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Caught this production over the weekend. Cabaret is a solidly constructed musical so the fact that this production succeeds is not surprising to me. I can’t say I loved it though. 

The theater was transformed very beautifully but the playing space itself was rather lacking in design elements. I understand that they were not able to bring out chairs or other furniture because of sightline issues the but it was hard not to feel as if the entire show were taking place

Saw this last night an have to say it was one of the worst, most tedious plays I've ever had the misfortune of seeing. If you like tennis this play will make you hate tennis. If you like theater this play will make you hate theater.

The whole show is two characters narrating a tennis match in first-person present tense while occasionally flailing their empty hands around while tennis noises play. This show is full of nothing but hollow new-age intellectual affirmationism and v

I was at the second preview on Sunday night and enjoyed myself quite a bit. The play was set in a modern political frame, with the duke, Angelo, and Escalus (in this production played as a woman and renamed Escala) as suit-wearing politicians running what seems to be a police state. There is lots of (blessedly unemphasized) commentary here on politicians using their influence to commit sexual assaults (Trump, of course) but also, and I think more interesting, the American priso

I was at last nights show and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Maybe performances have gotten a bit deeper since opening, maybe creators are altering the show (they are in previews after all), or maybe I just have bad taste! 

I think Third Rail has done some pretty interesting stuff with the space and like others have said, the backstage tour of the theater is worth the price of admission itself if you're into that kind of thing. Sure, the concept maybe could have worked a&n

ameleigh said: "I'm really disappointed in them and heartbroken too. They made it sound like it would be first come, first served. Never did they tell die hard fans that it would be an unfair selection process. Yes, they didn't have to do it at all, I get that. But they got a lot of die hard fans hopes up very high, left us hanging all this time, were totally unfair and used a bunch of actors who are affiliated with the casting agency instead of fans. 

 

I also got an email around 1:15 saying that I was selected to take part in the performance and there would be more info about rehearsals forthcoming!

It doesn't seem like they're sending rejection emails to people on the shortlist who weren't chosen to perform. I know this is the standard in most art fields but I still find it saddening. It's sometimes hard to want to keep trying for things when most of the time people won't even bother to send a form rejection ackn

Me and a friend both really enjoyed this show on Friday evening. Neither of us are completely objective as we have both worked on Baker plays in the past but we went into this one not knowing anything about the show and came out of it fairly in awe. 

Baker isn't for everyone but I find her particular brand of mundanity at least intermittently touching and almost always funny. I think this show is asking a lot of hard questions about the relevance of theater in today&