Word: causticity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their "fortune cookie romance" comes to an end very quickly after their honeymoon in Bermuda, where George had also taken his first wife. Back in New York, George only takes time out from gazing at pictures of his deceased spouse in his brownstone to wind up and deliver many caustic pitches to poor Jennie, who can't find the way to cope with his moodiness...
...only to listen to Moritat (Ballad of Mack the Knife). Datelined 1928, here is the authentic shiver of Nazi gangsterism stalking the streets of doom. All the great numbers follow - Alabama-Song, Surabaya Johnny, Bilbao Song, Ballad of the Pimp and the Whore. In all these songs, a caustic social vision is wedded to a winningly expansive lyricism. This Cabaret is a feast for Broadway...