Joanne · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2002 1:59 pm

And Cabaret celebrates it's 30th Anniversary of it's film release with the DVD coming out in the UK.

Malcolm Tay · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2001 11:01 pm **Posts:** 962

Review of Cabaret in The Australian:

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By Deborah Jones
August 26, 2002

The Mendes production, restaged in Australia by B. T. Nicholl and associate choreographer Cynthia Onrubia, is full of confronting detail. When friendly Ernst Ludwig (Tyler Coppin) comes to Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz's engagement party, the simple taking off of a coat causes a gasp.

Malcolm Tay · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2001 11:01 pm **Posts:** 962

Cabaret's dark revival
November 25 2002
By Alan Veitch
The Age

Although it's been years since Judi Connelli first saw the Oscar-winning movie Cabaret, she recalls being mesmerised by the performances of its singing stars, Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Connelli only vaguely remembers a minor character, the landlady called Fraulein Schneider.

Now, Melbourne theatre audiences are about to discover that Fraulein Schneider, in Sam Mendes' stage version of Cabaret, is no longer a minor role. She's crucial to the plot. And Connelli's portrayal of her scored rave reviews during the Sydney season.

The Melbourne season opens on December 11 at Her Majesty's Theatre and, according to Connelli, anyone who has seen the movie should forget it, because the this stage version is an entirely new experience.

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Azlan · **Posted:** Fri Dec 13, 2002 12:19 pm

A very Chicago perspective:

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Cabaret review, Karen Mason at Davenport's

Sid Smith, Metromix

There are performers who come out of Chicago, and then there are those who seem to belong to the city, stars whose lights shine brightest here, whose fans harbor proprietary feelings of kinship and outright love.

Malcolm Tay · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2001 11:01 pm **Posts:** 962

Lisa and the Cabaret
December 12 2002
By John Mangan

Eight years ago British theatre and film director Sam Mendes breathed new life into the stage show Cabaret in London's West End. Last night his production burst on to the Melbourne stage with much-loved former television cop Lisa McCune reminding the opening night audience that life is, indeed, a cabaret.

<A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/11/1039379885398.html" TARGET=_blank>More...</A>

Azlan · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:57 pm

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Melina Kanakaredes Takes on 'Cabaret'

MICHAEL KUCHWARA
AP

NEW YORK - The television star parade into "Cabaret" never stops. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030625/ap_en_ot/wkd_broadway_tix_1 target=_blank>more on Yahoo</a>


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