The musical Cabaret hit the Selma Arts Center stage this past weekend with a bang! The show is visually stunning and emotionally poignant. I had never seen Cabaret before so I went in mostly blind beyond knowing some of the music. After seeing this production, Cabaret is now added to my list of favorite shows.
The Selma Arts Center will be presenting Cabaret starting on November 8 and local actor Meg Clark will be playing the role of Sally Bowles. Meg was born in Fresno but grew up in Reedley and Dinuba. We took a moment to chat with her about her life, acting, and about taking on this role.
Centerstage Clovis Community Theatre is putting on a fun cabaret event on March 9 called Duets--it is a part of their Encore! Cabaret Series. We took a moment to chat with their President of the Board Brandon Crane about the details.
Cabaret, the iconic musical, opens the 61st season of the Visalia Players and the 42nd season of the Ice House Theatre. Cabaret is set in 1930s Germany as the Nazis are coming to power, but its basic themes of love, apathy, and totalitarianism are universal. Thus, over its 50-year history, the staging of Cabaret has mirrored American society at the time of the production.
This has been a slow month for Valley theatre. If you have already seen the shows at Roger Rocka's and 2nd Space, there's not much else to see in January. Well the Reedley River City Theatre Co. has a cure for that--a way to see pieces of a ton of different shows all at once--Legends: Lullaby of Broadway opened this past weekend!
You remember it, right? Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles, Joel Grey as the coy, androgynous master of ceremonies of the 1930’s-Berlin Kit Kat Club, and all those wonderful songs. Then, Sam Mendes reimagined it in the 90s with Alan Cumming as a sexually-aggressive bisexual emcee.
