Word: cliffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) before the end of reel one. A hairbreadth escape through the bustling back streets of Shanghai! A scarifying ride in a pilotless plane! A midair bailout in a raft that bounces them onto a steep mountain slope for a wild toboggan ride off a cliff and into a raging river whose rapids carry them to ... But you get the idea. An army of professionals-439 listed in the credits-has set the narrative motor purring in high gear...
...Cliff Bradshaw (Chad Hummel), a young American author in search of a subject, is the show's male protagonist. Paris and Venice fail to inspire him so he makes his way to Berlin, a city rich with parties and nightlife. There, he is naively introduced to the subculture of the Kit Kat Klub by a pleasant-seeming young German smuggler, Ernst Ludwig (David Kirach). Calmly watching the stageshow. Cliff is masterfully seduced by its star-performer Sally Bowles (Belle Linda Halpern). And while the first act only hints at the rising Nazi power, focusing on Cliff and Sally's ensuing...
...stage is split by the audience which is seated at nightclub tables, a nice touch along with the intimate lighting. On one side of Cabot's dining room stands the bate setting of Cliff's room (which is soon shared by Sally) and his landlady's chambers, the dancing girls and the menacing demeanor of the Master of Ceremonies face opposite. But what occurs on this stage tails to reach its full potential because the song and dance numbers are, with some redeeming exceptions, ordinary. The pleasing, while not terribly strenuous, choreography is simply not performed with a consistent amount...
...TRULY COMMANDING presence here, though, is Belle Linda Halperb. As Sally, Halpern makes her numbers--"Don't Tell Mama" and "Cabaret" the two show-stoppers of the evening. Her powerful, rich voice, enravishing and assured stage presence, and uncommon beauty, stand out so much in this production that Cliff's denigration of Sally's talent seems quite odd. For all her escapism and childishness, he should acknowledge her powers of performance. And Halpern sensitively draws forth the unsettled and quite neurotic aspects of Sally all throughout the show. While we cannot be made to admire Sally or pass over...
...Saturday's second game against Boston University a 15-2 Harvard victory, freshman Jim Solomon and junior Cliff Russell teamed for a no-hitter...