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News Release
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Cabaret
August 2005
The Award-Winning Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre
presents
Cabaret
Directed by Steven Schipper
Musical Adaptation and Direction John Gilbert
Choreographer Tracey Flye
September 11-October 2
Willkomen, Bienvenue, Welcome!
August, 2005 – The award-winning Leanor and Alvin Segal
Theatre brings one of the all-time musical theatre blockbusters to Montreal: Cabaret,
on stage from September 11-October 2nd.
Proudly presented by Leanor and Alvin Segal, Cabaret marks the launch
of the 2005-06 season of First Class Theatre and it promises to once again bring
Montreal theatre-going audiences to their feet.
Cabaret marks the second year in succession that the Segal Theatre
inaugurates its season with a large-scale musical production. Bryna Wasserman,
the Theatre’s Artistic Director, explains: “What we witnessed from
our first foray into the genre (last season’s Man of La Mancha)
is that the experience of a large scale, musical production in an intimate theatre
like ours is one that audiences resoundingly embrace. Unfortunately, people
are so used to having to travel great distances and pay exorbitant prices to
experience these shows in cavernous spaces. We hope that Montreal audiences
will once again walk away satisfied with both the quality of the production
on our stage and the uniqueness of experiencing it in our intimate theatre,
their theatre really.”
Cabaret was originally staged on Broadway in 1966 by producer/director, Hal
Prince. Written by Joe Masteroff, based on stories by Christopher Isherwood
and a play by John Van Druten, it also featured the now unforgettable songs
of Kander and Ebb, including Willkomen, Money, Don’t
Tell Mama and of course, Cabaret. It swept that season’s
Tony Awards, revolutionized the musical genre and became the second longest
running musical in Broadway history.
Bryna Wasserman has assembled a first class team to mount this celebrated show,
beginning with the director, Mantioba Theatre Center Artistic Director, Steven
Schipper, whose previous credits at The Segal Theatre include Mousetrap
and The Last Night Of Ballyhoo. “Cabaret is a juicy
tart of a play,” he says, “with some bitter fruit at the center.
If it reminds us of nothing else, it’s that ‘if you fiddle while
Rome burns, then you’re an arsonist.’” Indeed, the play tells
the story of singer Sally Bowles and struggling novelist Cliff Bradshaw who
meet in the swinging Bohemian atmosphere of Berlin during the 1920s. Their relationship
is set against the background of Adolph Hitler and the increasing dangers in
Germany. The two lovers watch as their lives and the world they once knew crumble
around them.
Joining Schipper in bringing this timeless story to life on stage are John
Gilbert (Musical Director), Tracey Flye (Choreographer),
John C. Dinning (Set Designer), Sonoyo Nishikawa
(Lighting Designer), Rob Denton (Sound Designer) and Luciana
Burcheri (Stage Manager). Costumes originally designed by François
Barbeau for Theatre Rideau Vert’s production of the same play
will also be featured, courtesy of Zone 3 Inc.
The performance on stage is led by the award-winning Damien Atkins
as the MC, Naomi Costain as Sally Bowles, Cameron MacDuffee
as Cliff Bradshaw and includes a cast of 16 , featuring: Ashley Burton,
Stephenos Christou, Greg Ellwand, Catherine Friesen, Francis Gregoire, Nicko
Giannakos, Eran Goodyear, Steve Hanley, Emily Josset, Marina Matic, Kathleen
McAuliffe, Melanie McInenly, Jonathan Patterson, Brad Picken, and
Michael Rudder.
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