Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Cabaret
Pittsburgh City Paper: "In 1966, the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical Cabaret opened on Broadway. Based on Christopher Isherwood's novel Goodbye to Berlin, Cabaret -- about the last throes of the Weimar Republic, and two innocents caught up in the nightmare -- recalls a time when, as George Kaufmann once said, musical comedy was turning into musical serious."
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A friend and I actually went and saw the UPMC production of this... personally I was quite disappointed. Although I didn't catch the emphasis on Schneider as much as they claim, I do agree that the Emcee didn't play the part as well as it couldn't have been played.
Also, I thought the lighting was sub-par as well. Not only were some of the cues, timed very awkwardly, or with little thought about the timing (For example, making a key light fade out slower than everything else) but the Stage Manager kept messing up when calling the cues... either that or the LD is an aweful cuer... I believe it's the former. Light cues were called late quite often... It was obvious not because of people in the dark... but because it didn't go with the music but it seemed like it was supposed to - you know those flashes of light at the end of a song? Yeah those... every time they were late... o_O
Anywho... I was really excited about seeing a proffesional production of the show but I left quite disappointed... =/
(For example, making a key light fade out slower than everything else)
Oh yeah... by that... I mean as a good example of thought in cueing... The cues just seemed like there was no thought in how the lights would fade out/fade in... Other than, this cue will take 5 seconds.... that cue will take 1...
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