Word: cabaret
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Since winning this year’s WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, the Dresden Dolls have ridden a wave of anticipation. Proving the duo’s staying power, the unique Brechtian songwriting of their self-released album holds its own without benefit of the decadent face paint and cabaret costumes that the band flaunts onstage...
According to Crimson archives, Al Franken spent a lot of his time as a Harvard undergraduate involved in the campus theatrical scene. Among his achievements were launching a cabaret in Currier House and staging an original musical about Richard Nixon. Perhaps his greatest achievement was starring as comic Lenny Bruce in the play Lenny (later made into a movie by Bob Fosse). The Dunster House production of Lenny marked the play’s first amateur performance...
...Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments”, “Courtly Lovers” set to Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony”, and a new ballet set to music by Schumann. The works will be presented with cabaret-style seating, offering a close view of the performers; cocktails will also be served during the performance. Fri.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m., and Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. $28. Sanctuary Theatre, 400 Harvard St., Cambridge...
This local duo (Amanda Palmer, piano and voice; Brian Viglione, drums), sometimes described for its theatric, piano-driven songs as “punk cabaret,” celebrates the release of its new record. Some may also recognize Palmer from her stint as the whitewashed statue/street performer in the Square, which helped earn her the title “Best Indie Art Ringleader” from the Boston Pheonix in 2002. 8 p.m. $12; 18+. Paradise Rock Club, 967-969 Commonwealth...
...female executive in the men's club of Japanese business, Yoshimi Ogawa has to watch her step. "It's difficult to do business when so many meetings are conducted in cabaret bars," she says, referring to the Japanese propensity for after-hours schmoozing and boozing...