“Outside
it is winter, but in here it is so hot!” sings the Emcee in the decadent
musical drama Cabaret. Asheville Community Theatre turns up the heat this
February with the modern classic Broadway musical opening at the downtown
theatre on Friday, February 7, 2014.
Backstage on the set of Cabaret |
Cabaret will run for 12 performances
through Sunday, March 2, 2014 with shows on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30
pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm. Tickets
are available online, over the phone, or in person at the Asheville Community
Theatre Box Office.
Cabaret first appeared as a group of short
stories written by American author, Christopher Isherwood called The Berlin Stories (1939), then as a
Broadway play called I Am A Camera (1951),
then a Hollywood movie by the same name (1955), then a Broadway musical finally
called Cabaret (1966), then a
world-famous movie musical (1972) and a record-breaking Broadway revival (1998)
which is due for another revival later this spring starring Michelle Williams
as Sally Bowles and Alan Cummings returning from the 1998 revival as the Emcee.
Asheville
Community Theatre will be producing the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret,
a version that adds three songs from the 1972 Liza Minnelli movie version to
the original 1966 Broadway production. The revival is both a celebration of
diversity as well as a cautionary tale of a hedonistic society plunged into the
darkness of Nazi Germany atrocities.
Asheville
Community Theatre’s production of Cabaret reunites the artistic team
of Jerry Crouch (Director), Lenora Thom
(Musical Director), and Kathleen Meyers Leiner (Choreographer). Kevin Moxley
makes his ACT debut as the Emcee with Jessica Pisano as Sally Bowles and Mark
Jones as Cliff. The cast of 16 includes
lead dancers from the Asheville Ballet and powerhouse vocalists from throughout
Western North Carolina, many of whom are
making their ACT debuts. Asheville Community Theatre last produced Cabaret
in 1987, a production that starred current director Jerry Crouch as the Emcee.
“This production continues the precedence of
strong, show-stopping dance numbers that ACT musicals have become known for,”
said Jerry Crouch, director of Cabaret. “And the singing and the
acting are just as strong. The depth of
talent in this cast is truly exceptional.”
For
more information about Cabaret or about Asheville Community
Theatre, please visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.
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