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...comedy format or our understanding of a bizarre historical figure. Evita is often spectacular in its pretensions, but it is not even the best musical to touch on the subject of political repression. That honor belongs to two of Prince's Broadway productions-Fiddler on the Roof and Cabaret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Eva Peron, Superstar | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...Good Man, Charlie Brown--remember how you got sick of Peanuts about ten years ago? Well, here they are again, in all their revolting cuteness. At the Charles Playhouse Cabaret, Warrenton St., Boston. The Passion of Dracula--you got it. At the Spingold Theater, Brandeis University, Waltham. Friday at 8, Saturday at 5, 9, Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STAGE | 8/11/1978 | See Source »

...folk music, the person to see this weekend is Molly Malone, playing at the Backroom at the Idler (123 Mt. Auburn St.) on Saturday. And if you don't like '30s and '40s cabaret and folk, you can just sit back and enjoy this old-style, pre-Pamplona coffeehouse, which features a limited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAZZ and FOLK | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...show. Almost all are excellent singers, and even those who don't quite measure up vocally more than make up for it with stage presence, comic sense, and charm. Staged in a mixed dinner theater (the words strike terror into the hearts of serious actors and patrons alike) and cabaret atmosphere--both drinks and dinner are available in addition to the admission fee--this excellent revue moves almost effortlessly from one song to the next. The whole show is tied together on a rather thin and poorly-planned pretext--most of the sparse dialogue consists of a synopsis of Porter...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Perfect Porter | 7/18/1978 | See Source »

...STAGING is limited by the fact that the stage itself measures about six feet by 15 feet--not much room, but in this cabaret set-up it hardly matters. Three doors provide the set, but while the look of the show is simple, the numbers are not, for Porter's songs make unusual demands on a singer. The exact harmonies and sure rhythmic style make Porter's works difficult to perform. But this company, led by the fine voices of Baja Mahdi and Linda Terry, can and does sing, very well. They tend to shy away from Porter's more...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Perfect Porter | 7/18/1978 | See Source »

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