“Cabaret” draws in a viewer with artistry, then pummels that bedazzled gaper with devastating hooks.
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Posted: 6/27/25 at 9:46pm
For those looking for an alternative to the Broadway production.
https://www.startribune.com/review-sizzling-and-jaw-dropping-cabaret-is-one-of-the-guthries-best-productions-in-years/601367741
"Alluring. Sizzling. Shocking.
The Kander and Ebb musical opened Thursday at the Guthrie Theater, unleashing power-packed poetry behind a splashily seductive “Willkommen.”
If director Joseph Haj’s production leaves a viewer feeling breathless and a little glum, old chums, it’s because the show is like a lightning rod that expertly concentrates the electric charges roiling today’s atmosphere.
For though “Cabaret” is set in the waning years of Weimar Germany, Haj’s vision manifests current tensions in a potent package that makes this arguably the most immediate staging of the 1966 Broadway classic in generations."
Updated On: 6/28/25 at 09:46 PM
