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What good is sitting alone in your room? Willkommen to a beautiful, bleak ‘Cabaret’

Feb 16, 2016 – 9:00 am
Cabaret Providence Performing Arts Center CABARET Book by Music by Joe Masteroff John Kander Based on the play by JOHN VAN DRUTEN and stories by CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD starring Randy Harrison Andrea Goss Shannon Cochran Alison Ewing Mark Nelson Ned Noyes Kelsey Beckert Sarah Bishop Margaret Dudasik Hillary Ekwall Lori Eure Andrew Hubacher Set Design by Robert Brill Orchestrations Michael Gibson Hair & Wig Design Paul Huntley Technical Supervisor Larry Morley Associate Managing Director Steve Dow Executive Producer Sydney Beers Lee Aaron Rosen Aisling Halpin Leeds Hill Joey Khoury Tommy McDowell Evan D. Siegel Dani Spieler Steven Wenslawski Musical Supervisor/Vocal Arrangements Patrick Vaccariello Associate Choreographer & Choreography Recreated by Cynthia Onrubia Directed by BT McNicholl Originally Co-Directed & Choreographed by Rob Marshall Originally Directed by Sam Mendes Costume Design by William Ivey Long Dance & Incidental Music David Krane Casting Jim Carnahan, C.S.A. Jillian Cimini, C.S.A. Tour Booking Agency The Booking Group Meredith Blair Director of Marketing & Audience Development Robert Sweibel General Manager Richards/Climan, Inc. Lighting Design by Peggy Eisenhauer Mike Baldassari Music Director Robert Cookman Production Stage Manager John M. Atherlay Press & Marketing Direction Type A Marketing Director of Development Lynne Gugenheim Gregory Sound Design by Keith Caggiano Based on the Original Broadway design by Brian Ronan *Generously underwritten by Margot Adams, in memory of Mason Adams Roundabout Theatre Company is a member of the Broadway League and League of Resident Theatres. RoundaboutTheatre.org National Tour Launch: January 26 - 31, 2016 Lyrics by Fred Ebb Founding Director Gene Feist Adams Associate Artistic Director* Scott Ellis Emcee.............................................................................................................................. RANDY HARRISON The Kit Kat Girls: Rosie ......................................................................................................................... HILLARY EKWALL Lulu...................................................................................................................................DANI SPIELER Frenchie........................................................................................................................AISLING HALPIN Texas. ................................................................................................................. MARGARET DUDASIK Fritzie ..............................................................................................................................ALISON EWING Helga...............................................................................................................................SARAH BISHOP The Kit Kat Boys: Bobby .................................................................................................................................... LEEDS HILL Victor...................................................................................................................ANDREW HUBACHER Hans .............................................................................................................................. EVAN D. SIEGEL Herman.................................................................................................................. TOMMY McDOWELL Sally Bowles ...........................................................................................................................ANDREA GOSS Clifford Bradshaw .......................................................................................................... LEE AARON ROSEN Ernst Ludwig................................................................................................................................NED NOYES Customs Official .......................................................................................................... TOMMY McDOWELL Fräulein Schneider ..................................................................................................... SHANNON COCHRAN Fräulein Kost..........................................................................................................................ALISON EWING Rudy ..................................................................................................................................... EVAN D. SIEGEL Herr Schultz ...........................................................................................................................MARK NELSON Max .............................................................................................................................. TOMMY McDOWELL Gorilla ................................................................................................................................. AISLING HALPIN Boy Soprano (recording).......................................................................................................... ALEX BOWEN Customs Official (recording) ........................................................................................................ FRED ROSE

Review: If there are two words not commonly associated with touring Broadway shows, they are daring and courageous. Both apply in stunning fashion to “Cabaret,” a not-to-be-missed experience presented by Broadway in Chicago at PrivateBank Theatre. ★★★★★

Love with knife in heart or tongue in cheek, Valentine’s Day brings out kiss and scratch

Feb 13, 2016 – 6:40 pm
La voix humaine Racette

Critic’s Pick: In a tribute to the downside of love, Chicago theaters send superb “anti-Valentines.” If you favor sarcastic greeting cards on the subject of romance, and aloof lyrics about love affairs “too hot not to cool down,” here are some shows that serve up the subject of love on Cupid’s big day with an appropriate grain of salt.