Word: cabaret
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Comedian Mort Sahl spoke for many now famous performers when he said he was "set free" by Enrico Banducci, the influential impresario of the seminal San Francisco nightclub the hungry i. After buying the cabaret in the early 1950s for $800, Banducci installed a brick-wall backdrop, now standard in comedy clubs, and urged artists to be themselves. In addition to nurturing Sahl, known for his edgy political satire, the flamboyant, beret-clad enthusiast helped launch such performers as Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby and the Kingston Trio. Banducci...
...Miami" both sung in three-part harmony by The Daddyos stood out in that way. Adding color to the dark storyline, Tony-Award winner Ken Page plays the flamboyant drag queen (and Greek chorus) Miss Stormy Weather, the larger-than-life master of ceremonies at Uncle Buck's cabaret, where Reyes is an habitue...
...FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW THE CABARET COROLLARY: YOU DON'T NEED A HAPPY ENDING "In real life, you don't make that last dash to the airport," says Carney, explaining the edgy ending of Once. His isn't the kind of musical you'll sing in the car on the way home, it's the kind you'll debate... before you pop in the soundtrack...
...creative use of the fairly small Loeb Experimental Theatre by set designer Ethan A. Davis ’10 was also impressive. Tables and chairs lined the sides of the room, creating the feeling of actually being at the cabaret. The action took place on a variety of levels, from the floor just in front of the audience to a tier at the back of the stage, and this variety added to the play’s effect...
...despite a set that invited the audience in, directors missed the opportunity to have meaningful interaction between the cast and playgoers. One might expect the women to entice audience members as if they were real cabaret dancers; unfortunately, nothing of the sort went on, and the dancers went about their blocking and dancing as if the audience wasn’t there—one disappointing facet of the otherwise solid directing...