Word: cabareting
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...explains. “The look of the characters adds to its very nostalgic, kind of classic American feel.” In addition to the folksy feel and primary plot, the musical includes flashbacks into different time periods. “At one point we actually have a cabaret scene from when the antique was owned by a previous owner,” says Richards. “Suddenly you’ll have grandmothers on stage—all of a sudden they’ll turn into cabaret singers, and it’s a totally different...
After the dance, Kaszynski is given a monologue and delivers his lines clearly and forcefully, Polish accent and all. Then comes the singing. Kaszynski does not have a song prepared, so is given the notes and lyrics to "Maybe This Time" from "Cabaret...
...musical minx, dressing up in various guises to reveal snippets of herself (on Beautiful Collision, echoes of Johnny Cash and The Mamas and the Papas are seemingly remixed by Bj?rk). Birds finds her much closer to home. As it transpires, Runga's Chinese mother was a cabaret singer in Malaysia during the '60s, and on the new album the singer seems to channel that era's songbirds, from Fran?oise Hardy (Say After Me) and Dusty Springfield (If I Had You), to Karen Carpenter (Winning Arrow). These are songs of fragile hope, unrequited love and broken hearts. But the emotion...
...Male-oriented business entertainment is hardly unusual, even if it isn?t always expensed. Morgan Stanley fired four employees last year after learning that they - on their own dime -had taken a client to Skin, a Phoenix strip club. Rick?s Cabaret, a publicly traded operator of upscale topless bars, estimates that 40% of its $24 million in revenue last year came from businessmen and their clients. ?This is what the clients want,? says CEO Eric Langan. ?A lot of deals get closed in strip clubs...
...Reiner's cabaret sideline didn't start until she was 65. As a teenager, she haunted the jazz clubs of New York City. Billie Holiday once encouraged her to try singing and gave her the name of an agent. Reiner didn't think she was "special enough" to be a singer. Instead, she became a painter so she could work at home while raising children. In 1980 Anne Bancroft, a friend, gave her a small role in the film Fatso. "I took some classes in acting. I studied with Lee Strasberg and other people," Reiner says. "But I realized what...