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...JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS...
...Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris suggests a similar means of torture. Imagine being imprisoned for life inside one of those actively gloomy cabarets where the only entertainment is French popular music. Whatever the glories of France, popular music was never among them. Whether ballad or brassy show-stopper or (deliver us) rock 'n' roll, every French pop song sounds as if it is being pulled out of an accordion. Those who cannot imagine what the ordeal might be like but are still curious should check out Jacques Brel. Others might well beware...
...Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, but how would he be doing if he had to live in Cambridge during the summer? Anyhow, this is purportedly Boston's longest-running musical, and a pleasant enough way to spend an evening...
...Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, but how would he be doing if he had to live in Cambridge during the summer? Anyhow, this is purportedly Boston's longest-running musical (Skiddy von Stade runs a close second), and a pleasant enough way to spend an evening. It's mostly a bunch of Brel ballads strung together, but while you're there you can also eat and make moo-moo eyes at your date. Being kept alive at the Cabaret in the Charles Playhouse. Tickets on Fridays and Saturdays cost $5-$6.50. No wonder...
...measure of Brel's talent and the excellent performance by the Cabaret cast that this song makes a moving climax to the show. It can't be dismissed as an old, overly optimistic folksong of the Sixties. We have seen the bitter side of Brel and come to admire his insights, so when he hopes, we are willing to hope with...