Theatre VCU began its final run with mixed reviews
this Thursday with the musical “Cabaret,” written by
Joe Masteroff.
The popular 1966 musical, which spawned several
Broadway productions and a full-length feature-film, is
a story of star-crossed lovers in 1929 Berlin who idly
watch as Germany descends into Nazi fascism.
Sally Bowles, from West London, England, is a
cabaret dancer at the seedy Kit Kat Klub. She falls in love
with the dashing American writer Clifford Bradshaw.
Aloof and a lush, Bowles allows the world to pass her
by while Bradshaw – disgusted with the growing Nazi
movement’s intolerance of Jews – longs to deliver his
love from the foreseen plight of the country.
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