Playbill: There is something so delicious about rage onstage, isn’t there. From Lucia’s mad aria in Lucia di Lammermoor to the vivid breakdown of “Rose’s Turn” in Gypsy, there is an undeniable audience appetite for the unhinged as a contrast to the typically-buttoned-up routines of everyday life. “It's a real joy and blessing to descend into madness every night!” says Cabaret on Broadway’s newest Sally Bowles Auli'i Cravalho laughs, waving a hand in front of her face. “It's not often that I get to play a character that completely loses it.”
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I really enjoyed reading this article. It focuses on Lambert and Cravalho’s perspectives on Cabaret and their experience in their respective roles - the Emcee and Sally Bowles - thus far. Lambert’s Jewish heritage and theatre-to-music-and-back background gives him a unique exigence to play the Emcee. Cravalho has mainly played brighter & simpler characters but has taken on Bowles with a fervor and depth of emotion. The Night of the Broken Glass metaphor isn’t something I knew about before - it adds more historical weight in connecting the moment. This article walks through some key moments in Cabaret, like the tense scene after ‘I Don’t Care Much’ and the final line of ‘If You Could See Her Through My Eyes’; as well as some key character insights from the two cast members. I’m glad this show is being revived in this particular moment in history, what with the recent election results and ongoing horrors happening globally.
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