Alley Repertory Theater presents: Cabaret – Visual Arts Collective

“In here life is beautiful.”

Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood

Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb and Book by Joe Masteroff

In a world where inexplicable ways can get you down, Cabaret is one place where everyone is free. This winter you’re invited into club VAC as it is transformed like never before.

In a decadent Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience, assuring them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

Cabaret is a fierce, meaty musical that pushes the boundaries of the form and literally holds “the mirror up to nature”, with musical numbers that include the classics “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don’t Tell Mama”, “Maybe This Time”, and “Two Ladies.”