Word: cabareting
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Naturally, Allen was feeling insecure. "She was a Broadway star, and who was I? A cabaret comedian who had never even been on a stage before." She worried that she was too tall. He worried that he was too short. They took off their shoes and measured, back to back. She, at 5 ft. 7 in., was three-quarters of an inch taller. Close enough...
...format becomes a free and easy amoral metaphor depicting life as nothing but a flesh-pot carnival of the bizarre, where nearly everyone is a con man looking out for number one, and even a bit of free sympathy is hard to come by. The technique reminds one of "Cabaret", but the fast razzle-dazzle is custom-made Chicago...
Still, it works. In the end the cabaret style that causes Swados so much difficulty also saves her. The weak points fade into the blackouts, while the mood keeps building with each successive piece. The music--calypso, raga, and jazz tunes especially--dull the overly critical senses with their inebriating optimism. You have to smile after Nightclub Cantata. You have a stringer full of speckled trout on a sunny day. Who cares about the big one that got away...
...miss this one: the Cambridge Articulture program, which is sponsoring all kinds of free events this summer, is holding a Senior Citizen's Picnic (featuring--really--a nightlight cabaret and/ or a Broadway revue). At 20 Concord Ave. at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, free...
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, a musical tribute to its author and nemesake, continues downstairs from Me and Bessie at the Charles Cabaret. Curtain at 3 and 7:30 p.m., tickets...